Clashes break out during J&K gunfight

Clashes break out during J&K gunfight

While a gunfight was on between holed up militants and security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, clashes erupted between civilian protesters and the forces near the gun battle site, police said. The security forces had earlier launched a cordon and search operation in Shatgund village of Handwara tehsil after receiving information […]

Rupee at new low of 74.46/$

Rupee at new low of 74.46/$

The Indian rupee slipped to a fresh record low of 74.46 to a US dollar during the morning trade session on Thursday. It opened at 74.31 to a dollar at the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market and soon slipped to 74.46 to a greenback — the lowest-ever it has touched. It made a slight recovery and […]

Cyclone Titli makes landfall in Odisha, crosses coast

Cyclone Titli makes landfall in Odisha, crosses coast

Very severe cyclonic storm Titli which is being referred to as a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall in Odisha’s Gopalpur on Thursday with surface winds reaching 126 kmph, the Met said. There has been no casualty yet. Heavy rains were dumped in at least eight districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and […]

Dussehra, End of Ravan

Dussehra, End of Ravan

Creation is run on energy. That energy is for all of us only, the question is, what is our desire and how much energy can we hold. Take the example of sun, sun is a phenomenal source of energy, the closer you go to it, the more heat is felt by you, but then how […]

Equity indices open in red

Equity indices open in red

The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Monday amidst mixed cues from the Asian markets. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in banking, auto and financial stocks, analysts said. At 9.26 a.m., the wider Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange traded 10,885.45 points, lower 45 points or 0.41 per cent from its […]

SPO who decamped with weapons joins Hizbul Mujahideen

SPO who decamped with weapons joins Hizbul Mujahideen

An Special Police Officer (SPO) who decamped with eight firearms last week, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit, police said on Monday Pictures of SPO Adil Bashir posing with an AK-47 rifle alongside Hizbul commander Zeenat-ul-Islam went viral on social media on Monday. The police said that they have identified the civilian with whose […]

Civilian killed in Srinagar firing

Civilian killed in Srinagar firing

A civilian was killed on Thursday here in a firing during a cordon and search operation, police said. Following specific information about presence of militants, the search was launched earlier in the Qamarwari area here. There have been no exchange of gunfire between the militants and security forces though so far, reports from the area […]

Key Indian equity indices open in green

Key Indian equity indices open in green

The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher despite a muted trend in Asian markets and rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 36,542.27 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 36,691.93 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 36,565.54 points, up […]

India ready to take lead on climate action: Sushma Swaraj

India ready to take lead on climate action: Sushma Swaraj

India has declared that as a firm believer in multi-lateralism, it was ready to take the lead on climate action. “The world needs a roadmap for finance and technology to achieve the goals set out in the Convention and its Paris Agreement in everyone’s collective interest,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at a high-level […]