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Seconding Pawar, Maharashtra Minister and state NCP chief Jayant Patil alleged the incident highlighted the BJP's practice of "taking name of Lord Ram, but acting like Nathuram", an apparent reference to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.

Dalit organisations had given a call for bandh in Gujarat and other states if the accused was not arrested within 24 hours of the incident.

With 69 per cent of semifinished steel and 28 per cent of finished steel heading there between April and August, India turned net exporter of steel to China for the first time in several years, the rating agency said.

During the reporting week, the fall in reserves was due to a decline in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a major component of the overall reserves.

e had also argued that his arrest and subsequent detention were not in compliance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. However, Justice Bharati Dangre rejected Merchant'sbail plea.

Thorat's comments come in the wake of NCP chief Sharad Pawar last week suggesting the ordinance route after the SC stayed the implementation of a 2018 law granting reservation to the Maratha community.

Domestic equities opened on a positive note tracking positive cues from global markets and persistent foreign fund inflow, traders said

In FY20, 1.70 lakh new jobs were added, while the net addition was 1.76 lakh in FY19, shows a CARE Ratings report. But in FY20, as many as 321 companies reduced their headcounts by 1.13 lakh compared to 272 companies doing so by 1.18 lakh in the previous...

The 30 share BSE index ended 646.40 points or 1.69 per cent higher at 38,840.32. The NSE Nifty rallied 171.25 points or 1.52 per cent to 11,449.25.

After opening with losses and drifting lower, the benchmark indices recovered towards the latter half of trading but still ended the day with losses.

The Committee of Directors for Capital Raising at its meeting on Wednesday accorded approval to allot 40,000 Basel III compliant additional tier 1 bonds (AT1) aggregating to Rs 4,000 crore to bond subscribers on September 9, 2020, SBI said in a regulatory...

The long format audit report (LFAR) norms was updated keeping in view the large scale changes in the size, complexities, business model and risks in the banking operations.

The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who said, the forest would be the first example of a "huge jungle" being conserved at the centre of a megapolis.

Mahesh Bhupathi also spoke about the need for making infrastructure more accessible to the public to attract more people to tennis in India.

NTPC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying around 5 per cent, followed by PowerGrid, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Sun Pharma, Nestle India, SBI and Axis Bank.

The local unit opened at 74.83 against the US dollar, then touched 74.82, up 8 paise over its previous close of 74.90 against the American currency.