Dollar's strength against some currencies overseas and firming crude oil prices also put pressure on the rupee, dealers said.
Indian-American scholar Tejinder Singh Sibia, who documented the arrival and struggles of pioneer Indians to the US and Canada, has died in California. He was 70. Sibia, who became an unofficial archivist of Indian pioneers to America by collecting rare historic photographs and documents and compiling them on his website, died of leukemia at his Sacramento home on Thursday.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by Amit Maru, a resident of Tardeo and Arun Gaikwad from Kurla, alleging violation of legal provisions by the government while increasing the limit of floor space index. The FSI is an indicator of the amount of construction that is allowed on a particular plot. Higher FSI allows more number of floors.
Clearly, it is pressure from various parties in Tamil Nadu which appears to have forced the hand of New Delhi. The guess in political circles of Sri Lanka is that India chose the NSA as he represented the prime minister directly and wanted to give an impression to various constituencies in Tamil Nadu that it was getting tough with Colombo.
Forex dealers said besides robust month-end demand for the American currency from oil importers, dollar's strength against its rival currencies on expectations of rising interest rates amid lingering Sino-US trade tensions, weighed on the domestic currency.
At least 17 BJP members of legislative assembly and one member of Parliament were present in the meeting at BJP MLA Ravindra Rai's house.
The project, anchored by National Highways Authority of India in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India, is gaining momentum, with big banks such as ICICI and non-bank entities like Paytm have also entered the arena.
India's largest car maker Maruti on Wednesday said the diesel engine plant being set up jointly with Japanese parent Suzuki Motors at Manesar in Haryana will be operational by the first quarter of 2007.
The party's chances of winning two seats in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state in the March 26 Rajya Sabha polls has been severely dented.
After moving in a wide range of 10,206 to 10,423, the Sensex finally settled with a smart gain of 88 points at 10,370.
35-year-old Vambadiya was part of the group that had gathered outside the premises of the collector office in Rajkot demanding that government should declare cow as 'Rashtra Mata'.
In the second of a four-part series, Business Standard checks out the currency press in Dewas to find target-based allowances have increased the monthly salary of employees from Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000, at a time when notes are being printed 24x7.
Sources say the arilines has inducted a senior pilot from IndiGo to head its safety team.
Tista Sengupta takes a walk through Kumbharwada, north Mumbai's potters' colony, and discovers that kumbhars struggle to keep the traditional art of clay diya making alive. Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani
Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is all set to take Punjab's close business as well as people-to-people relations with Canada to the next level, with a one-to-one meeting with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Amritsar on Wednesday, said an official spokesperson.
In the results that were declared today, girls did marginally better in class X examination with a pass percentage of 98.95 per cent as opposed to 98.12 per cent in case of boys.
Tata's Vistara has a very strong core team to look into daily operations.
Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA), which recently received a no-objection certificate from the ministry of civil aviation to start a full-service airline (Tata-SIA Airlines), are in the process of securing an import licence for 20 Airbus A320 aircraft.
Acquisition of stressed infrastructure assets has pushed its debt to over Rs 1 lakh crore, highlighting concerns about its growth strategy.
Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task. But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.
The Underwater Photographer of the Year competition has announced the winners of this year's contest, with France's Gabriel Barathieu being named Underwater Photographer of the Year for an image of a hunting octopus. UPY was kind enough to share some of this year's honorees with us below.
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