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Gold prices scale yet another peak of Rs 83,800 per 10 grams

New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Gold prices rose for the second straight session to hit another fresh all-time high of Rs 83,800 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid strong global trends. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity edged up by Rs 50 to hit another fresh peak of Rs 83,800 per 10 grams from the previous close of Rs 83,750 per 10 grams on Wednesday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity also advanced Rs 50 to hit a lifetime high of Rs 83,400 per 10 grams. It

Rupee falls 9 paise to close at 86.64 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jan 30 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 9 paise to close at 86.64 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, weighed down by a strong US dollar amid a hawkish tone of the US Federal Reserve. Forex traders said the rupee continued to face pressure due to sustained foreign fund outflows and the broad strength of the American currency in the overseas markets. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 86.58 and touched a high of 86.56 and a low of 86.65 against the American currency during the session. The local unit settled at

Rajiv Kumar wants a job post-retirement: Arvind Kejriwal attacks CEC on ‘Yamuna poison’ row

New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission after the poll body rejected his explanation with regard to his claim that Yamuna was deliberately poisoned. The AAP national convenor accused the Election Commission of doing politics by sending him notice; Kejriwal said that Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar ‘wants a job post-retirement’. “I want to say ECI, with respect, they (ECI) can’t see money being distributed openly in Delhi. They can not see blankets being distributed in the city…. ECI is

Moments before deadly stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh, devotees pleaded to open more routes

PRAYAGRAJ, India, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Moments before a deadly stampede at the world’s biggest religious gathering in India, Hindu devotees queuing to take a spiritual bath in a river said they pleaded with police to open barricaded routes to thin out a surging crowd. Police did not respond, they said, and soon people squeezed in the massive crowd began fainting, creating panic at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival in the northern city of Prayagraj. “People were asking police to open the barricades to other routes as it was suffocating to stand there in that crowd for almost an

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