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 28,849.04 points, touched a high of 28,894.85 and a low of 28,824.17 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 28,743.32 points. The Sensex is trading at 28,868.40 points […]
Landslides on Tuesday forced closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway yet again stranding scores of vehicles carrying passengers and goods, a traffic department official said. Fresh landslides in Mehar area of Ramban district led to the disruption of traffic on the strategic highway in Jammu and Kashmir. No traffic would be allowed on the highway […]
Banking operations across the country came to a halt on Tuesday as 10 lakh bankers staged a strike against the government’s “anti-people banking reforms”, said a bank union leader. The strike was called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), comprising nine unions. They also pressed for compensation to employees for extra work done […]
The last rites of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US last week in a suspected hate crime, would be performed Tuesday at Jubliee Hills, family members said. The mortal remains of the slain 32-year-old was flown in here Monday night. It was brought by a cargo flight, which arrived at […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said he was in touch with Delhi Police over the situation arising out of the Ramjas College clash. The minister told journalists that he had asked Delhi Police to act with caution. “I have told Delhi Police to practice restraint so that nothing goes wrong. I am constantly in […]
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Delhi government’s appeal challenging a single-judge order that stayed its notification compelling 298 private schools built on public land to admit only neighbourhood nursery students. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal upheld the judge’s February 14 order which had said […]
A day after DMK leader M.K. Stalin met President Pranab Mukherjee and submitted a memorandum on the events that took place in Tamil Nadu assembly last week, he met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in the state. “It was a courtesy call. He enquired about her (Sonia Gandhi) health […]
Thousands of devotees on Friday thronged various Shiva temples across Odisha to offer prayers on the occasion of Mahashivratri. People were seen standing in long queues at all Shiva temples to have a holy “darshan” of Lord Shiva. The major crowd-puller during Mahashivratri are Lingaraj temple of Bhubaneswar, Kapilash temple of Dhenkanal, Dhabaleswar temple of […]
China supports India on combating terrorism and a discussion to declare Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a “global terrorist” is in progress, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Friday. “The discussion is going on. I am so happy to see your Foreign Secretary in Beijing two days ago… discussing everything… so, just wait,” Luo […]
Kashmiri youth picked up arms “for a cause” and they can not be intimidated with death threats, former Union Minister and state Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Friday. Addressing party workers at the Nawa-i-Subha headquarters of the National Conference, Abdullah said: “They are not afraid of death nor can they be intimidated with the […]