Mumbai l : The Bombay High Court has overturned a 1997 trial court order acquitting a 41-year-old man in a rape case of a minor girl in 1996. A division bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanty and V K Jadhav Saturday convicted Macchindra Sonawane (who was 19 years old at […]
New Delhi : India needs to open up its dredging market to boost trade by its major ports which at present cannot handle very large vessels in absence of proper draft depth, government think tank Niti Aayog has said. More competition mainly from global players in dredging activities would […]
New Delhi : State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a special card for Kumbh Mela 2019. The bank has partnered with the Uttar Pradesh government to create a model for digitization at this edition of Kumbh Mela, PNB said in a statement issued on Sunday. It is estimated […]
New Delhi : Telecom equipment maker Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) said Sunday it has bagged two contracts worth Rs 148 crore from Larsen & Toubro. The contracts are for executing telecommunication systems projects for Mauritius Metro Express Project and Dhaka Metro Mass Rapid Transit System. The Mauritius Metro […]
New Delhi : Developments around the US government shutdown, trend in crude oil prices and movement of the rupee will set the tone for the equity markets this week, say experts. Markets may also witness bouts of volatility ahead of the expiry of December series derivatives contracts, they added. […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday thanked people of Jasdan seat in Gujarat for the victory of BJP candidate in the assembly bypoll. Congress turncoat Kunvarji Bavaliya won the election in Gujarat. His exit from the Congress had necessitated the bypoll. “I thank the people of Jasdan for […]
Islamabad An anti-corruption court in Pakistan will deliver its judgment on Monday in two remaining corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik of Islamabad-based accountability court last week reserved the judgment after completion of hearing in the Flagship Investment and Al-Azizia cases against 68-year-old […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The rollout of statewide medical and recreational marijuana programs typically is a grindingly slow process that can take years. Not so in Oklahoma, which moved with lightning speed once voters approved medical cannabis in June. The ballot question received 57 percent support and established one […]
TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia — Doctors worked to save injured victims while hundreds of military and volunteers scoured debris-strewn beaches in search of survivors Monday after a deadly tsunami gushed ashore without warning on Indonesian islands, killing more than 280 people on a busy holiday weekend. The waves that […]
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