Mumbai : Rising for the fifth straight day, the rupee firmed up by another 9 paise to 71.22 against the dollar in opening trade Monday on increased selling of the American currency by exporters amid foreign fund inflows. Forex dealers said weakness in the dollar against some other currencies […]
New Delhi : Auto component major Motherson Sumi Systems Monday reported 1.19 per cent drop in consolidated net profit at Rs 554.99 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2018, on account of higher tax expenses during the period. The company had reported a profit of Rs 561.71 […]
Bangkok : Thailand’s junta chief on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as “fake news”, as speculation ricocheted across a kingdom unsettled by the ill-fated political union between a princess and a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan. Conjecture has coursed through Thailand since Friday when the […]
Washington : Bangladesh faced widespread international criticism over the conduct of recent elections, but the United States looks set for business as usual as it sees strong common interests with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As the eighth most populous nation in the world, with a moderate Muslim population that […]
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak was making a last-ditch bid Monday to delay the start of his trial over the 1MDB scandal, which contributed to his government’s shock election defeat. Najib is due to go on trial Tuesday for the first time over allegations that […]
Tehran : Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US “conspiracy” against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Islamic revolution at a time of heightened tensions with Washington. “The presence of people today on the streets all over Islamic Iran… means that the enemy will never […]
New Delhi : A Chinese man was apprehended at the Delhi airport Monday for allegedly carrying gold bars worth Rs 12 lakh in his baggage in violation of rules, officials said. They identified the man as Jian Zhang and said he was intercepted by the CISF personnel at about […]
Banihal/Jammu : Fresh landslides struck several places along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which remained closed for the seventh consecutive day Tuesday. Authorities are hopeful of clearing the debris and making the road traffic-worthy by this afternoon. The road clearance operation is going on in full swing. The massive landslide […]
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah Tuesday kicked off his party’s ambitious “Mera parivar, Bhajapa parivar” campaign by hoisting its flag at his residence in Gujarat as it seeks to cover over five crore houses under the drive ahead of the announcement of the schedule of Lok Sabha […]
Thane : Two minor sisters from Uttar Pradesh, one of them mentally challenged, were reunited with their parents after they inadvertently came to Maharashtra by boarding a wrong train, police said. The two girls, one aged 17 who, according to police, is mentally unstable and the other around 4 […]
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