Benchmark indices climbed in early trade on Wednesday, with the BSE Sensex hitting its lifetime high of 63,588.31, amid buying in index majors HDFC twins and Reliance Industries.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 146 points to 63,473.70 in early trade. The NSE Nifty advanced 37 points to 18,853.70. Later, the BSE benchmark jumped 260.61 points to […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to opposition parties to discuss the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital at the June 23 meeting of non-BJP parties in Patna while asserting that similar ordinances can be brought for other states too.The Friday meeting of opposition parties has been called […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met prominent US personalities from different walks of life, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who asserted that India has more promise than any other large country and that he is incredibly excited about its future.Musk told reporters after meeting Modi that Twitter, the social media giant he owns, does […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India has always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace, and made a fervent appeal to eliminate contradictions, hurdles and resistances through yoga.In a video message on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Modi said Indians have welcomed new ideas, conserved them and celebrated the country’s […]
Batting great Javed Miandad spewed fresh venom at India, saying Pakistan should not travel to the neighbouring country for matches, including this year’s ICC ODI World Cup, until the BCCI agrees to send its team to his nation first.As per the draft schedule prepared by the ICC, Pakistan are scheduled to play India in the […]
A 51-year old Kerala man was arrested for making noisy scenes on board a flight from Abu Dhabi, police said on Monday.Jizan Jacob was held after the Kochi-bound Air India flight landed at the international airport here this morning. A police officer said the man was arrested based on a complaint lodged by the airline […]
Canada-based pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar–declared a ‘wanted terrorist’ by the Indian government– was shot dead in Surrey, Canada, on Monday.Nijjar, a resident of a village in Jalandhar, was director of SFJ, which is banned in India. He was the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. He was shot in the parking lot of the […]
As an effect of Cyclone Biparjoy, the districts of Barmer, Sirohi, Udaipur, Jalore and Jodhpur in western Rajasthan experienced heavy rain on Saturday morning, with winds blowing at 50 to 60 kph.In the last 24 hours, the maximum impact of the cyclone was seen in Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer as heavy rain was recorded in […]
Firing continued through the night in Manipur’s Kwakta area even as multiple attempts to mob various establishments in Imphal were reported through the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. According to security sources, automatic weapons were fired and firing continued till around 9.15 pm from Kwakta and Kangvai, which are at the border of Bishnupur […]
Union minister and BJP veteran Nitin Gadkari has said that a politician once advised him to join the Congress, to which he replied that he would rather die by jumping into a well than becoming a member of that party.The Minister of Road Transport and Highways also claimed that the BJP government carried out twice […]