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Oil prices dent rupee; falls below 73 per dollar

Oil prices dent rupee; falls below 73 per dollar

03-10-2018  comments

Mumbai (IANS) High crude oil prices and fears over a hike in key domestic lending rates pulled the Indian rupee to a new record low of over 73 per US dollar on Wednesday.

The Indian rupee opened at a record low of 73.25 per…

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India

03-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.

He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind in the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

He is India's 46th Chief…

Farmers end 10-day march, claim victory

Farmers end 10-day march, claim victory

03-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Thousands of farmers on Wednesday ended their 10-day Kisan Kranti Yatra after arriving at Kisan Ghat in the national capital.

The Central government allowed them to enter Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, ending…

Audrey House will now be known as Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Bhavan

Audrey House will now be known as Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Bhavan

02-10-2018  comments

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said the state will be Open Defecation Free (ODF) by November 15.

"Jharkhand will be ODF by November 15. We have achieved 99 percent in making the state ODF," Das said…

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday embarked on a humanitarian relief mission to help Indonesia that has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami in which more than 1,200 lives were lost.

IAF's C-130J and C-17 aircraft…

Major IAF reshuffle in the top positions

Major IAF reshuffle in the top positions

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): The government has effected a major reshuffle in the top Indian Air Force (IAF) positions with Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar taking over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command.

Air Marshal V.R.…

Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): BKU leaders on Tuesday said that their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over farmers' demands was "satisfactory" and that seven of their nine demands were accepted, while the Centre was non-committal on…

Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

02-10-2018  comments

Stockholm (IANS): Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou from the US and Donna Strickland from Canada were awarded Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics".

"The Royal Swedish Academy…

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

02-10-2018  comments

Srinagar/New Delhi (IANS): A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched the residence of a businessman in Srinagar in connection with a terror funding case, officials said.

The central anti-terror agency carried out…

Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons…

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