Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Monday amid caution ahead of the July 9 US tariff deadline, weak trends in Asian markets and foreign fund outflows. Volatile trends engulfed markets during the early trade amid concerns surrounding the US-India trade deal, experts said. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 170.66 points to 83,262.23 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dipped 53.75 points to 25,407.25. July 9 marks the end of the 90-day suspension...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI) The rupee fell 26 paise to 85.66 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday amid FII outflows and a weak opening at the domestic equity markets. The US on Sunday stepped up pressure on trading partners to make new deals before the July 9 deadline, warning countries that higher tariffs could kick in on August 1, putting further pressure on the rupee. However, a weaker greenback, lower global crude oil prices and the rise in the country's forex reserves prevented further ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A spell of early morning rain brought much-needed respite from heat and humidity in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday. However, the downpour also led to heavy waterlogging in several parts of the city, affecting traffic movement during peak commuting hours. Multiple areas across the capital witnessed light to moderate rainfall, with visuals showing waterlogged roads and commuters wading through puddles under grey skies. The India Meteorological Depart...Read More
Agartala, Jul 7 (PTI) The CPI(M) and the Congress on Monday opposed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha's decision to rename the four-decade-old Town Hall here after Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Jana Sangh. Saha, while speaking at a programme to mark the birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Sunday announced the Town Hall would be renamed after the Jana Sangh founder. A statue of Mookerjee would be installed there to pay tribute to him, the CM said. CPI(M) MLA and leader of o...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) Smartworks Coworking Spaces Ltd on Monday fixed a price band of Rs 387-407 per share for its Rs 583 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO is scheduled to open for public subscription on July 10 and conclude on July 14, and the bidding for anchor investors would open for a day on July 9, the company announced. The company has revised its IPO size downward. The fresh issue has been reduced to Rs 445 crore from the earlier planned Rs 550 crore, while the Offer for Sa...Read More
Ramanagara (Karnataka), Jul 7 (PTI) Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya has opined that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar deserved a more prominent role after the Congress party's resounding victory in the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka. Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, maintained a measured stance, saying he respected the wishes of party workers and seers, but would abide by the decision of the Congress high command. There has been speculation within political...Read More
KOZHIKODE: A woman from Palakkad who recently tested positive for Nipah virus, remains in critical condition at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital. She is currently receiving critical care in the hospital's specialised Nipah isolation unit. The patient was initially admitted to a private medical facility in Perinthalmanna. However, late on Saturday night, due to a significant deterioration in her health, she was transferred to the Kozhikode Medical College. Her symptoms, consiste...Read More
Jammu, Jul 7 (PTI) Amid a multi-tier security cover, more than 8,600 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu early Monday to join the annual Amarnath pilgrimage in the Himalayas, officials said. More than 70,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine located at a height of 3,880 metres since the start of the 38-day yatra, which commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in the Anantnag district and Baltal in the Ganderbal district on July 3. The sixth batch of 8,605 p...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 7 (PTI) Local train services on the Central Railway's Harbour line were fully restored on Monday morning, nearly 13 hours after a track relaying train (TRT) derailed near Nerul station, officials said. The TRT derailed near Nerul station at 4.20 pm on Sunday, leading to suspension of services on both the Up (towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai) and Down (away from CSMT) lines between Vashi and Panvel. Thousands of commuters were left stranded during the pea...Read More
Srinagar, July 6: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended the 125th birth anniversary celebration of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, at Tagore Hall, here. Paying rich tribute to Mookerjee on his birth anniversary, Sinha recalled his immense contributions as one of the key architects of modern India. "Dr Mookerjee was a visionary statesman, educationist and fearless Parliamentarian whose ideals continue to shape the destiny of India. His profound knowledge, and resolute commitment to social c...Read More
New Delhi: The political fallout between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk escalated sharply on Sunday, with Trump slamming Musk's newly announced "America Party" as a recipe for "total disruption and chaos." In a blistering post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Musk had "gone off the rails," accusing the Tesla and SpaceX chief of pursuing a "third political party" that would never succeed in America's entrenched two-party system. The comments come a day after Musk for...Read More
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day o...Read More
Dehradun, Jul 6 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that public cooperation is needed along with government's efforts to ban forced religious conversions in the backdrop of a demographic change in the state. Addressing the programme 'Developed Uttarakhand @2047, Samuhik Samvad With Ex-Servicemen' here, Dhami said that his government has taken bold steps, including strict action against land encroachment, Uniform Civil Code along, and implementing strict anti-riot...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon emerged as the best placed Indian skeet shooters after round one on the opening day of competitions at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy on Sunday. Mairaj shot rounds of 24 and 25 in men's skeet while Ganemat shot 23 and 25 in the women's event, to emerge best placed among six Indians (three in each event) in contention. With three more qualifying rounds coming up over the next two d...Read More
Ranchi/ Medininagar, Jul 6 (PTI) Muharram and Ghurti Rath Yatra were observed amid tight security in Jharkhand on Sunday. People of the Muslim community mourned the martyrdom of Imam Hussain with processions in various parts of the state. In a post on X, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said, "The martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain conveys a message of brotherhood to humanity and inspires raising a voice against oppression." One person was electrocuted and three others injured while preparation for a...Read More
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which heads to elections later this year. In his writ petition, Jha contended that the process is "not only hasty and ill-timed, but has the effect of disenfranchising crores of voters, thereby robbing them of their constitutional right to vote." Jha's petition claimed th...Read More
Ramanagara (Karnataka), Jul 6 (PTI) Rambapuri seer Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya on Sunday said Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar deserved a higher position following the party's thumping win in the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka. Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, maintained a measured stance, saying he respected the wishes of party workers and seers, but would abide by the decision of the Congress high command. There has been speculation within political circles, especi...Read More
Bhopal, Jul 6 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday paid floral tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee at his life-size statue in Arera Colony here on the Jana Sangh founder's 125th birth anniversary. Mookerjee was a true patriot and vocal proponent of cultural nationalism, Yadav said. "He was not just a politician but a visionary leader whose life reflected a deep commitment to the nation, self-sacrifice, and public service. His slogan 'Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur d...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 6 (PTI) A milkman accused of spitting into milk before delivery was detained in Lucknow on Sunday after a customer lodged a complaint after seeing the incident on the CCTV installed at his house, police said. A purported CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced online, they said. A resident of Gomti Nagar in the state capital lodged a complaint to the police after he allegedly saw the milkman, Mohammad Sharif, also known as Pappu, spit into the milk before handing it over at his ...Read More
Saran, Jul 6 (PTI) Claiming that there was a "conspiracy" to thwart his foray into Bihar politics, Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday asserted that he would, nonetheless, contest the upcoming assembly polls in the state. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, who is a junior NDA partner in the state, made the statement at a rally in Saran district. "I want to take Bihar to new heights. I visualise a future in which our boys and girls will not need to go outside in search of greener...Read More
New Delhi/Patna, Jul 6 (PTI) The controversy over special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar intensified as Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, RJD's Manoj Jha and several NGOs moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Election Commission's order, which they claimed violated the Constitution. The Election Commission (EC) issued a statement on Sunday clarifying that it has not changed its instructions on the revision process, after several social media posts, includi...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Election Commission's order directing for special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has also approached the apex court against the EC's order. In his plea filed through advocate Fauzia Shakil, Jha said EC's June 24 order be quashed for being violative of Articles 14, 21, 325 and 326 of the Constitution of India. The Rajya Sabha MP said that...Read More
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 6 (PTI) A man was arrested at Mumbai international airport allegedly with hydroponic weed worth Rs 9.6 crore, a Customs official said on Sunday. Hydroponic cultivation is the method of growing plants with mineral nutrient solutions in a water-based solvent rather than soil. "Based on specific intelligence, Mumbai Customs Zone-III personnel the man who arrived from Bangkok on Saturday. A body search and examination of his baggage led to seizure of 9.662 kilograms of hydroponic weed ...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 6 (PTI) An umbrella body of civil society groups, Abhaya Mancha, on Sunday announced a march to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat on August 9, seeking justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on that day last year. Hundreds of people will march from Hazra More to Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat on that day, seeking punishment for all those involved in the heinous murder, said a spokesperson of the West Be...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) A key defence conclave that serves as a platform for evaluating challenges, initiating reforms and advancing the role of financial governance in defence preparedness, is slated to be held from July 7-9 in Delhi, officials said on Sunday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the 'Controllers' Conference-2025' which will be hosted by the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) at the DRDO Bhawan, the defence ministry said in a statement. The inauguration ceremony will ...Read More
Malappuram/Palakkad (Kerala), Jul 6 (PTI) Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday said that there are 383 people in the contact lists of the two persons infected with the Nipah virus in the state. Of those on the contact list, 12 people are under treatment in Malappuram district with five in the ICU and four are being treated in isolation in Palakkad district, the minister said in a statement after chairing a high-level meeting. The recent death of an 18-year-old girl in Malappuram distr...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) A senior US official met the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on the occasion of his 90th birthday, the US Embassy said on Sunday. Bethany Poulos Morrison, who met the Tibetan spiritual leader, is a deputy assistant secretary in the US Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA). In a post on X, the embassy also shared some photos of the meeting. "@State_SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Morrison had the honor of visiting Dharamshala and meeting wit...Read More
Imphal, Jul 6 (PTI) The Manipur unit of the BJP on Sunday paid their respect to Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary. Party leaders and workers paid floral tributes to a portrait of Mookerjee at the BJP head office in Imphal. "Mookerjee's ideology of placing the welfare of the people above personal interests continues to inspire the party's vision and actions," state BJP president A Sharda Devi told reporters. Devi, however, declined to reply to questio...Read More
Aizawl, Jul 6 (PTI) More than 3,000 people from Myanmar's Chin state have fled to India and taken shelter in Mizoram in the past four days following fierce clashes between two ethnic groups, an official said on Sunday. Mizoram already has more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar. The official said that the Myanmarese nationals, mainly from three border villages in Chin state, started entering Zokhawthar area of the northeastern state's Champhai district since July 3. Two anti-junta forces - Chi...Read More