Cold wave continued throughout Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as night temperatures remained below freezing point in the valley and Ladakh region. An official of the MET department told IANS: “Cold wave is likely to continue during the next 24 hours as weather is expected to remain dry during this period.” “Srinagar recorded minus 5.0 […]
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 26,368.88 points and touched a high of 26,394.14 and a low of 26,318.59 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 26,307.98 points. The Sensex is trading at 26,337.59 […]
India has renewed its demand for international action against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and “their shadowy supporters” Denouncing the two organisations, whose leadership is based in Pakistan, as affiliates of al-Qaida, India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin told the Security Council that it was imperative to take action against the support they get from […]
Indian equity markets opened on a flat note — marginally in the green, during the early morning trade session on Tuesday. However, a weak rupee, along with broadly negative Asian indices and stable crude oil prices, cautioned the investors. Healthy buying was witnessed in IT, consumer durables and automobile stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of […]
Following RBI’s announcement of stricter rules for depositing demonetised currency, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has clarified that no questions will be asked if any amount of old currency is deposited in one go, but repeated deposits may provoke queries. “If they go and deposit with bank any amount of currency no questions are going to […]
Demonetisation of high-value currency notes is a result of lack of foresight, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Friday while taking part in a discussion on the issue in the state assembly. The house passed a resolution urging the central government to normalise the situation by making available currency notes of various denominations. Through […]
England rode on excellent batting by Moeen Ali and Joe Root to post 284/4 in their first innings on the opening day of the fifth and final cricket Test here on Friday. Ali was unbeaten on 120 at the close with Ben Stokes batting on five at the other end. Root was unlucky to miss […]
India’s e-governance transactions have crossed 1,000 crore this year, the government’s eTaal web portal said on Friday. The portal — which disseminates e-transactions statistics of national and state level e-governance projects — said they increased by 33 per cent from last year’s 760 crore. “Based on the analysis by eTaal, since 2014, there has been […]
Calling the youth beacon of brighter future, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday asked for inculcating rich Indian civilisational values in them for actualisation of their true potential. “As we strive for higher levels of socio-economic development, we need to ensure that we remain connected to our values. It will guide us to a path of […]
Blaming the government for not allowing Parliament to work over demonetisation, some opposition parties led by the Congress on Friday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene. A host of opposition leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress lawmaker Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Sharad Yadav of the […]