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Rupee falls 5 paise to 89.73 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Dec 23 (PTI) The rupee fell 5 paise to 89.73 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid FII outflows and a weak opening in the domestic equity markets. However, a weaker greenback and a drop in global crude oil prices prevented sharper losses in the local unit, according to forex traders. At the interbank foreign exchange, the local unit opened at 89.67 against the dollar but lost ground to trade at 89.73, down 5 paise from its previous close. The rupee on Monday pared initial gains to settle slightly down by 1 paisa at 89.68 against

Stock markets decline in early trade after two days of rally

Mumbai, Dec 23 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday after two days of sharp rally, dragged by IT stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 116.57 points to 85,450.91 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 27.15 points to 26,145.25. Market experts said that trading volumes are expected to remain subdued amid the holiday-shortened week. From the 30-Sensex firms, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, Eternal and Bharti Airtel were among the major laggards. However, Bajaj Finance, Power Grid, UltraTech Cement and Tata Steel were among the gainers. In Asian

Replacing MGNREGA is ‘historic mistake’: Sachin Pilot

Bengaluru, Dec 23 (PTI) AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot has termed the central government replacing the rural employment act MGNREGA, as a “historic mistake” and a systematic attack on the livelihood chances of those amongst us, who have the least. The former Rajasthan deputy chief minister also accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of constantly fueling “political vendetta” by falsely framing Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. “The government of India has made a historic mistake. For the first time in history, since we got independence, a scheme or programme launched after the

Around 32 lakh unmapped voters to be called in phase 1 of SIR hearings from Dec 27 in Bengal

Kolkata, Dec 23 (PTI) Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials from the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer said on Monday. Hearings for this category, in which voters could not link their names with those of family members in the 2002 electoral rolls, will begin from December 27, he said. “We have started sending notices to around 10 lakh such voters from today, while the same will be issued to another 22 lakh voters from Tuesday,” the official told PTI.

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