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Dr. Abhilash Dawre

19 March 2025 at 5:18:41 pm

Woman held for allegedly killing daughter

She was reportedly upset over her love relationship with a man from other caste Ulhasnagar: In a shocking incident that has sent shockwaves across Ulhasnagar, a mother allegedly strangled her 19-year-old daughter to death after opposing her relationship with a young man from another caste. According to the police, the accused, identified as Asha Garad, allegedly killed her daughter Amruta Garad in a fit of rage when the latter was preparing to leave home with the man she was in a relationship...

Woman held for allegedly killing daughter

She was reportedly upset over her love relationship with a man from other caste Ulhasnagar: In a shocking incident that has sent shockwaves across Ulhasnagar, a mother allegedly strangled her 19-year-old daughter to death after opposing her relationship with a young man from another caste. According to the police, the accused, identified as Asha Garad, allegedly killed her daughter Amruta Garad in a fit of rage when the latter was preparing to leave home with the man she was in a relationship with. The accused has been arrested by Ulhasnagar Police Station No. 1, and further investigation is underway. According to the police, the incident took place at Bhaiyyasaheb Ambedkar Nagar in Ulhasnagar Camp No. 1, where Amruta Garad lived with her family. She was reportedly in a relationship with a young man from another caste who resided in the same neighbourhood. Her mother strongly opposed the relationship and had repeatedly tried to convince her to end it. However, Amruta remained firm in her decision. Police said that at around 1:30 am on Sunday night, a heated argument broke out between the mother and daughter while Amruta's father and two brothers were asleep in the house. Following the argument, Amruta was allegedly preparing to leave home with the young man. At that moment, Asha Garad allegedly used a scarf to strangle her daughter, resulting in her death on the spot. After the incident, Amruta's father approached Ulhasnagar Police Station No. 1 and informed the police about the incident. Police immediately reached the spot, conducted a panchnama, and sent the body to the Central Hospital, Ulhasnagar, for post-mortem examination. Based on the preliminary investigation, police registered a case against Asha Garad and arrested her. The incident, in which a mother allegedly killed her own daughter, has created widespread shock in the Ulhasnagar area. Further investigation is being carried out by officers of Ulhasnagar Police Station No. 1. While speaking to ‘The Perfect Voice’, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sachin Gore said that the 19-year-old woman's mother was opposed to her love marriage. Following an argument, the mother allegedly killed her daughter in a fit of rage. A case has been registered at Ulhasnagar Police Station No. 1, the accused woman has been arrested, and further investigation is in progress.

Rupee drops 19 paise to 85.63 against US dollar in early trade

  • PTI
  • Apr 7, 2025
  • 2 min read


The rupee declined 19 paise to 85.63 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (April 7, 2025), facing the heat of the global trade war triggered by the U.S. reciprocal tariff and China’s retaliatory move that also crashed equity markets worldwide to their record lows.


According to forex traders, a steep decline in crude prices and a weaker American currency failed to support the domestic currency amid the incessant foreign fun outflows in line with the global sell-offs.


Meanwhile, they said that market participants remained concerned as the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee began its three-day deliberations on key interest rates. The decision of the six-member rate-setting panel will be announced on Wednesday (April 2, 2025).


At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 85.79 and strengthened slightly to trade at 85.63 against the greenback, registering a loss of 19 paise from its previous closing level.


On Friday (April 4, 2025), the rupee settled 14 paise lower at 85.44 against the U.S. dollar, a day after gaining 22 paise on Thursday (April 3, 2025), following the implementation of the U.S.’ reciprocal tariff on about 60 countries.


Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05% lower at 102.71.


Analysts attributed the weakening dollar to disappointing services, PMI data and concerns over inflation and economic growth due to the global tariff war as China imposed 34% import duties in retaliation to the Donald Trump administration’s sweeping tariff move.


Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell 2.73% to $63.79 per barrel in futures trade, hit by twin shocks of Trump’s tariffs and an OPEC+ decision to increase output faster than previously announced.


In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex crashed 3014.32 points, or 4.00%, to 72,350.37, while the Nifty tanked 1,016.75 points, or 4.44%, to 21,887.70 points.


Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹3,483.98 crore on a net basis on Friday (April 4, 2025), according to exchange data.


The Reserve Bank of India on Friday (April 4, 2025) said the country’s forex kitty jumped from $6.596 billion to $665.396 billion during the week ended March 28. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves rose by $4.529 billion to $658.8 billion.


This is the fourth consecutive week of increase in the reserve, which was on a declining trend recently due to revaluation along with forex market interventions by RBI to help reduce volatilities in the rupee.


A monthly survey released on Friday (April 4, 2025) showed, India’s services sector activity eased slightly in March, weighed down by a marginal slowdown in sales amid softer demand conditions and easing inflationary pressures.


The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell from February’s reading of 59.0 to 58.5 in March but remained above its long-run average of 54.2.

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