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SIR ‘institutionalised chori’; EC colluding with BJP to carry out ‘vote theft’: Rahul Gandhi

SIR ‘institutionalised chori’; EC colluding with BJP to carry out ‘vote theft’: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Describing the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls as an “institutionalised chori”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the Election Commission is “openly colluding” with the BJP to carry out this “theft” with the objective of taking away the voting rights of the poor. Gandhi made the charge in a video released on his YouTube channel in which he also claimed that SIR has been brought in Bihar because the EC knows that “we have caught their chori”. He alleges that the Election Commission (EC) and the BJP are “colluding” to “steal

‘When India and Pakistan went to war, we got involved directly,’ claims US Secretary of State Rubio

‘When India and Pakistan went to war, we got involved directly,’ claims US Secretary of State Rubio

New York, Aug 8 (PTI) The US “got involved directly” when India and Pakistan “went to war”, and President Donald Trump was able to deliver peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed. Since May 10, Trump has repeated his claim many times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan and told the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours that America will do a “lot of trade” with them if they stopped the conflict. India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between

Rupee falls 5 paise to 87.63 against US dollar in early trade

Rupee falls 5 paise to 87.63 against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Aug 8 (PTI) The rupee traded in a tight range and fell 5 paise to 87.63 against the US dollar with depreciation pressures still lingering amid persistent trade uncertainty and a firm US dollar backdrop. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a narrow range as the Reserve Bank of India is protecting it at around the 87.95 level, while sustained foreign fund outflows are dragging the local unit lower. At the interbank foreign exchange market rupee opened at 87.56, then touched an intra-day low of 87.63 against the US dollar in initial trade, lower by 5 paise

Stock markets trade lower in early trade amid persistent foreign fund outflows, tariff jitters

Stock markets trade lower in early trade amid persistent foreign fund outflows, tariff jitters

Mumbai, Aug 8 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday amid non-stop foreign fund outflows and tariff-related jitters. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 242.24 points to 80,381.02 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 54.85 points to 24,541.30. From the Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Bharat Electronics, Eternal, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank were among the laggards. However, Titan, Bajaj Finance, NTPC and Bajaj Finserv were among the gainers. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 4,997.19 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DII), however, bought stocks worth

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