India

Mumbai: Recovering from its record low level, the rupee appreciated 9 paise to 79.24 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.29 against the American dollar. In initial trade, the local currency witnessed a high of 79.24 and a low of 79.31 against the […]

New Delhi: The Union Environment Ministry has now mandated the use of Aadhaar for compensation under the Project Elephant in cases such as human-elephant conflicts, among others. The Centrally sponsored scheme of ‘Project Elephant’ is implemented by the state governments with the main objective to provide financial and technical support to the Elephant Range states […]

Jaipur: A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. “जो नूपुर शर्मा का सिर काटकर लाएगा उसे मैं अपना घर दूंगा” : सलमान चिश्ती, अजमेर दरगाह के […]

Delhi: Cost of domestic liquid petroleum gas cylinders weighing 14.2 kilogram will get dearer from Wednesday as their prices have been raised by Rs 50 per unit. In the national capital Delhi, it will now cost Rs 1,053 per unit. Besides, in Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai, it will be priced at Rs 1,079, Rs 1,052.5, […]

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued a notice to Mohammed Munawar Hussain Asrafi (36), who was detained in Santosh Nagar here on Tuesday for questioning in connection with the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal at Udaipur. A native of Machipur in Bagalpur district of Bihar, Asrafi was stating at Khalandar Nagar in Santosh Nagar […]

Muzaffarnagar: A man has been booked on the complaint of his wife who alleged that he forced her at attend wife-swapping parties. The woman has alleged that her husband used to forcibly take her to wife-swapping parties in Delhi and force her to establish physical relationship with his own brother. On the directions of the court, […]

Srinagar: Two local terrorists have surrendered during an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces at Hadigam area in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Wednesday. “During the encounter, two local terrorists surrendered on the appeal of their parents and police. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition recovered,” police said. Earlier the encounter started after a […]

Hyderabad: A National Investigation Agency team has reportedly picked up one person from Santosh Nagar area of the old city for questioning in connection with his alleged links with the suspects in the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal. A team of NIA is learned to have reached Lucky Hotel in Khalandar Nagar locality here […]

Hyderabad: With the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2022 to be held on July 17, several aspirants are demanding the Central government to postpone the test. Taking to Twitter, aspirants wanted the test to be postponed at least by 40 days since there was very little time in between the NEET UG and other tests, […]

London: The Telangana Association of United Kingdom (TAUK) organised Bonalu celebrations on a grand scale in the auditorium of the Isleworth and Syon School in West London on Tuesday with more than 1000 NRI families from various parts of the UK attending the event bringing a festive look to West London. Indian origin local MPs […]

Jeddah: Thousands of Haj pilgrims are bracing to take their lifetime dream of Haj wrapped in white robes and tied with Indian tri color bracelets on wrist moving between grand mosque known as Haram and Aziziah in a place they were accommodated. They will start their pilgrimage on Thursday in Makkah before heading to Mina […]

Hyderabad: The Indian job market continues to show positive hiring sentiments as the Naukri JobSpeak Index stood at 2878, which was only second to the peak in February 2022 when it crossed 3000. Since the start of this year, the country’s hiring activity has shown an upward growth trajectory, with the latest Naukri JobSpeak Index […]

Mumbai: The rupee fell by 41 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 79.36 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid a strong greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.04 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 79.02 and […]

New Delhi: Crude oil futures on Tuesday declined by 0.46 per cent to Rs 8,682 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for July delivery fell by Rs 40 or 0.46 per cent to Rs 8,682 per barrel with a business volume of 6,186 lots. […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP over its alleged links with apprehended LeT terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and killers of Kanhaiya Lal whose pictures with BJP leaders. Addressing a press conference here, Congress Communication In charge, Pawan Khera sought answers from the BJP. He said: “Two incidents in […]

Mumbai: Days after the formation of the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that the party is “still hopeful” of the rebel MLAs’ returning to former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s side. The leader said that they were “always in talks” with the rebels and exuded confidence that they […]

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday reached television channel news anchor’s residence in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, after an FIR was registered against him following the broadcast of a misleading video on Rahul Gandhi for which the channel had issued an apology. The anchor Rohit Ranjan, however, was taken in custody by Noida Police after he […]

Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court without making a direct reference has observed that the society at large should be sensitive about people with different sexual orientation. “Certain things might appear different in the current social structure and if that difference is evident in any individual the society should be sensitive and […]

Mansa: Several attempts were made to attack Sidhu Moose Wala during the Punjab assembly elections in April and the Aam Aadmi Party-led state “government too left no stone unturned” to curtail his security and “publicized” the withdrawal of his security, said Balkaur Singh, father of the Punjabi singer-politician. “Sixty to eighty people were after him […]

New Delhi: A Dubai-bound SpiceJet aircraft from Delhi was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi due to technical malfunctioning, a senior airline official told IANS. In the last two weeks, two SpiceJet flights faced different technical problems. Further details are awaited.

New Delhi: A group consisting of 15 retired judges of various high courts, 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired armed forces officers have issued an open statement saying that ‘unfortunate and unprecedented comments’ were made by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Surya Kant and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, while hearing a petition […]

Assam: An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Assam, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Tuesday. The depth of the earthquake was 35 km which occurred at 11:03 am early in the morning. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 05-07-2022, 11:03:48 IST, Lat: 24.61 & Long: 93.02, Depth: 35 Km […]

New Delhi: Micro-blogging website Twitter has complied with the IT Ministry’s last notice within the final July 4 deadline, after receiving a warning to either comply with new IT Rules, 2021 or face stricter action. Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry […]

Ghaziabad/Raipur: A police team from Chhattisgarh reached Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad town on Tuesday to arrest a TV news anchor from his home for playing a doctored clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi out of context but he was taken into custody by Noida police instead, officials said. Both the teams, one from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh […]