The key Indian equity indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — rose over one per cent on Friday supported by a healthy macro economic data and firm buying activity in the banking, consumer durables and metal indices. The Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index released on Friday rose from 52.6 in June to […]
West Indian power-hitter Chris Gayle on Friday predicted that England will win the ongoing five-match Test rubber despite India giving a tough fight to the hosts in the first Test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground. “I believe England are the favourites because they are playing under familiar conditions, but at the same time I would […]
An Indian American Muslim advocacy group has called for an immediate suspension of the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam until irregularities that have resulted in four million people being excluded from the list are resolved. The publication of the draft NRC in Assam has led to bitterness as people who had applied have […]
Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge on Friday alleged that the Modi government was “pressurising and intimidating” the media so that it does not write against it and cited the instance of two senior employees of a news television channel who were told to quit after doing a reality check programme on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims. […]
A Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight departed the runway after an aborted take off early on Friday, an official said here. The incident affected flight 9W523 with 142 passenger and seven crew members. There were no casualties or injuries. All aboard the Boeing B737-800 aircraft of the private carrier were safely evacuated and accommodated inside the […]
Two security personnel were injured after fresh firing erupted on Friday at the site of a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district that occurred earlier in the morning, killing two militants, police said The gunfight broke out after security forces surrounded Behrampora village in Sopore area following information about the presence of militants there. […]
A shutdown called by the Left parties in Bihar on Thursday against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district has hit rail and road traffic, police said. The state-wide shutdown is backed by opposition parties including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) (RJD), Congress, Hindustani Swam Morcha, Samajwadi Party and […]
Reliance Retail’s JioPhone emerged as a clear leader in the Indian mobile handset market with 27 per cent share in the second quarter of 2018, a new report said on Thursday. JioPhone has given birth to a new segment in India – the “Fusion” phones segment. “Fusion” handsets have a feature phone form factor with […]
The water level of the Yamuna river here has started receding and reached 204.31 metres on Thursday. The water level of the river, which had crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres since July 28, reached 204.82 metres on Wednesday afternoon after which it started receding, a Flood Control Department official told IANS. “The water […]
A batch of 603 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu on Thursday for the cave shrine in the Kashmir Valley, police said. Since it started on June 28, a total of 265,937 pilgrims have already performed the annual pilgrimage. “An escorted convoy of 16 vehicles carrying the 603 Yatris left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here for […]