The eighth person who joined Donald Trump Jr. at his meeting at Trump Tower with a Kremlin-linked attorney to discuss damaging information on Hillary Clinton was a US-based representative of a Russian real estate firm. Ike Kaveladze, a naturalised US citizen, is vice president of the Crocus Group, owned by Azerbaijan-born Russia magnate Aras Agalarov, […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 31,882.80 points, touched a high of 31,885.17 points and a low of 31,796.73 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 31,710.99 points. The Sensex is trading at 31,852.54 […]
Another batch of 1,782 pilgrims on Wednesday left Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in the Kashmir Valley. “The batch left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 62 vehicles at 3.40 a.m. today (Wednesday) for the valley,” an official said here. Since it began on June 29, over 2.20 lakh pilgrims […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party’s support for opposition presidential nominee Meira Kumar is a mark of protest against the BJP’s “atrocities” and urged opposition parties to come together by utilising the advantageous timing. “We are voting for Meira Kumar because it’s a vote against the atrocities of the Bharatiya […]
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), the Himalayan country’s flag carrier, has launched online ticketing services. However, the services which began on Sunday is only for the time being, Xinhua news agancy quoted the airlines as saying. “Those willing to the travel on NAC planes can book tickets by using their foreign exchange-based international travel cards from […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday were trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 69.87 points or 0.22 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 20.85 points or 0.21 per cent higher at 9,907.20 points. The […]
The key Indian equity market indices opened flat on Friday with the profits of IT companies seen falling in the first quarter. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 21.91 points or 0.07 per cent lower during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 13.40 points or […]
Two persons have died in the Uttarakhand capital here due to swine flu, an official said on Friday. One of them was being treated at the Himalayan hospital in Jolly Grant while the other one was being treated in Dehradun’s Max hospital. Another person, diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, was kept at a government hospital. […]
Software major Infosys Ltd on Friday reported Rs 3,483-crore consolidated net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2017-18, registering 1.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) flat growth from Rs 3,436 crore in the same period year ago but declined 3.3 per cent sequentially from Rs 3,603 crore quarter ago in rupee terms. In a […]
AIADMK General Secretary and convict V.K. Sasikala Natarajan was on Wednesday accused of bribing Karnataka Director General of Prisons (DGP) Satyanarayana Rao and city central jail officials for undue favours. “Sasikala has given Rs 1 crore bribe to Rao and another Rs 1 crore was distributed among officials, including warden of the central jail where […]