Jammu, Srinagar, Leh record season’s coldest night

Jammu, Srinagar, Leh record season’s coldest night

Jammu and Kashmir’s twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu and Leh town in the Ladakh region on Friday witnessed their coldest night of the season so far, the Met said. The night’s lowest temperature was minus 3.1 and 7.7 in Srinagar and Jammu cities, respectively, an official of the Met department said. “Leh recorded minus […]

Conversion of Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card into Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card

Conversion of Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card into Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card

The last date for conversion of PIO cards into OCI cards is 31st December 2017. This date will not be extended any further. The existing PIO cards being handwritten and non-machine readable will become invalid travel document with effect from October 2018 onward. The international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will accept only machine readable travel […]

Key Indian equity market indices open higher

Key Indian equity market indices open higher

Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 33,561.55 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 33,575.91 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 33, 589.50 points, up by 27.95 points, or 0.08 per cent. At […]

Markets open on a higher note on Wednesday

Markets open on a higher 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 33,569.07 points, touched a high of 33,601.73 points and a low of 33,535.06 points. The Sensex is trading at 33,599.17 points up by 120.82 points or 0.36 per […]

Black bears come back from certain extinction in US’ Nevada

Black bears come back from certain extinction in US’ Nevada

After a gap for over 80 years, the black bear has returned to Nevada’s Great Basin in the US through conservation with their population believed to be over 500, a new study said on Wednesday. The study from Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the University of Nevada-Reno finds that conservation […]

RIL raises $800 mn through 10-year bonds at lowest rate

RIL raises $800 mn through 10-year bonds at lowest rate

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday said it has raised $800 million by selling 10-year bonds in the first offering since Moody’s last week raised India’s sovereign rating after 14 years. According to a Mukesh Ambani-led RIL release here, the bonds, priced at 3.66 per cent, were the lowest coupon ever achieved by an Indian […]

Government keen to bring anti-triple talaq bill in winter session

Government keen to bring anti-triple talaq bill in winter session

The Narendra Modi government is planning to bring a bill in the winter session of Parliament banning “triple talaq” (instant divorce), government sources said on Tuesday. For this, the government plans to set up a group of ministers to work out the modalities of the legislation and its various implications. The Supreme Court had banned […]

Bus conductor gets bail in Ryan murder case

Bus conductor gets bail in Ryan murder case

A sessions court here on Tuesday granted bail to bus conductor Ashok Kumar, who was arrested by the Haryana Police on the charge of killing Class two student Pradhuman Thakur. Additional District and Session Judge Rajni Yadav granted bail to Ashok on furnishing a Rs 50,000 bail bond. Pradhuman, aged seven, was found on September […]

50 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

50 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

At least 50 people were killed when a teenage suicide bomber blew up his vest packed with explosives in a crowded mosque in Nigeria’s Mubi town, police said. A police official said the dawn attack took place after the prayers at the mosque in Adamawa state, Xinhua news agency reported. “We have 50 dead and […]

JNU student case: CBI plea seeking lie detection test dismissed

JNU student case: CBI plea seeking lie detection test dismissed

 A court on Tuesday rejected the CBI’s plea seeking consent for lie detection test of nine students in connection with the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed. Ahmed, 27, an M.Sc First Year student, went missing on October 15 last year after an alleged fight with the members of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya […]