New Delhi, 20/10: The rupee depreciated 6 paise to a record low of 83.06 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday due to a stronger greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. Besides, a sell-off in domestic equities and risk-averse sentiments weighed on the local unit, forex traders said. At…
Beijing, 20/10: China on Wednesday put a hold on a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to blacklist Pakistan-based militant Hafiz Talah Saeed, the son of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, in the second such move within two days. It is learnt that China placed the hold on the proposal to add…
New Delhi, 20/10: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has nabbed gangster Deepak Tinu, who is an accused in singer Sidhu Moosewala’s murder and escaped from Punjab police custody on October 1, from Rajasthan’s Alwar, officials said. Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) HGS Dhaliwal said Tinu kept changing his hideout after fleeing from…
Mumbai, ,19/10: The Competition Commission on Wednesday slapped penalties totalling more than Rs 392 crore on online travel firms MakeMyTrip, Goibibo and hospitality services provider OYO for unfair business practices. A fine of Rs 223.48 crore has been slapped on Make My Trip-Goibibo (MMT-Go) and Rs 168.88 crore on OYO, according to a…
Junagadh, 19/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the people of Gujarat to “teach a lesson” to those who constantly abuse and insult the state as well its citizens. Addressing a rally at Junagadh town in Saurashtra region, he said some political parties think their work is incomplete if they do not abuse Gujarat…
Bhubaneswar, : The KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI) has been identified as one of the five incubation partners by the Ministry of Defence to build the capacity of Defence related start-ups and mentor them towards scale. This is one of the major achievements of KIIT-Deemed-to-be-University in its quest for joining the Government-led initiative in creating…
Islamabad, 19/10: Shifting the 2023 Asia Cup out of Pakistan because of India’s refusal to tour the country may prompt similar tit-for-tat reaction from the Pakistan Cricket Board, the PCB said on Wednesday. Secretary of the Indian board Jay Shah, who also heads the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said on Tuesday India would…
Keonjhar, 19/10:Ardent Steel Limited at village Phuljhar, Block Banspal in Keonjhar District to obtain Environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Govt of India, New Delhi for expansion of Iron ore palletizing Plant (0.85 MTPA to 1.7 MTPA),Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant (3.0 MTPA), Pig Iron Blast Furnace (0.60 MTPA), DRI Plant…
New Delhi ,19/10: Mallikarjun Kharge was on Wednesday elected as the Congress president defeating Shashi Tharoor by around 6,700 votes. Kharge recieved 7,897 votes while Tharoor got 1,072 votes. The Tharoor camp described the senior MP crossing the 1000-mark a milestone. Around 9,500 or 96 per cent of 9,915 eligible Congress leaders…
New Delhi, 19/10: Election agent to Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor wrote a letter to Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudhan Mistry, alleging “extremely serious irregularities in conduct of election in UP” and demanded “that all votes from UP be deemed invalid”. The Tharoor camp also claimed irregularities in voting in Punjab and…
