Month: May 2019

Husband, in-laws acquitted in dowry death, harassment case

Thane :  A Thane court in Maharashtra has acquitted a man and his two family members of charges of dowry death and cruelty to wife, citing delay in filing of the complaint. District Judge S A Sinha last week freed Balu Gaikwad (38), his mother Shobha Gaikwad (50) and […]

HC asks Maha govt about steps taken to tackle drought

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Maharashtra government what measures it proposes to tackle “serious” issues like drought in the state. A vacation bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and N J Jamadar was hearing a petition filed by activist Sanjay Lakhe Patil, […]

Oppn leader moves HC alleging ‘postal ballot fraud’ in LS polls

Kochi :  Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Monday moved the Kerala High Court alleging a postal ballot fraud in Lok Sabha elections held in the state on April 23. In his PIL, Chennithala demanded a probe alleging that a serious postal vote fraud has […]

SC dismisses plea to advance poll timing in Lok Sabha election

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to advance poll timings to 5:30 am from 7 am for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls in view of searing heat and the month of Ramzan. A vacation bench comprising […]

Mercedes want to abandon combustion engines by 2039

Berlin : German giant Mercedes-Benz said Monday it wants to stop selling traditional combustion engine cars by 2039 and plans for its new vehicles sold worldwide by that time to be carbon-neutral. “We aim to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet in 20 years,” said Ola Kallenius, […]

Sensex logs 9th straight loss, crashes 372 pts

Mumbai :  Continuing their losing spell for a ninth session in a row on Monday, the BSE Sensex crashed over 372 points and the NSE Nifty dived nearly 130 points on sustained sell-off across the board. The index widened its loss towards the fag-end on emergence of intense selling […]

Rupee opens marginally higher in early trade

Mumbai : The rupee recovered marginally and opened 9 paise higher at 70.43 against the US dollar Tuesday amid weak global cues and foreign fund outflows. The rupee opened at 70.43 at the interbank forex market, displaying gains of 9 paise over its last close. The rupee Monday fell […]

Apple revamps TV app for direct subscriptions to channels

New York :Apple users will be able to subscribe to HBO, Showtime and a handful of other channels directly through Apple’s new TV app, bypassing the need to download or launch a separate app. The new capabilities available Monday come ahead of Apple’s plan to offer its own […]

Sensex, Nifty open lower on weak domestic, global cues

Mumbai : Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty started on a choppy note Tuesday tracking downbeat global market sentiment and foreign fund outflows. The BSE gauge Sensex fell 61.88 points to trade at 37,028 in early deals, while the NSE Nifty declined 18.45 points to 11,129.75. On […]

US, Russia test tense ties as Pompeo visits Putin

Sochi : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the highest-level talks between the rival powers in nearly a year as they see if they can make headway on a raft of disagreements from Venezuela to Iran to arms control. Pompeo will […]

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