- Business
Rupee slips 29 paise to 87.95 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 29 paise to 87.95 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, a tad above the crucial 88/USD level, after US President Donald Trump’s latest salvos targeting…
- Bangalore
Bus services hit as transport workers begin strike across Karnataka, passengers stranded
Bengaluru: Employees of Karnataka’s state-owned transport corporations began an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning, severely affecting public bus services across the state and leaving passengers in the lurch. The unions went ahead…
- Kolkata
Abhishek Banerjee named TMC leader in Lok Sabha; Sudip replaced
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha (LS) MP, Abhishek Banerjee, has replaced veteran and four-time party MP, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, as the leader of Trinamool Congress’ Parliamentary team in…
- India
Delhi govt tables bill to regulate fee hikes by private schools in Assembly
New Delhi: Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday tabled a bill to regulate fee hikes by private schools in Delhi on the first day of the Monsoon session of the Assembly, claiming…
- India
PM Modi to address NDA parliamentary meeting on Tuesday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, a get-together of the ruling alliance’s MPs which is being held after a considerable gap. The…
- News
Afghanistan has its ‘sharpest surge’ ever of child malnutrition, says UN
Islamabad: Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program said Monday, adding it needed USD 539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 million…
- News
Supermen from India! What a win: Tendulkar leads praise after stunning victory
London: The legendary Sachin Tendulkar led the way as the Indian cricket fraternity on Monday lavished praise on the Shubman Gill-led team after the stunning win in the fifth Test against England,…
- India
Coaching institute launches first international study centre in Kuwait
Jaipur: Competitive examination coaching institute, Motion Education, has launched its first international study centre in Kuwait, an official said on Monday. The centre aims to deliver personalised coaching to Indian students in…
- Bangalore
Karnataka RTC to go on indefinite strike from tomorrow
Bengaluru: The employees’ union of the state-owned transport corporations have decided to go an indefinite strike from August 5 as talks with the Karnataka government failed on Monday. The Karnataka High Court…
- India
CPI leader D Raja writes to PM, seeks restoration of J&K statehood
New Delhi: Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to bring a bill in the ongoing Monsoon Session to restore the…
- Kashmir
JK: Jammu University student held for supplying illegal arms to gangsters
Jammu: A Jammu Central University student from Bihar was arrested on the charges of supplying illegal arms to gangsters in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday.…
- India
Two arrested in Maharashtra for discussing ‘jihad’ in WhatsApp group
Mumbai: Two members of a WhatsApp group were arrested following a joint operation by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police in Thane district on Monday, August 4, on charges of alleged radicalising people…
- India
SC order paves way for holding local body polls with 27 pc OBC quota: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the Supreme Court’s order has paved the way for holding the elections to local bodies with a 27 per cent quota for OBCs.…
- Business
US will ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India: Trump
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday, August 4, said he will “substantially” raise tariffs paid by India to America, accusing the country of buying massive amounts of Russian oil and…
- India
Dharmasthala mass burial: Skeletal remains found at new site
Karnataka: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burial case in Karnataka‘s Dharmasthala on Monday, August 4, recovered multiple skeletal remains from a new site identified by the anonymous complainant,…
