Mumbai : A court in Nashik district on Wednesday acquitted Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in connection with a 2008 case of attack on a hotel by his party workers. According to the prosecution, Thackeray was accused of instigating his party workers to form an unlawful assembly […]
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday declined to pass any interim order for putting on hold the operation of websites which allow people to gamble, bet and play games of chance, like poker, online. “No interim relief. Let it go on,” a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra […]
New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday reserved for June 3 its order on application of Robert Vadra, accused in a money laundering case, to travel abroad. Enforcement Directorate opposed the plea, in which Vadra sought permission to travel to the UK and other countries citing health reasons. Vadra […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday extended the tenure of Justice V K Jain, a judicial member of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which was expiring today. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose said the extension of tenure would be […]
New Delhi ; Shares of Punjab National Bank fell by over 5 per cent Wednesday, its second day of fall, even as the lender narrowed its loss to Rs 4,750 crore during the fourth quarter of fiscal ended March 2019. The scrip dropped 4.99 per cent to close at […]
Mumbai : Snapping its three-day rising streak, the BSE Sensex dropped 248 points Wednesday led by losses in banking, metal and auto stocks amid weak cues from global markets. After slumping over 300 points, the 30-share index ended 247.68 points, or 0.62 per cent, lower at 39,502.05. The gauge […]
Mumbai : The rupee appreciated by 12 paise to 69.71 against the US dollar in opening trade Thursday, driven by positive opening in domestic equities and weakening of the greenback in overseas markets. The rupee opened strong at 69.76 at the interbank forex market then gained further ground to […]
Mumbai : Domestic equity benchmarks opened on a positive note Thursday led by gains in index heavyweights TCS, RIL and ITC, ahead of the expiry of May derivatives contracts. After rising over 100 points in opening session, the BSE Sensex was trading 94 points, or 0.24 per cent, higher […]
Sydney : An Australian man who kidnapped and repeatedly raped a British backpacker during a month-long ordeal in the country’s Outback has been jailed for 10 years. Marcus Allyn Keith Martin, 25, had pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cairns, in the far north of Queensland state, to […]
Colombo : Sri Lanka has signed a deal with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container terminal here amid increasing forays by China which has taken a strategic port on a 99-year lease that has worried New Delhi. The three countries will jointly build the East Container Terminal […]
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