Day: August 7, 2019

Rupee skids for 5th day; drops 8 paise to 70.89 vs USD

7:39 pm August 7, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee dropped 8 paise to finish at 70.89 against the US dollar on Wednesday after the RBI cut the key interest rate and lowered the growth estimate for the current fiscal. This is the fifth straight session of loss for the domestic currency, during which it has lost a hefty 210 paise. During […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Woman, her paramour held for killing her husband

7:37 pm August 7, 2019

Thane: A 36-year-old woman and her paramour have been arrested for allegedly killing her husband at their residence in Navghar area in the district, police said on Wednesday. The duo killed the victim, Pramod Patankar (43), by strangulating him after making him drink tea mixed with as many as 20 sleeping pills, police said. The […]

Madhya Pradesh was central to Swaraj’s political journey

7:24 pm August 7, 2019

Bhopal: BJP stalwart and former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, who died on Tuesday night, had a special connection with Madhya Pradesh, which she represented in Parliament multiple times. Though she started her electoral career in Haryana and also served as the chief minister of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh was an important destination in her decades-long and […]

Ambala City bus stand to be renamed after Sushma Swaraj

Swaraj was among BJP’s most popular campaigners

7:22 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: As Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani charted BJP’s path to power in the 90s, Sushma Swaraj emerged as one of its most popular leaders, with her oratory and common touch making her the party’s leading campaigner and go-to person in places as afar as Delhi and Karnataka. A senior party recalled that […]

Nun expelled from congregation for her ‘lifestyle’

7:20 pm August 7, 2019

Kochi: A Kerala nun who took part in a protest against former bishop of Jalandhar diocese in connection with a rape case has been expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation for ‘failing to give a satisfactory explanation’ for her lifestyle “in violation of the proper law of the FCC.” Sister Lucy Kalappura had also published […]