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PM’s post on Dhankhar’s resignation revealed its political nature, claims Gaurav Gogoi

Guwahati, Jul 23 (PTI) Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media post on Jagdeep Dhankhar’s exit as Vice President showed “the political nature of the resignation”. Dhankhar resigned from his post on Monday evening, citing medical reasons. He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect. Notably, Gogoi did not mention Dhankhar’s name in his post on X. The dignity of a Constitutional post should be maintained both in it’s role of a Presiding Officer and in it’s resignation.

Trump reaches silver jubilee of India-Pak ceasefire claim, PM totally quiet: Congress

New Delhi, Jul 23 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump repeating his claims about bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Congress on Wednesday said while Trump has reached the quarter century mark on his claims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “totally quiet, finding time only to travel abroad and to destabilise democratic institutions at home”. Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent “war” between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan “was probably going to end up

Rupee falls 2 paise to 86.40 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Jul 23 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 2 paise to 86.40 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, amid outflow of foreign funds and higher crude oil prices. According to forex traders, positive sentiment in domestic equity markets capped a sharp fall in the rupee even as the American currency strengthened after the US announced a trade deal with Japan. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened weak at 86.46 and recovered slightly to trade at 86.40 against the greenback in initial deals, 2 paise lower from its previous closing level. At the end of Tuesday’s

Markets trade higher in early deals tracking rally in Asian peers

Mumbai, Jul 23 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Wednesday tracking a positive trend in Asian markets. Japan securing a trade deal with the US propelled a rally in Asian markets, which in turn added to optimistic trend in domestic equities, an expert said. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 288.64 points to 82,475.45 in initial trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 88.95 points to 25,149.85. From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Maruti, Eternal, Mahindra & Mahindra, Adani Ports and Bharti Airtel were among the biggest gainers. However, Titan, State Bank of India, HDFC

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