India

Manesar, Sept 5: The narrow lanes in Aliyar and Kasan villages in Manesar, an automotive manufacturing hub on New Delhi's southern outskirts, would usually be packed on Sundays with migrant workers employed at the nearby plants enjoying their day off, but not anymore. These are hard times for an area dependent on the fortunes of companies like Maruti Suzuki, the carmaker with the largest market

Mumbai, Sept 4: Disappointing GDP growth numbers along with concerns over US-China trade war and continued outflows of foreign funds from the country's equity market weakened the Indian rupee to 72.40 mark against the US dollar. The rupee which opened at 72 to a US dollar from its last Friday's close of 71.41 depreciated to 72.40 on the back of massive foreign fund outflows. "Lower GDP numbers at

London, Sept 4: The body of a man found off a cliff in England is believed to be that of the missing son of a Telangana BJP leader, the police said. Ujwal Sriharsha Sanne, the son of Khammam district BJP president Sanne Uday Pratap, had been missing for a few days and a massive search was launched for him. A body was recovered on Sunday at Beachy Head, a chalk headland cliffs in East Sussex

New Delhi, Sept 3: Complying with the Supreme Court's order, a Delhi court on Tuesday extended till September 5 the CBI custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. Earlier on Tuesday, the apex court had ordered maintenance of status quo in the case and directed that the CBI custody of Chidambaram be extended till September 5. Reading out the apex court's order, special

Bengaluru, Sept 3: The slide of Indian rupee continued against the US dollar as it crashed below the 90-mark in trade Tuesday while markets turned red falling over 400 points. The domestic currency opened 55 paise lower in the Interbank Forex Markets at 71.95 against the greenback, as the outflow of foreign investors from Indian markets continued. The rupee continued to depreciate further and

Bhopal, Sept 3: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Monday night ended her nine-day-long hunger strike after discussions with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's emissary and former chief secretary S C Behar at Chota Bad-da in Barwani district of the state. After discussions Behar offered Patkar lemon juice to end her hunger strike in support of the Sardar Sarovar Dam

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 2: Creating a safe and comfortable zone for lactating mothers during journeys, a startup mentored by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has launched a project for installing state-of-the-art breastfeeding pods at three railway stations in the state. Christened Domatio, the new age breastfeeding pod has already been set up in Thrissur Railway Station and the facility will be

Pathankot, Sept 2: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Monday flew a sortie in a MiG-21 fighter aircraft from the Pathankot Airbase. Vir Chakra awardee Varthaman who shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet post-Balakot operations had resumed flying operations on August 23. The officer has started flying after medical clearance. During Pakistani counter-attack on

Islamabad, Sept 2: A senior Indian diplomat on Monday met Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, after Islamabad granted consular access to the Indian prisoner "in line with the ICJ judgement". The meeting between a senior Indian diplomat and the convicted Indian spy is currently underway after Pakistan formally granted the consular access to him in line with the decision of

Solapur, Sep 2: Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday took a dig at the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra over "influx" of party leaders joining the ruling party ahead of the Assembly elections. Shah was in south Maharashtra's Solapur to attend the conclusion of the second leg of the ''Mahajanadesh Yatra'' launched on August 1 by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. "If the BJP