India

Mumbai, Aug 20: The BSE benchmark Sensex today tanked over 325 points to dip below 18,000 level in the early trade on sustained selling, extending losses for the third straight day, as rupee plunged to fresh lows amid a weakening trend overseas. The 30-share index slipped below 18,000 mark by plunging 325.64 points, or 1.78 per cent, to 17,981.88. All sectoral indices led by financials and realty

New Delhi, Aug 19: Opposition today vociferously raised in the Rajya Sabha the issue of crucial files of Coal Ministry going missing, alleging that it was a conspiracy to save the Prime Minister in the multi-crore coal block allocation scam being probed by the CBI. The opposition sought to corner the government by demanding a statement from Prime Minister or Coal Minister on the issue. Responding

Khagaria (Bihar), Aug 19: A speeding express train ran over devotees waiting on tracks to stop it, leaving 35 persons dead and triggering angry protests by locals who attacked the train driver and set afire its coach besides engine of another train at Dhamara Ghat Station in Khagaria district today. The 'kanwarias' (devotees of Lord Shiva) were on the tracks after alighting from the Samastipur

Mumbai, Aug 19: The rupee dropped to a record low of 62.46 per dollar in late morning trade on Monday on persistent demand for the US currency from banks and importers coupled with capital outflows from foreign funds. A firm US currency in the overseas market also affected the rupee value against the dollar, a forex dealer said. The rupee resumed lower at 62.30 per dollar as against the last

New Delhi, Aug 19: Gujarat Chief Minister and the BJP election camp¬aign committee chief Nar-e¬ndra Modi’s poll mantra to party leaders at the crucial meeting on Sunday was to meet the political aspirations of all sections of society, including Musl¬ims, whom he feels are also looking for “political space”. At the brainstorming session to discuss poll strategies in the run-up to the Assembly and

Jaipur, Aug 19: World's shortest woman Jyoti Amge today released the biggest book measuring 30x24 feet written by a Jain Muni at a function here. The religious book written by Jain Muni Shri Tarun Sagar titled 'Kadve Pravachan' weighs 2,000 kg. "A very happy moment that world's shortest woman is releasing the world's biggest book," Amge, whose height is little below 25 inches, said on the occasion

New Delhi, Aug 19: Unemployment among Muslims is going down, marking an encouraging trend to gladden the champions of inclusive growth. The unemployment rate for the community declined from 2.3% in 2004-05 to 1.9% in 2009-10 in rural areas and from 4.1% to 3.2% in urban areas. However, a vast majority of Muslims in both rural and urban areas are not part of the organized workforce compared to

New Delhi, Aug 18: From an expert bomb maker to a small time shopkeeper selling perfumes near Muridkee in Pakistan, Abdul Karim Tunda has claimed that top LeT commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi calls the shots in the terror outfit. A composed 70-year-old Tunda, whom the security agencies term as a walking encyclopedia of Lashker-e-Taiba's(LeT) pan-India operations, spoke

New Delhi, Aug 18: Ashok Khemka, the IAS officer who hit the headlines last year over his challenging action concerning a land deal involving Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, has said that cancellation of mutation of the Rs.58-crore deal between Vadra's company with realty giant DLF was not based on mere supposition and "the truth had to be established" through investigation. In an

Mumbai, Aug 18: Battling difficult conditions, rescuers from Indian Navy extricated body of one more victim from the submarine INS Sindhurakshak late this evening, taking the total number of bodies recovered so far to six, naval sources said. The rescue team had yesterday extricated badly charred bodies of five of the 18 personnel trapped in the craft after gruelling efforts as naval authorities