The rupee weakened by 30 paise to close at 86.34 against the US dollar on Tuesday, pressured by a sharp rise in global crude oil prices and growing geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East. A stronger greenback and muted domestic equity markets further weighed on the local unit.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee…
NEW DELHI: As President Trump issued fresh threats of 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the US (on top of existing metal duties), India is getting ready to unbracket itself from countries he has called “worst tariff manipulators”, citing its recent duty cuts to point to a reduction in average duties in…
NEW DELHI: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday welcomed govt’s decision to confer Padma Bhushan on Sadhvi Ritambhara for her contributions to social work even as critics pointed to her controversial past and argued that this could not be overlooked.VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal said, “Sadhvi ji dedicated her entire life to the upliftment of society…
NEW DELHI: Pushpa lead actor Allu Arjun will spend the night in jail and will be released Saturday morning.Chanchalguda jail authorities confirmed to TOI that actor Allu Arjun will not be released tonight. “He will be released tomorrow morning,” said a jail official.The jail authorities received the “bail order late in the night and as…
Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York state judge to dismiss the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star in light of his victory in the November 5 US presidential election. In urging Justice Juan Merchan in Manhattan to vacate…