The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 66.6680 against the US dollar and 74.4215 for the euro. These rates were 66.8640 and 74.9077, respectively, on March 23, 2016. According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were quoted at […]
Ever since Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma started dating in 2014, the Indian media has tried to find ways to link their relationship to his on-field performances.The coverage has not ended even after the two broke up earlier this year. Well, Kohli has finally had enough and he just instagrammed a picture saying “Shame”, followed […]
On Sunday evening’s suicide attack some 70 people were killed in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Allama Iqbal Town, rescue sources said. Hospital sources informed that over 250 people were injured. The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar.Iqbal Town Superintendent Police Dr Muhammad Iqbal confirmed this was a suicide attack that happend at a […]
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage, divorce and custody prevalent in various religious minorities, including Muslims. A bench comprising Chief justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit asked […]
Top Congress leaders and lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal today moved the High Court in Nainital against the imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand.A day after President’s Rule was imposed in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat is likely to meet Governor KK Paul today. Unhappy over Centre’s move to keep the state under […]
In wake of PDP staking claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir with BJP’s support, Shiv Sena today sought to know if chief ministerial candidate Mehbooba Mufti will now chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ in the honour of Kashmiri Pandits who lost their lives in terror attacks. Ending the over two-month deadlock, the PDP […]
Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award for playing a hypochondriac father in “Piku”, while Kangana Ranaut scored her second consecutive best actress honour at the 63rd National Film Awards, where Hindi films won in major categories barring the top prize that went to “Baahubali”. This is 73-year-old Bachchan’s fourth National award. He previously won […]
Imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand today kicked up a political storm, with Congress dubbing it as “murder of democracy” and “unconstitutional” step even as the Centre justified the action, arguing that Harish Rawat government was “unconstitutional” and “immoral”. Rawat, who lost his government, condemned the imposition of President’s rule and said Prime Minister Narendra […]
Today in Mohali, a yet another crucial game of World Cup T20 tournament India will take on Australia in a Group 2, a straight knockout match between two mighty contestants India and Australia. Both the teams have arrived here not via long and winding roads, but short and parallel ones. Now, 12 days after the […]
With the terror attack on Brussels’ Zaventem airport bringing to the fore fresh concerns over airport security, a report by security agencies says India has not accorded specialised CISF security cover to over two dozen of its such sensitive facilities for the last five years owing to lack of funds. A total of 27 such […]
