India

New Delhi, Sept 12: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the house arrest of five rights activists who were arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case till September 17. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud adjourned the hearing on the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar and four others to September 17 after it was

Meerut, Sept 12: Overcultivation of sugarcane can indirectly lead to diabetes. This startling claim was made by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “Excess production of sugarcane leads to its more consumption, which, in turn causes sugar (diabetes)," said the Chief Minister during the inauguration of 154-km Delhi-Saharanpur Highway in Baghpat. The way to tackle this is simple, says Adityanath.

New Delhi, Sept 12: An ED investigation has found that absconding jeweller Mehul Choksi diverted over Rs 3,250 crore funds, allegedly defrauded from a PNB branch in Mumbai, to foreign shores and he was in business of "highly inflating" prices of precious metals sold from his outlets. The businessman has rejected the charges as "baseless". The agency, which is probing the $2 billion (about Rs 13

Mumbai, Sept 12: The rupee on Wednesday collapsed to a lifetime low of 72.91 against the dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market. The domestic currency was quoting 22 paise lower at a fresh record low of 72.91 against the US dollar in morning trade amid surging crude oil prices and uanabated foreign fund outflows. Against the UAE dirham, the rupee was trading at 19.84 at 8:05am (UAE time)

Bhopal, Sept 12: The Congress will construct "Ram Path" (a mythical route taken by Lord Ram during his 14-year exile) stretching up to the borders of Madhya Pradesh if voted to power, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh said Tuesday. He said the Congress would also construct the Narmada Parikrama Path". Assembly elections are due in Madhya Pradesh later this year. The Congress has been out of

New Delhi, Sept 12: Investors have lost a whopping Rs 4.14 lakh crore in two days of trading as stock markets continued to face heavy selling pressure for the second straight session on Tuesday. The BSE benchmark index crashed 509.04 points, or 1.34%, to end at 37,413.13 due to heavy selling in FMCG, metal, auto and financial stocks amid growing concerns over intensifying global trade war. This is

Mathura, Sept 11: Accusing the BJP leadership of adopting double standard on the Ram temple issue, Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) president Pravin Togadia said Tuesday that the party doesn't have any moral right to remain in power if it cannot fulfil its promise of constructing the temple in Ayodhya. Togadia, who launched AHP after his ouster from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), targeted

Kochi, Sept 11: A nun who has accused a Roman Catholic Bishop of raping her has petitioned the Vatican representative in India alleging that the clergyman was using "political and money power" to bury the case and sought his removal from the post. In a letter to Giambattista Diquattro, Vatican's Apostolic Nuncio (a diplomatic mission), the nun said she has turned to the Church authorities for

Ahmednagar, Sept 11: A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide over the Maratha reservation issue in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, police said Tuesday. Kishori Baban Kanade, Class 11 student of the Radhabai Kale Mahila Mahavidyalaya, hanged herself Monday afternoon from a ceiling fan in her hostel room, Topkhana police station Inspector Vishal Sanas told PTI. The girl, hailing from a

New Delhi, Sept 11: Asha Devi, the mother of the 2012 gang rape victim referred to as Nirbhaya, on Tuesday expressed her disappointment over delay in executing the four accused in the case, saying that the crime rates are escalating due to the delay in serving justice. "Despite crime rates in the country being so high, little girls still preyed upon by these criminals, our authorities are slacking