London, 21/10: Soon after the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss within 6 weeks of her swearing-in, the name of Indian-origin Rishi Sunak has become favourite among the bookies to take over as the prime minister. The election for Liz’s successor will be held by October 28, as reported by the news agency AFP….
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…
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…
Chennai, 19/10: V K Sasikala has responded to allegations against her role in former Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, with the former CM’s close aide saying that she is ready to face inquiry. Finding fault with V K Sasikala and three others for not acting on advice of doctors, including the suggestion to…
New Delhi, 19/10: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. “There is no merit in the bail appeal. Bail appeal is dismissed,” said a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar. Umar Khalid was arrested two years ago in a UAPA…
New Delhi, 17/10:Justice D Y Chandrachud was on Monday appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said. He will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65. While Justice Lalit has a brief…
New Delhi, 17/10: Voting ended on Monday in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief. Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates form the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. Voting began at 10 am…
UP, 16/10: Amid a series of pet dog attacks, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has banned residents from keeping the Pitbull, Rottweiler and Dogo Argentino breeds as pets. The civic body issued a host of other guidelines on Saturday for pet-owners according to which they will have to get a licence for their dogs,…
UP, 16/10: A senior IAS officer in rain-hit Uttar Pradesh was caught rebuking people of a flood-affected village who complained about unavailability of food, saying that the government was not “running Zomato service”, even as the Yogi Adityanath-led establishment came under fire for poor flood management and for failing to take measures to provide succor…
