India

Thiruvananthapuram/Pandalam, Oct 3: : Hundreds of Ayyappa devotees, including women, blocked state and national highways in various parts of Kerala on Tuesday, protesting against the recent Supreme Court verdict, permitting women of all ages to worship at the hill shrine at Sabarimala. The 'Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad' (International Hindu organisation), an outfit launched by Praveen Togadia

Mumbai, Oct 3: The Indian rupee Wednesday crashed below the 73 mark against the dollar for the first time ever on strong demand for the American currency from importers amid rising global oil prices and unabated capital outflows. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency dropped 43 paise to 73.34 against the US dollar in the early trade. The rupee opened lower at 73

Puducherry, Oct 2: A verbal spat between Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and AIADMK MLA A Anbalagan broke out on stage during a government function on Tuesday. The spat broke out after Bedi allegedly issued instructions to switch off the microphone when A Anbalagan was speaking at an event on Tuesday. The spat, recorded on mobile phones, shows an angry Kiran Bedi asking the AIADMK

New Delhi, Oct 2: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commemorated Mahatma Gandhi's 149th birth anniversary by paying tribute to the Father of the Nation at Raj Ghat here on Tuesday. A resolution was passed at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2007 marking Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2 as the 'International Day of Non-Violence'. Countries all around the world

New Delhi, Oct 2: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that preventing a protest march of farmers from entering the national capital was "wrong" and pitched for allowing them entry into the city. "Why are the farmers being stopped from entering Delhi. It is wrong. Delhi belongs to all. They should be given entry in Delhi. We support their demands," he told reporters on the

Ghaziabad, Oct 2: Thousands of farmers on Tuesday marched towards Delhi over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices, blocking traffic movement on arterial roads leading to the national capital. The march took a violent turn with police firing tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. National Highways leading to the national capital were swamped with farmers who

New Delhi, Oct 2: Tanushree Dutta, who was allegedly attacked by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers on the sets of 'Horn OK Pleassss' in 2008, has talked about the political party's involvement in the case. In a recent statement, she compared MNS with terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and ISIS. "MNS is not just a party but an ideology like Al-Qaeda or ISIS...they are a violent

New Delhi, Oct 2: Fuel prices continued the upward trend across the country on Tuesday as the petrol price was hiked by 0.12 paisa and diesel by Rs 0.16 in Delhi. After the revision, petrol is being sold at Rs 83.85 per litre and diesel is being retailed at Rs 75.25 per litre in the national capital. In Mumbai, petrol prices crossed Rs 90-run mark with the fuel being sold at Rs 91.20 per litre

Lucknow, Oct 1: The family of Apple executive shot dead by a policeman in the Gomti Nagar area here, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday and said that they "have faith" in the state government. "I have said earlier that I have faith in the state government. This faith has been strengthened after meeting the CM. I have lost capacity to take a stand after the unfortunate incident, which

New Delhi, Oct 1: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held court along with his successor Ranjan Gogoi for the last time on Monday, stopping a lawyer who broke into song to wish him a long life to say he was "responding from the heart" but will speak from his mind in the evening. CJI Misra, who presided over benches that delivered a series of key verdicts like the one on Aadhaar and homosexuality