Machilipatnam : A total of 71.81 per cent of polling was registered by 6 PM in Andhra Pradesh’ Krishna district Thursday, the district election officer and district collector said. At a press conference here Thursday night, district collector A.Md. Imtiaz said the highest polling percentage of 84 in the […]
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court has quashed three notifications of the state government aimed at stopping export of livestock from Tuna Port, terming it “colourable exercise of powers” to do something which cannot be done directly. A division bench of justices Harsha Devani and Bhargav Karia passed the […]
Mumbai : Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 100 points Friday ahead of the release of key macroeconomic data and quarterly results of IT bellwethers TCS and Infosys. The 30-share index was trading 106.69 points or 0.28 per cent higher at 38,713.70. The gauge had ended 21.66 points, […]
Mumbai : The rupee depreciated by 32 paise to 69.24 against the US dollar in early trade Friday owing to increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 69.04 then fell further to 69.24 […]
Mumbai : Urmila Matondkar, the star of 90s hit Hindi films like “Rangeela”, “Daud” and “Judaai”, is contesting the Lok Sabha election but says she isn’t approaching politics as a star and would rather be known as people’s representative. “I am not approaching this whole thing as a star […]
Kolhapur : NCPchief Sharad Pawar Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modihas failed to fulfil his 2014 pre-poll promise of recovering black money within 100 days of coming to power He also criticised the BJP-led NDA government over its failure to clean the river Ganga. “The Prime Minister had promised […]
Jaipur : Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni received a lot of flak for his on-field argument with umpires following a no-ball flip-flop during an IPL match against Rajasthan Royals here. Revered for his ‘captain cool’ demeanour, Dhoni uncharacteristically lost his cool and rushed out of the dug-out […]
Jammu : Pakistani troops Friday lobbed mortars and opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, drawing retaliation from the Indian Army. “At about 0830 hours, Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing with small arms along the […]
Gangtok : Brisk polling has been recorded in Sikkim with 78.19 per cent of 4.30 lakh electorate exercising their franchise in 32 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat. The voting percentage, however, was a shade lower than 2014 polls, when the turnout stood at 83.85 per cent. According […]
Mumbai : West Indian duo of Kieron Pollard and Alzarri Joseph will hog the limelight when Mumbai Indians lock horns with an out-of-sorts Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match in which home skipper Rohit Sharma’s return from injury will also be awaited here Saturday. A leg spasm had forced […]
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