-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The UPA government claims it to be one of its signature achievements, but noted academic and Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen has all but questioned its relevance and, therefore, its existence. Sen, a former economics professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, said the Ministry of Minority Affairs, a showpiece in the Congress-LED UPA's list of minority friendly moves, had achieved very little. "I am not in favour...
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Onion prices soar to Rs 5,300 a quintal in Lasalgaon-Tushar Pawar
-The Times of India NASHIK: The average wholesale price of onions at the country's largest market at the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Nashik touched a new all-time high of Rs 5,300 a quintal on Monday. This pushed the retail rate to Rs 70 a kg against Rs 55 last week. The prices have skyrocketed, breaking the previous record of Rs 4,800 a quintal last Friday, largely due to the...
More »Onions drive inflation to six-month high at 6% in August-Somesh Jha
-The Business Standard Central bank chief Raghuram Rajan likely to retain stance later this week, say economists Inflation in onions skyrocketed to 244.62% in August against already high 119.4% in the previous month, jacking up the the rate of wholesale price rise to a six-month high of 6.10% from 5.8% in July, official data showed today. Ironically, onion prices can't be brought down by interest rate policy, but it is all set to...
More »Sex predators, traffickers target kids at will in Delhi -Neelam Pandey
-The Hindustan Times For the past three years, Kunwar Pal is looking for his missing 12-year-old son. He tries to follow every lead that he gets and travels across the city and nearby towns in the search of his son who went missing in November 2003 from Sangam Vihar in south Delhi. He regularly visits the police station, where he had registered a missing persons' complaint and pastes photos of his son...
More »Statistics show love is the most potent killer -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Love is what makes life worth living but, if the latest crime statistics are anything to go by; it remains a potent killer in India. While love affairs and sexual relations were the third most common cause for murders in the country in 2012 - after personal vendetta and property disputes - they accounted for most murders in seven states, including Andhra Pradesh, Uttar...
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