PARADISE, Calif. : As wildfires continued to rage on both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire. […]
New Delhi : Silver prices were higher by 0.52 per cent to Rs 37,071 per kg in futures trade Monday after speculators built up fresh positions amid positive global cues. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for delivery in December was up by Rs 191, or 0.52 per cent, […]
Kolkata : Actor and director Nandita Das on Sunday said that the beauty about art is that pain gives rise to something stronger and deeper. Das, whose 2018 film ‘Manto’ on famous Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto would be screened at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), said […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday declined early hearing of petitions in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said it had already listed the appeals before the appropriate bench in January. “We have already passed […]
Mumbai : The GST implementation was a “monumental reform” which had disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Sunday, hitting out at “critics and cynics” who blame it for hurting the GDP expansion. The remarks come a day after former RBI Governor Raghuram […]
New Delhi : PNB Housing Finance Monday said it has obtained refinance sanction of Rs 3,500 crore from the National Housing Bank (NHB) in October 2018. “The funds will be utilised for the specific sector wise disbursements/ end uses as per norms of the respective NHB refinance schemes,” PNB […]
New Delhi : Delhi’s air quality oscillated between very poor and severe categories on Sunday as pollutants released in the atmosphere due to bursting of firecrackers got trapped due to slow surface winds, authorities said. The overall air quality index was recorded at 397, which falls in the very […]
Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered by over 155 points and the NSE Nifty breached the 10,600-mark in opening trade Monday on fresh buying by investors, ahead of release of macroeconomic data later in the day. Traders said, fresh fund inflows by foreign funds and a bullish trend […]
Suva : A Fiji appeal court threw out a corruption case against the Pacific island nation’s main opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka on Monday, clearing the way for him to contest Wednesday’s election. Rabuka, head of the SODELPA Party, had been campaigning with the threat of disqualification hanging over him […]
PTI 12/11/2018
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