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At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic currency opened at 83.01, then touched 82.99 against the greenback in initial deals, registering a rise of 8 paise from its previous close.

Opening on a positive note, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 52.48 points or 0.07 per cent, to 71,647.97 points in early trade.

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The NDA, which includes JD(U), BJP, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha and an Independent, has a combined strength of 128 MLAs in the 243-strong assembly, six more than the majority mark.

Sukhaj Cheema-Singh is being sought for first-degree murder following the discovery of 56-year-old Kuldip Singh with severe injuries at his Stoney Creek residence in Hamilton on Saturday evening.

The report indicates that 44,800 (5.1%) of newly naturalized American citizens hailed from the Philippines, while 35,200 (4%) were from the Dominican Republic.

"Seven out of the eight of them have returned to India. We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals," it said.

Earlier on February 9, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray demanded Bharat Ratna for the founder of Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray who passed away in 2012.

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He urged the people of Tamil Nadu to vote for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

In an order passed recently, Civil Judge Umesh Kumar said, "Issue summons of the suit and notice of application."

Along with this, full care was also taken to ensure that common devotees did not face any problems during the VVIP moment.

To prevent any disturbance in the law and order situation, the mobile Internet services will be suspended in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts till 11.59 p.m. on February 13.

The examination are being conducted from February 10-March 7 and around 48 lakh candidates are appearing in 128 cities across the country.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who joined his cabinet ministers in Ayodhya after arriving from Pune, visited the Ram Mandir with them and paid obeisance.

The four candidates announced are Md Nadimul Haque, Mamata Bala Thakur, Sushmita Dev and Sagarika Ghosh.

Sahil Sharma, residing in Croydon, confessed to the murder of Mehak Sharma from Gurdaspur, Punjab, during his appearance at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday.

Escalating his criticism against the ruling party at the Center, Owaisi pressed the BJP to clarify whether the government aligns with a specific religion.

Ajay Rai, UPCC chief, announced that the yatra's entry into UP would be postponed to February 16 from February 14, with the exit now scheduled for February 22/23 instead of the previously planned dates of February 27/28.

Taking a jibe at the BJP, he said that during the last 10 years, not a single scheme was launched that changed lives.

He said that for more than a year, he had not come across a single person in the country who was not free from fear.

Pawar said no such demand was made after the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, when a Congress-led coalition was in power in Maharashtra.

AAP has been unilaterally announcing its Lok Sabha candidates in different states despite being a constituent of the INDIA bloc.

Stalin sought Modi's personal intervention in the matter to expedite the approval for the Rs 63,246 crore project, as was successfully done for the first phase.