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New Delhi, Sept 10: Congress president Rahul Gandhi kick-started the nationwide protests against fuel price hike by staging a sit-in demonstration at a petrol pump near Rajghat along with leaders from 20 political parties. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader Tariq Anwar, RSP leader N K Premachandran, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RJD leader J P N

Mumbai, Sept 10: The rupee on Monday slumped to a fresh record low of 72.18 by falling 45 paise against the U.S. dollar on strong demand for the U.S. currency from importers as the greenback strengthened against other currencies overseas on upbeat jobs data. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local currency opened at record low of 72.15 a dollar from its previous close of 71.73

New Delhi, Sept 10: A medium-intensity earthquake hit Haryana's Jhajjar district and its tremors were also felt in the national capital for the second time in less than 24 hours, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake occurred at 6.28 am at a depth of 10 km and had a magnitude of 3.7, it said. It occurred in Jhajjar district and the tremors were also felt in the national capital, the

Beijing, Sept 10: Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma announced on Monday he would step down as the Chinese e-commerce giant's executive chairman next year and named the company CEO as his successor. Ma, 54, will hand over the keys of his company to 46-year-old Daniel Zhang in an unprecedented succession plan that will slowly take the focus off one of China's most recognisable corporate names

Mumbai, Sept 10: The Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old labourer who confessed to murdering HDFC Vice President Siddharth Sanghvi after he left the office on Wednesday. The accused also told the police that after dumping Sanghvi’s body, he took his car to Navi Mumbai. The arrested accused, according to the reports, is one of the four men who was hired to kill the HDFC VP. The police

Chennai, Sept 9: The AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu Sunday decided to recommend to the state Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the release of all seven life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the state cabinet which met here under Chief Minister K Palaniswami's leadership, Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar told reporters. It decided to recommend to

New Delhi, Sept 9: Scores of leaders belonging to 21 political parties will take part in 'Bharat Bandh' called by the Congress party on September 10 against the fuel price hike, and decline in rupee value against the United States dollar. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), among others, have extended support to the nationwide

Dubai, Sept 9: The prosecutors are calling for a stiff penalty to be inflicted on a construction worker who is facing murder charge at a Dubai court after allegedly stabbing his roommate to death under the influence of alcohol. Public prosecution records show that on March 30, in Al Qusais, the 37-year-old Indian worker fatally stabbed the victim in his room. He has been charged with murder and

Pune, Sept 9: The 'Muslim Muk Morcha' carried out a protest in Pune on Sunday with a demand of reservation in education and jobs. The protesters also demanded punishment for those behind lynching of Muslims in the name of 'gau raksha', and also asked for land annexed from the Waqf Board to be returned. "Five per cent reservation has been allocated to us but is not being granted in any field. We

New Delhi, Sept 9: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said those involved in incidents of hate and lynching cannot call themselves nationalists while holding that legislation alone was not enough as a change in societal behaviour was required to prevent such cases. The vice president also expressed anguish over the politicisation of incidents of lynching, saying such cases should not be linked