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The Centre may give some relaxation to people in the Kashmir Valley, where restrictions have been imposed, on Eid. However, it was immediately not clear whether the relaxation will be given fully or partially.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee witnessed high volatility against the US dollar. The local unit opened strong at 70.80 and during the day touched a high of 70.55 and a low of 70.94 against the American currency.

The total estimated cost of the Kolkata East West Metro Corridor Project is Rs 8,996.96 crore. Construction of the underwater tunnel below is completed.

The permission had come before the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370, prompting Pakistan to downgrade its diplomatic ties with India.

The Odisha 10th Supplementary Board Result 2019 was released by the Board of Secondary Education on its official website. Students who have appeared for Odisha Class 10th supplementary examination can also check their score.

Earlier in the day, Old Goa police station inspector Jivba Dalvi said around 48 tourist taxi operators, who operated at Karmali railway station, were arrested for participating in the mass strike.

Sinha, who quit BJP to join Congress on the eve of 2019 general elections, fondly remembered his relationship with Swaraj, former external affairs minister, who passed away Tuesday night in Delhi.

A bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice R C Khulbe turned down their pleas, saying they are devoid of merit and not legally sustainable.

As a huge crowd made way for Swaraj’s cortege at Deen Dayal Upadhaya marg, her husband Swaraj Kaushal and daughter Bansuri stood in silent salute while state honours were accorded to the departed BJP stalwart.

The rally, in which senior leaders and thousands of cadres took part began from Anna Salai and wound its way till the memorial of Karunanidhi on the Marina beachfront at Kamarajar Salai, a distance of about a kilometre.

When Opposition demanded that the bill be discussed, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he was willing to do the same in November.

Sushma Swaraj was a member of the Haryana legislative assembly from 1977-82 and 1987-90 during the days of the then state governments headed by Chaudhary Devi Lal.

The Trump administration has been asking all its allies and friends, including India, to block the entry of Huawei from using their 5G infrastructure, which is a next generation cellular technology.

She was speaking against the no-confidence motion in Parliament. She lashed out at her political opponents after Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to resign from the Prime Minister’s post.

Imran Khan said Indian actions will further fuel the fire in Kashmir as people’s rights have been taken by brute force and this may lead to more Pulwama-like incidents.

Beijing has always opposed India’s inclusion of Chinese territory in the western section of the China-India border, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Hua Chunying said in a statement Tuesday.