Day: May 25, 2019

States’ share of market borrowing up at 91 pc in FY19: Report

Mumbai ; States’ dependence on market borrowing to finance their fiscal deficit increased to 91 per cent in the financial year ended March 2019, says a report. In FY19, states’ budgeted fiscal deficit was around 2.5 per cent or Rs 4,86,500 crore and budgeted borrowing from the market stood […]

Rupee surges 49 paise against US dollar on Modi’s landslide win

Mumbai : The Indian rupee Friday rallied 49 paise to close at 69.53 against the US dollar in line with a massive surge in domestic equities following a decisive mandate for Narendra Modi’s BJP in the general elections. On weekly basis, the Indian currency gained 70 paise helped […]

EU says May resignation changes nothing in Brexit talks

Brussels : The European Union said Friday that Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation does nothing to change its position on the Brexit withdrawal deal that its members agreed with Britain. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker noted May’s decision “without personal joy,” a spokeswoman said, adding that the council of […]

Two more Indian mountaineers die on Mount Everest, toll of Indians rises to 8

Kathmandu : Two more Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest due to an hours-long ‘traffic jam’, taking the toll to 8 of the Indian mountaineers who perished in their expedition to the world’s highest peak during this season. Nihal Bagwan, 27, and Kalpana Das, 49, died along with […]

Yemen president accuses UN envoy of siding with rebels

Dubai : The Yemeni president has accused UN envoy Martin Griffiths of siding with the country’s Huthi rebels in a letter addressed to the UN chief. Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said he was giving Griffiths “a final chance” to implement hard-won truce deals reached in Sweden last year. In the […]

Yemen president accuses UN envoy of siding with rebels

Dubai : The Yemeni president has accused UN envoy Martin Griffiths of siding with the country’s Huthi rebels in a letter addressed to the UN chief. Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said he was giving Griffiths “a final chance” to implement hard-won truce deals reached in Sweden last year. In the […]

Five suspects linked to Easter bombing mastermind arrested

Colombo : Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested five suspects, allegedly having links with local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Cassim, the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday bombings. The five suspects were arrested in Horowpathana area on the day when the Parliament passed the […]

Trump moves to escalate the investigation of intel agencies

Washington : President Donald Trump has directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multiyear probe of whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. The move Thursday marked an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the […]

PM thanks world leaders, sportspersons and celebrities for their wishes on Twitter

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday thanked world leaders and personalities as their congratulatory messages kept pouring in after he led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a super-sized victory for a second term in office. Thanking American vice president Mike Pence, who congratulated him saying he looked […]

BJP sets new record for highest victory margin in five seats in Delhi

New Delhi : The BJP which swept all the seven seats in Delhi, set new records in five constituencies where its candidates defeated their opponents with the highest margins ever. Parvesh Verma, the sitting MP from the West Delhi constituency, won a second term with a record-breaking margin of […]

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