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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a tight range and settled for the day at 94.97 (provisional) on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), recording a marginal loss of 2 paise as the support from foreign capital inflows was negated by weak local equities and a strong U.S. dollar.Forex traders said the RBI is keeping a tab on the rupee’s fall as Brent crude prices have risen to $95 per barrel and the dollar index is hovering around 99.80 on a bout of risk aversion on renewed U.S.-Iran tensions.Moreover, market participants have raised the probability…
Burnham offers to work with Tories on getting welfare spending downKemi Badenoch starts by congratulating the PM “on his stamina – three hours”. (That generates some laughter.) She asks if Burnham can name a single spending request to which he said no.Burnham says he was clear about the need to get welfare spending down.It is not right to have so many young people on benefits. He wants to invest in their success.This is an area where both parties can engage “in problem solving, not point scoring’.ShareKey eventsJust Stop Oil protesters block road outside parliamentJust Stop Oil protesters are blockading the…
Rahul Gandhi in Pune on Saturday for ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday postponed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s “Chhatron Ki Goonj” event in Indore to September 19 after Madhya Pradesh government allegedly declined permission for the stadium venue.(This is a developing story) Source link
Nigel Farage has said the UK is a “complainants’ society”, as he faces ongoing questions about both his and his party’s funding.Speaking to the BBC ahead of the party’s annual conference this week, the Reform UK leader said a “whole ecosystem” didn’t want “new kids on the block succeeding”.It comes after a summer dominated by headlines about the party’s finances and £5m he received from a party supporter before the last election.Farage said he expects it “won’t be too long” before he is interviewed as part of the ongoing parliamentary investigation into whether he should have publicly declared the sum…
Mumbai civic body is recycling discarded footwear from festival crowds MUMBAI: The massive crowds that throng Lalbaug-Parel during Ganesh idol arrival processions have left behind not just garbage but nearly four metric tonnes of footwear.BMC in a first has tied up with an NGO to refurbish the discarded shoes, sandals and slippers and distribute them among needy school children, including residents of tribal areas.The initiative has been undertaken by the BMC’s F-South ward as part of its efforts to manage the waste generated during the Ganesh festival.Officials said the collected footwear would be handed over to the Green Sole Foundation…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: The CB-CID cybercrime wing has registered a case after an AI-generated deepfake video of Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay appeared on Facebook and other social media platforms.The video showed a person resembling Vijay speaking in Hindi and asking people seeking financial assistance to contact a specific WhatsApp number. The social media centre of the state police alerted the CB-CID cybercrime wing about the video. Subsequently, a cybercrime wing police inspector attached to the CB-CID was assigned to check the video.Based on the report, the CB-CID registered a case on Wednesday.…
Bhubaneswar: Against the backdrop of allegations of donation misappropriation at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri, on Wednesday made public the deity’s bank balance, revealing deposits of around Rs 1,912 crore till now.In a written statement, the govt-run SJTA said the temple’s finances are managed with the highest standards of transparency, supported by systematic accounting practices and regular audits. SJTA’s chief administrator Arabinda Kumar Padhee asserted that robust mechanisms are in place to ensure accountability and public trust.According to the SJTA, the shrine generates revenue from multiple sources, including devotees’ donations and offerings, earnings…
A 53-hour blockade ends with assurances and talks Silchar: Truck drivers in the Barak Valley called off their indefinite “steering-down” strike at around 11 pm on Tuesday, after 53 hours, following assurances from the Mizoram administration that it would address the alleged harassment of Assam drivers and restrictions on sand-laden trucks. The decision paved the way for the resumption of goods traffic along NH-306.The breakthrough came after a prolonged meeting at Dholai police station involving senior administrative officials from Assam and Mizoram, representatives of the relevant departments and leaders of truckers’ unions.Union representatives said the Mizoram administration had assured them…
File photo of MLA Gopal Krishna Belur Shivamogga: Congress MLA Gopal Krishna Belur Tuesday issued a 15-day ultimatum to Sagar tahsildar R Pratibha to streamline taluk administration, warning that she could face transfer if operations did not improve.The confrontation unfolded during a review meeting in Sagar, where the MLA objected to the officer’s style of functioning. A video of Belur warning the tahsildar has since gone viral on social media and drawn criticism from various quarters.During the meeting, the legislator specifically took exception to Pratibha’s practice of videographing crackdown operations on her mobile phone and sharing the footage with mediapersons.…
Pune: Swargate police on Monday detained two boys, aged 17, for allegedly possessing a country-made pistol and two bullets, collectively worth Rs40,000.The two boys, residents of Dias Plot, were found sitting with the weapon near Mutha Right Bank Canal, close to Swargate. A team comprising assistant inspector Swapnil Shelke and police constable Sagar Kekan detained them on a tip-off.Shelke said, “Alankar police had earlier detained one of the boys for possessing a sharp weapon. He used it to damage vehicles parked on a road. The other boy was earlier detained by Parvati police in an attempted-murder case.”Shelke said, “The two…