Indian equities markets traded on a flat-to-positive note during the early morning trade session on Friday, as healthy buying was witnessed in consumer durables, banking and IT stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) inched up by 9.80 points or 0.11 per cent, to 8,788.20 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index […]
The year gone by was marked by huge uncertainty on the energy front with anti-globalisation events on one hand conflicting with the interconnectedness of the market as demonstrated by the volatility in global oil prices, a renowned Saudi expert on the oil industry said here. “The sheer volume of unexpected events in 2016 is overwhelming […]
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said that the “raincoat” jibe at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh probably came of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “peculiar imagination”. “I think the raincoat example came out of the peculiar type of imagination that the Prime Minister has,” Yechury said half jokingly while speaking with […]
After Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘raincoat’ barb on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, veteran actor Anupam Kher reminded him of how he insulted Singh. “Sorry but nobody has insulted the Prime Minister more than you. Remember tearing the ordinance in a press conference. Unless you think […]
In a bolt from the blue, the censor board has refused to clear the “Modi Ka Gaon” feature film based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development agenda, one of the grounds being cited is the ongoing assembly elections in five states. The producer of the medium-budget film, Suresh Jha, who has co-directed it with Tushar […]
India scored 86/1 at lunch against Bangladesh in the one-off cricket Test against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday. Murali Vijay (45) and Cheteshwar Pujara (39) were at the crease when umpires called the break. For the visitors, medium pacer Taskin Ahmed took one wicket. With India opting to bat, opener […]
Buddhist spiritual leader The Dalai Lama has said he was fortunate to be once again visiting Amaravati, a sacred place for Buddhists. He reached here on Thursday on a three-day visit to Andhra Pradesh. State legislative assembly speaker K. Sivaprasad Rao, ministers and senior officials received him at the Gannavarm Airport here. The Buddhist leader […]
With the US moving the UN to put Pathankot attack mastermind and chief of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohamed, Masood Azhar, on the list of international terrorists, India has again taken up the matter with China, a senior official said on Tuesday. “We have been informed of this development (US moving the UN) and the […]
The key Indian equity indices on Monday opened higher following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 158.19 points or 0.56 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 48.85 points or 0.56 per cent higher at 8,789.80 points. The Sensex of […]
No traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Monday for the fourth consecutive day, authorities said. The highway remained closed due to multiple landslides in the Ramban sector and snowfall in Bannihal, a traffic official said. Landslide and snow clearance operations are in full swing as the weather has improved, the official added. […]