The rupee strengthened by 20 paise to trade at 55.32 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, extending its rising streak for the third day at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on increased capital inflows and a stronger euro.

A critically ill Union science and technology minister and former Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh was rushed to a private hospital here after he was brought by a special flight, sources said.

The NCP is still struggling over the issue of finalising its team that will represent the party in the coordination committee meeting with Congress leaders on Saturday evening. The party’s state president Madhukar Pichad, who is one of the three confirmed people from NCP, was also not sure as to exactly how many people would be representing the party.

In what clearly points towards the lax attitude towards security, the Pune blasts happened even as the city was on high alert.

Goa government on Friday told the Legislative Assembly that the Research and Analysis wing (RAW) has been informed about the terror message, allegedly originating from Spain, which threatened to blow

Maharashtra Police has prepared sketches of two persons who may have planted explosives in Pune as investigators suspect the involvement of at least three persons in executing the August 1 serial bomb blasts here.

Maharashtra home minister R.R. Patil on Thursday said investigating agencies were probing all angles to determine whether any terror outfit was behind the low intensity serial bomb blasts that rocked Pune last night.

The Gujarat Congress Tuesday promised home ownership to middle-class housewives in the state with affordable cost, subsidised loan and reduced interest, if the party wins the next Assembly elections.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said that the growth in the Indian economy is likely to remain below potential in FY 2013 as newer risks to growth have arisen from slowing global trade, domestic supply bottlenecks of industrial inputs, coal and electricity and less than satisfactory monsoon so far.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left interest rates unchanged for the second time since June, in line with expectations, while cutting its growth forecast and lifting its inflation outlook as economic conditions deteriorate.