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The rupee was also impacted by a rising dollar index, following hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve officials, forex traders said

K Palaniswami has approached the Madras High Court seeking to restrain expelled leader O Paneerselvam from claiming to be the party coordinator and using the party's two leaves symbol, flag and letter head.  

A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi adjourned the hearing after advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for Jagpat, sought time to file a response on the NIA affidavit

Emergency services in the hospitals have, however, been exempted from the agitation, he said.

Home Minister Amit Shah had on Wednesday indicated that reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will become a reality after 2029.

Attendance of members of assembly will also be marked through this unique application, he stated.

He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Phase 1-C of the metro project in Jaipur costing Rs 980 crore and 9 development works of the JDA costing about Rs 430 crore.

Enthralling cultural and musical performances by different cultural troupes and a spectacular paragliding show was part of the inaugural ceremony, the officials said

In his order of September 16, Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Katariya said the offence was serious and caused damage to the country's economy

Last month, a trial court had rejected Singh's anticipatory bail application, citing insufficient grounds for granting relief in light of the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the gravity of the offense.

Apart from mobilising like-minded forces, BRS is devising strategies to garner public support through rallies, meetings and discussions across the country, especially in Telangana and Maharashtra

Canada is one of the preferred countries for people from Punjab to study and settle down. Rishipal, a local shopkeeper in Kapurthala, said that he is worried about the safety of his daughter, who went to Canada eight months ago on a study visa.

The husband sought annulment of their marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act on grounds of fraud and claimed she subsequently "absconded"

Several farmers held a protest on Thursday against the Maharashtra government's decision to set up a conservation centre for indigenous cows in Ambejogai in Beed instead of Latur

A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her "mentally disturbed" husband during a scuffle in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday.

Is the government machinery in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State of Gujarat openly supporting casteism by validating the economic boycott of a Dalit by ‘upper caste’ villagers?

The Uttar Pradesh govt has spent Rs 121 crores on land acquisition for the construction of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi. Moreover, the BCCI will spend Rs 330 crores on the stadium's construction

The savings figure for 2021-22 was also scaled down to 7.2 per cent of GDP from 7.6 per cent of GDP (and as much as 8.3 per cent of GDP, as per RBI's first estimates released in September 2022).

Nasscom said that it will engage with stakeholders to track the impact, if any, and support the IT and tech companies if needed, as New Delhi suspended visa services for Canadian citizens "till further notice".

The writ petition filed under Article 32 alleged that EC has been insisting its officials to collect Aadhaar numbers of voters and the state officers are forcing the village, and booth level officials to collect Aadhaar number from the voters.

Official spokesperson of MEA, Arindam Bagchi said that New Delhi wants greater actions from Canadian authorities and that all of India's concerns about Canada are connected to inaction on terrorism and organised crime

The names have been added to the voter list on the orders of the Supreme Court

People are eager to unseat the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the upcoming Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, state Congress chief Kamal Nath said on Thursday.

Nayak is the South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management at the IRRI at New Delhi.