Mumbai: The rupee inched 3 paise higher to close at 77.53 (provisional) against US dollar Friday, supported by a rebound in domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 77.51 against the greenback and moved in a range of 77.49 to 77.60 in the day's trade. The rupee finally ended at 77.53, higher by...

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks bounced back sharply Friday after facing a heavy drubbing in the previous trade, with the Sensex and Nifty jumping nearly 3 per cent, aided by positive trends from global markets and across-the-board buying. Index majors Reliance Industries and HDFC twins saw robust buying, helping the benchmarks. The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 1,534.16 points or...

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and senior leader Partap Singh Bajwa Friday extended support to Navjot Singh Sidhu, saying while they respect the Supreme Court verdict they stand by their party colleague and his family. Former Punjab Congress chief Sidhu was Thursday sentenced to one-year in jail by the Supreme Court in a 1988...

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court Friday adjourned the hearing on the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque issue till July 6. After hearing a lengthy petition filed by the Anjuman Intazamiya Masjid of Varanasi and other connected matters, Justice Prakash Padia adjourned the hearing of the case till July 6. The original suit was filed in the Varanasi district...

Mumbai: R Madhavan's directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, which is India's official selection for its world premiere at the 75th edition of Cannes Film Festival, saw its grand premiere at the convention centre of Palais des Festivals. Madhavan and ISRO genius and space scientist Nambi Narayanan, on whom the film is based, walked the red carpet....

San Francisco: Jeff Bezos space venture Blue Origin has delayed its fifth tourist flight to space, originally intended to fly Friday. The company in a statement said its NS-21 faced some vehicle issues. "During our final vehicle check-outs, we observed one of New Shepard's back-up systems was not meeting our expectations for performance," the company said. "In...

Mumbai: The Australian women's cricket team has retained its World Cup winning squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where it will open its campaign against India July 29. Australia have named the same squad for their T20I tri-series with Ireland and Pakistan as well. The tri-series in Northern Ireland provides the ideal preparation for Meg Lanning's...

Moscow: Russia said Thursday that it is expelling five diplomats of the Portuguese Embassy in Moscow in a retaliatory move. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Portuguese ambassador to Russia and protested against the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats from Portugal, Xinhua news agency reported. The five Portuguese diplomats were declared "personae non gratae" and must leave...

New Delhi: Italy, Sweden, Australia and Canada have joined a slew of countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox, signalling a global outbreak. Health officials in Australia have confirmed a case in Victoria and another likely case in New South Wales (NSW). According to Victoria's Department of Health, a man, in his 30s, fell ill after returning from...

Mumbai: Popular Thai drama actress Cindy Sirinya Bishop recently took to her social media to share her recreated look of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt from the latter's biographical crime-drama film Gangubai Kathiawadi where she played the eponymous character of the madame of a brothel. Cindy shared a video of herself dressed in a white saree which she paired...