Sensex bounces back by 173 pts
Mumbai, : The benchmark index of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday bounced back by 173 points to open at 39,009.95 as fresh buying was seen in Health Care, Bankex and Telecom stocks amid positive global cues. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too rose by 62 points to 11,614.75. Later, it went in […]
Bus, trade with POK remain suspended since March 24
Srinagar, : The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), and Cross- Line of Control (LoC) trade on Monday remained suspended since March 24, official sources said. Though no reasons was given for continued suspension of bus and trade, it is said that due to strained relations between India and Pakistan […]
Seven, including six army jawan kill in HP building collapse
Solan, : Seven including six Army jawan were killed while seven are still missing after a building collapsed amid heavy rain, here in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Monday. “With the recovery of five more bodies, the toll reached seven including six Armymen,” officials said. State Government released the figure of the death toll after […]
India calls off Chandrayaan-2 moon mission over ‘technical snag’ minutes before launch
New Delhi, : The launch of India’s Chandrayaan-2 unmanned lunar exploration mission was aborted due to a “technical snag” less than an hour before the scheduled takeoff, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday. The mission was scheduled to launch at 0251 hrs local time (21:21 GMT) from the Sriharikota launch site off […]
Three more Amarnath yatries dies
Srinagar, : Three more yatries died due to health reasons during the ongoing pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, a yatra official said on Monday. A 52-year-old yatri Dimple Sharma, son of Mohan Lal Sharma, resident of Ludhiana, Punjab, suffered a massive cardiac arrest near the cave shrine. He was immediately […]
Govt committed to path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on public expenditure: FM
New Delhi, : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Government is committed to continuing on the path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on requirements of public expenditure placed by the various sectors. Replying to a debate in the Rajya Sabha on the union Budget, the Finance Minister said, ‘The government is committed […]
Trump retreats on citizenship question
Washington,: US President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census, said a BBC News report on Friday. The retreat follows a long […]
I respect the Judiciary no reason for not following court orders: Speaker Ramesh Kumar
Bengaluru, : Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar today said that he has full respect to the judiciary and there is no reason for not following a Court order. His comments comes in the wake of the Congress-JDS Coalition government in the State facing a major crisis with 14 legislators tendering their resignation […]
LS passes Demands for Grants for Railways
New Delhi, : Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Demands for Grants pertaining to the Ministry of Railways with voice vote. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal while replying to the marathon debate that went on till Thursday midnight thanked the members for sharing their views. During the debate, several members pressed with their demands of their […]
Karnataka MLAs’ case: Status quo till next hearing on Tuesday
New Delhi, : Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the status quo be maintained till the next hearing on Tuesday, on the fate of 10 rebel MLAs from Karnataka. SC said, “it will hear and decide the matter again on Tuesday.” It sais, “weighty issues arise in the matter.” “Status quo to be maintained till […]