- Business
Rupee tanks 83 paise to close at record low of 80.79 on Fed rate hike
Mumbai: The rupee plunged by 83 paise — its biggest single-day loss in nearly seven months — to close at an all-time low of 80.79 against the US dollar on Thursday after…
- India
Water cannon used as BJP workers protest against Punjab govt
Chandigarh: Amid the simmering rift between the AAP government in Punjab and the governor, the police here Thursday aborted a BJP march to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence by deploying barricades, using…
- World
UK Opposition group calls out baseless narratives behind Leicester clashes
London: An Indian diaspora-focused organisation of the UK Opposition Labour Party has warned that baseless narratives are being pushed out by extremist groups behind the recent clashes involving some Muslims and Hindus…
- India
Rancorous arguments on hijab ban conclude, SC reserves judgement
New Delhi: The meandering 10-day arguments on Karnataka’s hijab row concluded on Thursday, with the counsel for Muslim petitioners making a last gasp effort to have the ban on the Islamic headscarf…
- India
First suspected case of lumpy skin disease reported in Mumbai
Mumbai: A suspected case of lumpy skin disease in an animal has been detected in Mumbai suburb of Khar, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said on Thursday. So far, the metropolis…
- Stock Market
Sensex tumbles 337 pts post Fed rate hike; FMCG cos buck trend
Mumbai: Equity benchmarks retreated for the second session on the trot on Thursday, in lockstep with a bearish trend overseas after the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 75 basis points…
- India
Be patient on action against PFI: Muslim organisations appeal to youths
New Delhi: Several Muslim organisations on Thursday appealed to the youth from the community to remain patient with the action taken by the law enforcement agencies against the Popular Front of India…
- Delhi
Restrain AAP, its leaders from levelling defamatory allegations: LG Saxena to Delhi HC
New Delhi: lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against him…
- India
Key PFI, SDPI activists held during NIA raids in Karnataka
Bengaluru: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided the offices of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) and residences of their key office-bearers in Karnataka, detaining…
- India
Gyanvapi case: Court admits plea for carbon-dating of ‘shivling’, next hearing on Sept 29
Varanasi: The Varanasi district court on Thursday admitted a plea for carbon-dating of a “Shivling” claimed to have been found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex here and asked the mosque management to…
- India
MP: Probe ordered after photos show govt school girls cleaning toilets
Guna (MP): Photographs showing girl students cleaning toilets at a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district appeared in the local media on Thursday, prompting state panchayat minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia to order…
- India
Why raids against PFI, asks Samajwadi Party MP, Shafiqur Rahman
Sambhal: Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq on Thursday questioned multi-agency raids against the Popular Front of India in the country, asking what is their crime and why people associated with it…
- Mumbai
BMC says no to Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park to both factions of Shiv Sena; matter now infront of HC
Mumbai: The Mumbai civic body has denied permission to both the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the rival faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to hold a Dussehra rally at…
- India
Writing letters to Soniaji, only major contribution: Vallabh slams Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress leader Gourav Vallabh on Thursday hit out at Shashi Tharoor over his probable AICC president poll bid, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to…
- India
Punjab Police uses water cannon against BJP workers protesting against AAP govt
Chandigarh: Police on Thursday used a water cannon to prevent BJP workers from heading towards the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann here after they tried to force their way through barricades…
