PFI involved in 'disturbing' India's secular fabric: Officials

The Popular Front of India, banned on Wednesday, was indulging in "disturbing" the country's communal and secular fabric and "posing a grave threat" to national security by advancing its......

ED finds 'financial link' between PFI and anti-CAA protests; organisation denies

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found that the recent violent protests in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) had an alleged 'financial......

Kerala: Police probing PFI's links with Al Qaeda

The Kerala police is probing alleged links of radical PFI, blamed for the attack on a college lecturer, with terror outfits Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Qaeda, but not found any......

Popular Front linked to LeT, Hizbul, says govt

The Kerala government informed the state high court that investigators have obtained evidence regarding the connection of radical outfit Popular Front of India, which allegedly launched a brutal......

Rupee tumbles 3% in 2024; turbulence to ebb in 2025

The rupee tumbled 3 per cent against the US dollar in 2024 as concerns over slower economic growth and a stronger greenback in global markets weighed, but it was among the least volatile currencies......

Banking system liquidity surplus touches Rs 1 trn, shows RBI data

While liquidity in the banking system has turned surplus in the last few weeks, it could go back to deficit again, mainly due to corporate advance tax outflows. Illustration: Uttam......

Rupee bounces back by 17 paise to close at 79.82/USD

The rupee on Friday rebounded from the near-80 levels to close higher by 17 paise at 79.82 against the US currency following a recovery in the domestic stocks and weakness in the greenback in......

Has the Rocketing Rupee reached its Zenith?

It does feel like we are close to the end of the rupee's rally, says Jamal Mecklai. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Technically, it is beginning to appear as if the rupee rocket, which has......

Lu Shanglei crowned World Jr chess champion

From left to right: Aniruddha Deshoande (Chairman, organising committee, World Junior Chess Championships), Venkatrama Raja (President AICF), girls' champion Aleksandra Goryachkina, former......

Anand draws with Kramnik

Viswanathan Anand held theupper hand with an extra pawn but settled for a draw in a tense encounter with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia after 32 moves in the second game of the World Chess Championship......

Sasikiran hangs on to joint 3rd place

A cautious Krishnan Sasikiran played it safe and split the point with former European champion Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu to hang on to joint-third place after the fifth round in the third Mtel......

Sasikiran loses to Kamsky

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran hung on to his sole lead despite losing to a resurgent Gata Kamsky in the eighth round of the ongoing third Mtel Masters Chess tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Playing......

Harikrishna moves into semis

World junior champion Pendyala Harikrishna moved into the semi-finals in the Lausanne Young Masters International Chess tournament with a hard-fought draw with Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the......