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New Delhi, Aug 31: The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of just over 71 to a US dollar during the morning trade session on Friday. Against the UAE dirham, the rupee was trading at 19.31 at 9am (UAE time), according to XE.com. Around 10am the Indian rupee was pegged at 70.97-98 to a US dollar after it touched 71 to a US dollar -- the lowest ever mark -- against the greenback. It opened

New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed an FIR against actor Priya Prakash Varrier, director and the producer of Malayalam movie 'Oru Adaar Love', which alleged that the 'wink song' video had hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslim community. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said the Malayalam folk song, on which the song has

New Delhi, Aug 31: The finance ministry on Friday said banks will remain open in the first week of September, putting to rest rumours on social media about closure of banks for six days. “It has come to notice that a rumour is circulating in several sections of the social media that banks will be closed for 6 days in the first week of September 2018, causing undue panic among the general public,”

New Delhi, Aug 31: A Delhi court today granted bail to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in an Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also issued a production warrant against Prasad in the case. The court granted bail to Rabri and Tejashwi Yadav on a personal bond of Rs lakh and one surety of the like amount

When the teenage Kashmiri girl Iram Habib expressed her wish to join the aviation sector after Class XII, no one was ready to support her. But, she did not give up on her dreams. Now, the 30-year-old has become the only woman pilot from Srinagar to fly a commercial aircraft. She will join a private airline next month. It took her six years to convince her parents to allow her to pursue her dream

When the teenage Kashmiri girl Iram Habib expressed her wish to join the aviation sector after Class XII, no one was ready to support her. But, she did not give up on her dreams. Now, the 30-year-old has become the only woman pilot from Srinagar to fly a commercial aircraft. She will join a private airline next month. It took her six years to convince her parents to allow her to pursue her dream

Bareilly, Aug 30: A youth who was home from United Arab Emirates where he worked as a tailor was lynched in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district by a group of cow-terrorists, locally known as gau rakshaks. Shahrukh, 20, was beaten to death on Wednesday night in Bholapur Hadoliya village under the Cantt police station area on suspicion that he had stolen a buffalo, police said on Thursday

Lucknow, Aug 30: Expelling a class X student on charges of indiscipline proved costly for a school principal when he was shot at and critically injured by the student in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnore district, about 450 km from capital Lucknow. According to sources in the police, the student, Deepanshu Singh, a resident of Narawali village in the district, had been expelled by the principal Sanjeev

Madurai, Aug 30: Sending out a signal that he was prepared to bury the hatchet, M K Alagiri today said he was ready to accept the leadership of his younger brother and DMK chief M K Stalin if he was readmitted into the party fold. The estranged elder brother of Stalin said neither he nor his son Durai Dayanidhi yearned for any position in the party. "When we desire to be inducted into the party

New Delhi, Aug 30: The price of a large yellow diamond alternately shrank and spiked by about a million dollars as it moved across the globe. The three-carat gem was shipped at least four times between shadowy companies allegedly controlled by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi over about five weeks in 2011, according to a report by a US bankruptcy examiner. The practice of round-tripping--trading a