New Deli: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the rupee has depreciated "significantly" over the past year and a half, and the RBI will continue its efforts to prevent excessive volatility in the domestic currency. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026, Sitharaman said...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court deferred to Thursday the hearing on pleas related to protests, closure of metro stations and disruptions in train services ahead of the October 10 agitations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar due to the indisposition of Justice V Mohana. On...
New Delhi: Members of a student organisation took out a march from Connaught Place Tuesday, demanding immediate release of detained Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders and opposing the de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. The protesters, associated with student organisation Disha, called...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said India's economic growth was anchored in strong fundamentals and a sustained reform drive, declaring that the country sought to expand its global economic influence through shared prosperity rather than at the expense of other nations. "We do...
Sofi: Drones struck two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said early Tuesday. One crew member from the sunken vessel was rescued, he said, without providing details on the others aboard. Rescuers evacuated...
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging restrictions on protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and the designation of alternative sites for public demonstrations. Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar's standing order of October 11 de-notified Jantar Mantar and designated Ramlila Ground,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case before a trial court in Maharashtra against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Aparesh Kumar Singh issued...
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with a few others, were detained by police early Tuesday when they entered the Jantar Mantar area, defying prohibitory orders after it was denotified as a protest site, and raised slogans against Chief...
New Delhi: Two FIRs have been registered at Delhi's Barakhamba Road and Tilak Marg police stations in connection with the Opposition's march to the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, officials said Tuesday. According to police, no permission had been granted for the...
Panama City: A preliminary magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit southern Panama Monday evening, according to the US Geological Survey, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or property damage. The quake struck around 6:20 p.m. at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) about 18...
Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
Read moreDetails
One of the infirmities that democratically elected governments the world over suffer from is the extra-constitutional powers that captains of...
Read moreDetails
At a time when there are nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the...
Read moreDetails
By Aakar Patel In 5 March 2021, the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India put out a statement...
Read moreDetails