Key Indian equity indices on Monday provisionally closed at fresh high levels as investors sentiments were lifted by healthy macro-economic data and positive quarterly results. According to market observers, upbeat Asian cues, along with healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and finance stocks, also added to the upward trajectory of the benchmark indices. The wider […]
A youth who had come to see ‘Jallikattu’, the traditional bull taming sport, was gored to death in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district, said police. Kalimuthu, hailing from Dindigul district, suffered serious injuries when a bull attacked him while he was near the bull collection point by the animal owners, while around 25 others were injured […]
Global market intelligence, research, and advisory company BIS Research on Monday said policy measures of the Indian government like demonetisation have led to large scale increase in Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR). In a statement issued here, BIS Research said, as per its latest report “Global Anti Money Laundering (AML) Software Market – Analysis and Forecast […]
Facing public rap for sluggish action after three brutal gang rapes were reported in the state, Haryana Police on Monday said raids were on to arrest the culprits. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also said that the police was making all efforts to arrest the accused. Three cases of rape — including two of minor […]
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday said it was soon going to roll out face authentication as an additional security feature for Aadhaar verification. The new feature, likely to be introduced by July, would make it convenient for those who have difficulty in authentication through fingerprint or iris scan. However, the face […]
India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices eased to 3.58 per cent in December, official data showed on Monday. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the wholesale price index (WPI), with the revised base year of 2011-12, was 3.93 per cent in November. However, the WPI-based inflation rate was […]
China on Monday expressed anger over Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat’s remarks, saying such “unconstructive” comments would hurt peace and tranquility in the border area. Gen Rawat last week said India needed to shift its military focus from its western border with Pakistan to its northern border with China. He also said that if China […]
Five militants from Jaish-e-Mohammed’s suicide squad were killed on Monday near the Line of Control (LoC) in a joint operation by Jammu and Kashmir Police, army and paramilitary forces, officials said. Defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said a group of militants was spotted infiltrating from Pakistan into India near Dulanja area of border town Uri […]
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of the city here on Saturday to prevent separatist-called protests against civilian killings during gunfights between security forces and militants. Prohibitory orders were imposed in Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj and Safakadal in old Srinagar and Maisuma and Kralkhud in uptown areas by the Srinagar District Magistrate. “Essential services, government employees, […]
Five wrestlers and a driver were killed in a major road accident in Sangli district of Maharahstra early on Saturday, police said. The accident took place around 1 a.m. when an SUV carrying the grapplers rammed headlong into an oncoming tractor carrying sugarcane. Five others, including wrestlers, were injured in the accident and they were […]