Extending previous session’s gains, key Indian equity indices on Friday opened on a higher note with healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and capital goods stocks. Around 9.17 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 93.90 points or 0.92 per cent at 10,346 points. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index […]
India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars 2018, “Newton”, is out of the race for the honour. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced that nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards, […]
A five-year inquiry into child sexual abuse in Australia released its final report on Friday with 1,300 witness accounts and over 8,000 harrowing stories from survivors. The royal commission uncovered harrowing evidence of sexual abuse within institutions, including churches, schools and sports clubs, reports the BBC. Since 2013, it has referred more than 2,500 allegations […]
Minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region remained below freezing point on Friday as Gulmarg and Kargil witnessed lowest minimum temperatures. The Met has forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir till Sunday. “At minus 10 as the minimum temperature today Gulmarg was the coldest place in the valley, while Kargil at minus […]
It was a foggy morning here on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.3 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. The visibility further reduced to 600 metres from 700 metres recorded on Thursday, an India Meteorological Department official said. The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 19 degrees Celsius. “While shallow […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President-designate Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appealed to the voters in Gujarat to exercise their franchise in the second phase of polling that has begun. “Today is Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections. I request all those voting today to vote in record numbers and enrich this festival of democracy,” […]
Bollywood’s multi-faceted talent Neeraj Vora, an actor, writer and director known for his humorous streak on and off screen, died here early on Thursday, months after being comatose, his family member said. Vora’s younger brother Uttank Vora told IANS that he died at 4 a.m. at a Andheri hospital. Vora was 54. “He will be […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday here commissioned the country’s first indigenously-built Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari to the Indian Navy terming it a significant new era “to boost India’s defence and security”. Modi formally unveiled the commissioning plaque of the INS Kalvari atop the submarine and congratulated and shook hands with the various naval officers. […]
The second phase of state assembly polls began in Gujarat on Thursday. Voting has begun in 93 assembly constituencies across 14 districts in northern and central regions. There are 851 candidates in the fray. Special deployment of police has been made to ensure law and order. Elections are being held in Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, […]
In a sinister plot borrowed from a crime thriller, a woman murdered her husband and nearly swapped him with her paramour through plastic surgery but it was a bowl of mutton soup which spilled the beans. Police in Telangana revealed the shocking facts unearthed during the investigations of the chilling crime in Nagarkurnool town. M. […]