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 higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 30,446.77 points, touched a high of 30,489.01 points and a low of 30,396.31 points. On Tuesday the Sensex closed at 30,365.25 points. The Sensex is trading at 30,445.97 […]

24 dead as bus plunges into gorge in Uttarakhand

24 dead as bus plunges into gorge in Uttarakhand

At least 24 persons were killed and eight others injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand late on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Nalupani in Uttarkashi district when a bus full of pilgrims from Indore, Madhya Pradesh were returning from the Gangotri shrine. Three […]

Pakistan AG to take parliament into confidence in Jadhav case

Pakistan AG to take parliament into confidence in Jadhav case

Pakistan’s Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali will on Tuesday brief the country’s parliament and take the members into confidence in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. “The Attorney General has been invited to brief the MPs through the Parliamentary Committee for National Security on the efforts the government has so far made,” Dawn online quoted National Assembly […]

CPI-M women members at record number in Tripura

CPI-M women members at record number in Tripura

The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 28 per cent against 12 per cent at the national level, a party leader said here. “Over 27.77 per cent of the 94,259 CPI-M members in Tripura are women. Always the percentage of women members of the […]

Telangana should be southern gateway for BJP: Amit Shah

Telangana should be southern gateway for BJP: Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said Telangana should become the gateway for the party in south India. Addressing a public meeting at Peddadevulapalli village in Nalgonda district on the second day of his three-day visit, he exuded confidence that the BJP will form the government in Telangana in 2019. Shah said Telangana should become […]

HC notice to Kejriwal on Jaitley’s fresh defamation suit

HC notice to Kejriwal on Jaitley’s fresh defamation suit

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over his lawyer Ram Jethmalani using the word “crook”. Joint Registrar Pankaj Gupta issued the notice to Kejriwal and posted the matter for July 26. Jaitley, in the […]

Key Indian equity indices trade in green

Key Indian equity indices trade in green

The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 200.02 points or 0.66 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 61.05 points or 0.65 per cent higher at 9,488.95 points. The […]

One killed in dog attack in Kerala

One killed in dog attack in Kerala

A 50-year-old fisherman, bitten by a group of dogs at Pulluvilla near here in Kerala, succumbed early on Monday morning at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, an official said. Jocelyn was attacked late on Sunday night. He was walking towards the beach just after having his dinner, getting ready to go fishing when the dogs […]

DA case: Himachal CM appear before Delhi court

DA case: Himachal CM appear before Delhi court

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha Singh and others appeared before a court here on Monday in a disproportionate assets case worth over Rs 10 crore. Singh and others appeared before Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal in pursuance of summons issued against them. They also moved bail application which was already listed […]

Key Indian equity indices trade higher

Key Indian equity indices trade higher

Key Indian equity market indices opened in the green on Friday following Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s fitment of 1,211 goods in the tax slabs. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 208.82 points or 0.69 per cent higher during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was […]