Day: April 24, 2019

Sensex rises over 100 pts; Nifty tests 11,600

Mumbai :  The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 100 points in early trade Wednesday tracking record gains on Wall Street amid easing crude prices. After hitting an intra-day high of 38,701.52, the 30-share index was trading 75.37 points or 0.20 per cent higher at 38,640.25. The NSE Nifty too […]

Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits Tibet close to India

Beijing :  A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck China’s remote Himalayan region of Tibet close to India early Wednesday, authorities said. The epicentre of the quake, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 28.40 degrees north latitude and 94.61 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks […]

Iranian parliament labels entire US military as terrorist

Tehran :  Iranian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill that labels all US military forces as terrorist, state TV reported, a day after Washington ratcheted up pressure on Tehran by announcing that no country would any longer be exempt from US sanctions if it continues to buy Iranian oil. […]

Iranian parliament labels entire US military as terrorist

Tehran :  Iranian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill that labels all US military forces as terrorist, state TV reported, a day after Washington ratcheted up pressure on Tehran by announcing that no country would any longer be exempt from US sanctions if it continues to buy Iranian oil. […]

Brazil court reduces ex-president Lula’s sentence

Rio De Janeiro :  A Brazilian appeals court has reduced leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula’s appeal agreed to uphold his conviction, but reduced […]

Sri Lanka police carry out controlled explosion on motorcycle near cinema hall

Colombo :  Sri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall here. The police said that the area near the Savoy Cinema at Wellawatta, South Colombo was cleared and the controlled explosion was carried […]

Three killed as car falls into gorge

Pauri : Three persons were killed and one injured Wednesday when their car fell into a deep gorge in Pauri district, police said. The car plunged into a 150-metre deep gorge near Nai village in Pabau block of the district, killing three persons on the spot and leaving another […]

Three killed as car falls into gorge

Pauri : Three persons were killed and one injured Wednesday when their car fell into a deep gorge in Pauri district, police said. The car plunged into a 150-metre deep gorge near Nai village in Pabau block of the district, killing three persons on the spot and leaving another […]

Unfazed by trolling, Matondkar says she is here to stay

Mumbai :  Urmila Matondkar, leading Bollywood actor of the 90s who joined the Congress recently, says she has faced a lot of trolling on social media and personal attacks after her entry into politics, but asserted that she is here to stay. Matondkar, who is contesting from the Mumbai […]

Will Cong be able to turn the tide in Bundelkhand?

Bhopal : Months after the Congress ended the 15-year BJP rule in Madhya Pradesh, the question doing the rounds in the state’s political circles is if Rahul Gandhi can reverse his party’s fortunes in the Bundelkhand region, considered a citadel of the saffron party. The Bundelkhand region comprises eight […]

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