The rupee recovered 3 paise from its all-time low level to close at 87.08 (provisional) against U.S. dollar on Tuesday (February 4, 2025), as the American currency index retreated from its elevated level after President Donald Trump agreed to pause tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Forex traders said the U.S. dollar index, which had surged […]
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) said it filled close to 7,000 posts in various departments, which had been lying vacant for years because of legal wrangles. Appointment letters were given away to a total of 6,341 junior engineers, who will be posted in eight departments, at a function which […]
A woman sub-inspector (SI) of police and a motorcyclist were killed in a road accident involving a car and a motorcycle at Chilvakodur village in Gollapalli mandal of Jagtial district on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) morning. The deceased SI was identified as 30-year-old K. Shwetha, attached to the District Crime Records Bureau (DCRB) in Jagtial […]
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, on Tuesday (February 4, 2025), moved privilege motion against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Mr. Dubey wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and requested him for initiating ‘privilege proceedings’ against Mr. Gandhi. In his letter to the Speaker, Mr. Dubey said “Rahul Gandhi not only shamelessly […]
A Delhi court on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) dismissed a criminal complaint filed by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor accusing him of defamation. Additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal refused to summon Mr. Tharoor, saying prima facie “no ingredients of defamation” was made in the complaint. Mr. Chandrasekhar alleged Mr. Tharoor […]
The closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is likely to have far-reaching consequences for India, with experts warning key programmes in health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and climate resilience could suffer major setbacks. One of the experts, however, added India’s growing economy may be able to offset some of the […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of making “false allegations” about the statement of the Army chief on the situation at the India-China border. “The words attributed to the Army Chief by Shri Rahul Gandhi were never spoken by him at any time. It is a matter […]
The District Election Officer and Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara has said that all arrangements are in place for the smooth conduct of polling on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) and urged voters to exercise their democratic rights without fail. Polling will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 237 polling stations in the constituency. Addressing the media on Tuesday, he said that a holiday has been declared for […]
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), considered the richest civic body in the country, on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) presented its budget of ₹74,427 crore for the year 2025-26. The civic body is under an administrator since the term of the corporators ended on March 7, 2022. According to BMC commisioner, Bhushan Gagrani, this is the […]
The 16 Indian workers who were stuck in Libya for the past 10 months will leave for India today (February 4, 2025). Arrangements for their return to India have been completed, sources informed The Hindu on Tuesday. Sixteen Indian workers had alleged that they were being held in “prison-like conditions” at the Libyan Cement Company’s […]
