Rush Hour: Owaisi backs Aazad for UP CM post in 2027, retail inflation hits two-year high and more

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) President Chandra Shekhar Aazad announced that they would contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together. Aazad was named the Samajik Parivartan Morcha’s chief ministerial candidate.

Elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to be held early next year. The Nagina MP said that the alliance was not just a “third front” but a coalition for social change.

“As more people from the marginalised, deprived, oppressed, exploited, and downtrodden sections join, this front will become an even more formidable force,” he said. Read on.

India’s retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index, rose to 6.09% in October from 5.5% in September. This is the first in two years that inflation has risen above 6%, which is the upper tolerance limit set by the Reserve Bank of India.

Retail inflation has been surging for 12 consecutive months since bottoming out at 0.04% in October 2025. This was due to rising food prices and an unfavourable base effect.

According to data from the Union government, food inflation has increased to 8.9% from 7.7% in September. Read on.

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The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on cab aggregator Ola for misleading customers into paying extra to improve their chances of securing a ride. It directed the company to remove prompts that encouraged customers to make additional payments before a driver accepted their booking.

The feature amounted to misleading advertising, an unfair trade practice and an unfair contract under the 2019 Consumer Protection Act, said the consumer rights watchdog. Read on.

The bodies of two police officers who had gone missing a day ago were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar. The two special police officers were part of an anti-terror operation and went missing from a forest area in the upper reaches of the Chenab Valley.

Their bodies were found with bullet wounds, while their service weapons were missing. Read on.

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