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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

Kolkata, Sept 2: An Alipore court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against cricketer Mohammad Shami in connection with a domestic violence case filed by his estranged wife Hasin Jahan. The court has asked him and his brother Hasid Ahmed to surrender before it within 15 days. In 2018, Hasin Jahan had accused the cricketer of domestic violence. She had filed a petition in the court, accusing Shami

Islamabad, Sept 2: Reham Khan, the former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has taken pot shots at the PM over his call for observing 'Kashmir Hour', and said that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is waiting in the wings to take over when the PM's chair is toppled. In a video that has gone viral, Reham, who had earlier criticised Imran for lack of decisiveness, said that on Friday

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

Brussels, Sept 2: A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has said that the abrogation of Article 370 will help in rooting out several terrorist organisations operating in Kashmir. In an article published in the European Parliament's monthly newspaper EP Today, MEP Tomas Zdechovsky said that "such terrorist groups are spreading violence in the Kashmir valley and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)"

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

New Delhi, Sep 1: Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities here from Sunday as the automatic exchange of information regime kicks off between the two countries. The move, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said, is a significant step in the government's fight against black money and the era of "Swiss bank secrecy" will finally be over from

New Delhi, Sep 1: India and Pakistan on Sunday had a heated exchange during the South Asian Speakers' Summit in the Maldives after the Pakistani side tried to raise the issue of abrogation of Article 370 provisions on Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani representative referred to the Kashmir issue after which a point of order was raised by India and a strong rebuttal was given by Rajya Sabha Deputy

London, Sep 1: Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain, living in exile in the UK, declared the revocation of Article 370 by the Indian government an internal matter of India and a decision which had the overwhelming support of the people of India. Hussain, 65, requested asylum in the 1990s and later gained UK citizenship. But he maintains a firm grip over the MQM - one of

Mumbai, Sep 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday termed lynching an "inhuman" act and called for stern action against perpetrators of such crimes. Talking to reporters in Latur district during his ongoing 'Mahajanadesh Yatra', Fadnavis also said he is a "Hindutvawadi" person but with a scientific mindset. Several incidents of mob fury have come to light from various places