Markets open on a positive note on Wednesday

Markets open on a positive note on Wednesday

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 32,641.58 points, touched a high of 32,666.83 points and a low of 32,637.81 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 32,575.17 points. The Sensex is trading at 32,657.41 […]

Goods train derails in Bihar, Mughalsarai-Howrah route disrupted

Goods train derails in Bihar, Mughalsarai-Howrah route disrupted

 At least 14 bogies of a goods train derailed in Bihar’s Kaimur district on Wednesday, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Mughalsarai-Howrah route, officials said. No injuries were reported. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. near Karnash railway halt. Several metres of the track was damaged, an East Central Railway (ECR) official said. Rajesh Kumar, […]

US willing to talk to N. Korea: Tillerson

US willing to talk to N. Korea: Tillerson

The US wishes to sit down and hold dialogue with North Korea, but only if the Communist nation gives up its pursuit of nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. Days after North Korea on Sunday launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month, Tillerson on Tuesday said Washington was “responding […]

Youth injured in J&K clashes succumbs

Youth injured in J&K clashes succumbs

A youth injured in clashes with the security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, succumbed in a hospital on Wednesday, police said. Akeel Ahmad Bhat injured in Tuesday’s clashes succumbed in Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Soura on Wednesday. Bhat belonging to Haal village had sustained a bullet injury when protesters clashed with […]

Tax raids on Karnataka minister’s house in Bengaluru

Tax raids on Karnataka minister’s house in Bengaluru

Income Tax (IT) sleuths on Wednesday began conducting raids at the official residence of Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar and at a private resort near here where 44 Congress lawmakers from Gujarat are staying, said an official. “Yes, raids are underway at the Minister’s house and the resort. Our teams have gone to search the […]

Putin orders US to cut diplomatic staff by 755

Putin orders US to cut diplomatic staff by 755

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the American diplomatic mission in Moscow to reduce its staff by 755 employees, an aggressive response to the new US sanctions, the media reported. While making the announcement on Sunday, Putin said Russia had run out of patience waiting for relations with the US to improve, reports The New […]

Trump pressuring Republicans to vote again on healthcare bill

Trump pressuring Republicans to vote again on healthcare bill

 US President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican senators not to give up their fight to overturn Obamacare despite their failure last week to pass a bill to partially replace it. Over the weekend, Trump has bombarded Republican lawmakers with Twitter posts in which he has even threatened to cut federal subsidies to their states […]

590 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra

590 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra

A fresh batch of 590 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. “Another batch of 590 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 5.45 a.m., in an escorted convoy of 16 vehicles for the Kashmir Valley,” officials said here. So far this year, 2.54 lakh devotees have performed the pilgrimage inside […]