Residential real estate at a 15-yr high; commercial may see best ever year: Anuj Puri

Residential real estate at a 15-yr high; commercial may see best ever year: Anuj Puri

“I think after a very-very long time I have discovered that the developers have been extremely mindful of bringing in more cash flows and deleveraging their position rather than continuously increasing the prices and somewhere hurt the sort of sales of their residential,” says Anuj Puri, Chairman, ANAROCK Group.Let us just get in a sense … Read more

Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes

Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes

Pune: Prices of essential kitchen staples are on the rise as erratic weather, incidence of disease in cattle, and crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall have impacted production, insiders said. Prices of sugar, milk, jeera and dhaniya have all increased in the last week while prices of pulses like tur, urad and chana remained firm … Read more

AIADMK rule laid base for Dravidian model of development in Tamil Nadu: Palaniswami

AIADMK rule laid base for Dravidian model of development in Tamil Nadu:  Palaniswami

DMK has cheated not only the unlettered masses, but also the educated govt. employees, says Palaniswami DMK has cheated not only the unlettered masses, but also the educated govt. employees, says Palaniswami The base for the Dravidian model of development that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin speaks about was laid by 32 years of rule by … Read more

Inflation nation: Tighten your belts. Current price rise cycle will likely be long and grim

Inflation nation: Tighten your belts. Current price rise cycle will likely be long and grim

Even the gods, it seems, are being singed by inflation, if the experience of devotees like Shekhar M Shetty is anything to go by. Faced with the rising prices of nearly everything, one of the expenses the 68-year-old entrepreneur has cut back on are his offerings to the divine. “If I used to spend around … Read more

Govt running away from discussion on price rise: Congress on conclusion of Parliament session ahead of schedule

Govt running away from discussion on price rise: Congress on conclusion of Parliament session ahead of schedule

The Congress on Thursday questioned the conclusion of the Budget Session of Parliament ahead of schedule, accusing the government of running away from a discussion on price rise and inflation demanded jointly by a combined opposition. Noting that the government had allocated time for a discussion on price rise during the meeting of the business … Read more

Consumers prefer cheaper items as prices, expenses rise

Consumers prefer cheaper items as prices, expenses rise

Indian consumers have started opting for lower-priced packs or unbranded products of food, grocery and daily necessities as rising prices are squeezing their monthly household budgets, market researchers and company executives say. In nearly half a dozen categories including soaps, milk food drinks, edible oils and home cleaning products, consumers mostly bought either mass segment … Read more

Rahul Gandhi targets government over price rise issue

Rahul Gandhi targets government over price rise issue

The Congress on Friday launched a ‘Speak Up Against Price Rise’ online campaign with former party chief Rahul Gandhi accusing the central government of pushing people in the swamp of price rise just to earn taxes. The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out against … Read more