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No end to Fuel Price Hike, climbs to new high
ONI Bureau: A depreciating rupee and expensive crude oil further pushed domestic fuel prices to new record highs on Monday even as a united Opposition led by the Congress staged a nationwide shutdown protest against the rising prices.…
2-year-old girl dies on way to Hospital during Bharat Bandh in Bihar
ONI Bureau: A critically ill two-year-old girl died on Monday on her way to a hospital as Bharat Bandh supporters blocked roads in Bihar's Jehanabad town.
Pramod Manjhi, the victim's father, said his daughter was suffering from…
PDP to boycott Local Body Polls in J&K
ONI Bureau: The People's Democratic Party on Monday said it will not contest the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the government to review its decision to hold elections amid an atmosphere of insecurity.…
Rupee falls further, now hits 72.35 per dollar
ONI Bureau: Continuing its slide, the Indian rupee touched another fresh low of 72.35 on Monday, weakening by 62 paise from its previous close of 71.73 per US dollar.
Around 10.30 a.m., the rupee traded at 72.32 per greenback. It had…
Rahul leads Opposition’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ protest against Fuel Price Hike
ONI Bureau: A united Opposition, led by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Monday staged a foot march in New Delhi in support of a nationwide shutdown protest or 'Bharat Bandh' called by his party against rising fuel prices.
The 1.8-km…
Bengaluru to host Aero India Air Show in February
ONI Bureau: The Defence Ministry on Saturday announced that the next edition of the Aero India air show, Asia's largest military aviation exhibition would be held in Bengaluru from February 20 to 24, 2019.
"The government has decided to…
Nepal not to join BIMSTEC Military Drill in India
ONI Bureau: Nepal will not join the first-ever joint military drill among the armies of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) members, to be hosted by India next week, an advisor to…
BJP extends Amit Shah’s tenure
ONI Bureau: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday decided to defer its organisational elections to pave the way for Amit Shah to continue as President until the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls.
"Organisational elections are a vast exercise…
Vajpayee’s ashes immersed in Yamuna at Native Village
ONI Bureau: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday immersed the ashes of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the Yamuna river in his native village of Bateshwar, Agra.
Adityanath reached Bateshwar in a chopper…
LeT Militant killed in J&K Gunfight
ONI Bureau: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed in a gunfight with the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, authorities said on Saturday.
An unidentified number of militants attacked a police post in Achabal area on…