Month: March 2019

Woman, 2 accomplices get life term for killing husband

Mandi :  A court here has sentenced a woman, her paramour and their accomplice to life imprisonment for killing her husband and chopping his body into pieces five years ago. Mandi Additional Sessions Judge Aparna Sharma has imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Lata Devi, her paramour Amar […]

Jaitley dubs ‘108 purported economists’ as compulsive contrarians

New Delhi :  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday dubbed the “108 purported economists” alleging government interference in statistical data as a “fake campaign”, saying these compulsive contrarians have repeatedly signed memorandums of manufactured political issues against the present regime. He was referring to a appeal made by 108 economists […]

Jet Airways shares tumble 7 pc

New Delhi :  Shares of crisis-hit Jet Airways plunged nearly 7 per cent Wednesday after the company grounded six more planes due to non-payment of lease rentals. The stock tumbled 6.59 per cent to Rs 213.95 on BSE. On NSE, shares cracked 6.93 per cent to Rs 213.35. As […]

Gold futures shed 0.18% on weak global cues

New Delhi :  Gold prices weakened 0.18 per cent to Rs 31,902 per 10 gram in futures market Wednesday as speculators trimmed their positions taking weak cues from global market. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in April declined by Rs 58, or 0.18 per cent, to […]

Tariff on China to continue till deal is reached

Washington : The United States will continue to impose additional import tariff on Chinese products till the time a trade deal is reached with the country, President Donald Trump has said. “We’re not talking about removing them. We’re talking about leaving them for a substantial period of time, because […]

As more are buried, emotional prayer service planned in NZ

Christchurch : Thousands of people were expected to come together for an emotional Friday prayer service led by the imam of one of the two New Zealand mosques where 50 worshippers were killed in a white supremacist attack. Six funerals took place Thursday, including for a teenager, a youth […]

Further terror attack on India will be ‘extremely problematic’: US warns Pak

Washington :  The US has warned Pakistan that another terror attack on India will prove to be “extremely problematic” as it asked Islamabad to take more “concrete and sustained” actions to rein in terror groups including the JeM and the LeT. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a […]

Trump will not accept “bad deal” on Afghanistan: WH official

Washington :  Donald Trump has prioritised peace efforts in Afghanistan and his special envoy has initiated direct talks with the Taliban, but the US President will not accept a “bad deal” on efforts to end America’s longest war, the White House has said. According to a senior Trump administration […]

Liquor smuggler, sub-inspector injured in exchange of fire in UP

Muzaffarnagar :  A sub-inspector and a liquor smuggler were injured Wednesday in an exchange of fire in neighbouring Shamli district, police said. The incident occurred near Jalalabad when police tried to intercept a car and a truck carrying liquor cartons. The occupants of the vehicles opened fire at the […]

Two policemen injured in grenade attack in J&K’s Sopore

Srinagar :  Two policemen, including an officer, were injured in a grenade attack by militants in Sopore township of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Militants lobbed a grenade at a security forces party at Main Chowk Sopore in the north Kashmir district, a police […]

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