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5 injured in clash over money dispute

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Oct 30 (PTI) Five people were injured in a clash between two groups of the same community here over some minor dispute, police said. The incident occurred at Hajipura locality in Civil Lines police station area on Tuesday. Arif and Mohsin confronted each other apparently over some […]

Sensex rises over 250 pts; Nifty tops 11,800

Mumbai, Oct 30 : Market benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Wednesday driven by foreign fund inflow and hopes of tax sops for equity investors. After reclaiming the 40,000 mark, the 30-share index pared some gains to trade 128.48 points, or 0.32 per cent, […]

Rupee slips 11 paise against dollar in early trade

Mumbai, Oct 30 : The rupee depreciated by 11 paise to 70.95 against the US dollar in morning trade on Wednesday, as investors were cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Besides, a strengthening greenback against other overseas currencies also kept investors on the edge, forex […]

Maha: Man on bike run over by state transport bus

Thane, Oct 30 : A 27-year-old man was killed when a state transport bus hit his two-wheeler in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Wednesday. The mishap took place on Tuesday night in Murbad area when the victim, identified as Suraj, was going to Vidhe village from Gorha, an […]

Maha: Cable TV operator injured in firing

Thane, Oct 30 : A 49-year-old cable TV operator was severely injured when two unidentified persons shot at him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The victim, Guddu Munawar Majid, was on way to Ulhasnagar town in an auto-rickshaw around 10 pm on Tuesday when the […]

Dalit family attacked over opposing girl’s harassment

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Oct 30 : A Dalit man and his two family members were injured in an attack for opposing the harassment of his daughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The 17-year-old girl had gone to collect water from a hand pump at Bhokarhedi village under Bhopa […]

Custodial death case: Maha CM orders strict action

Mumbai, Oct 29: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said he has taken serious cognisance of the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man in Mumbai and asked the police to take strict action in the matter. Vijay Singh, a resident of Sion area who worked as a […]

Post-monsoon showers damage crops in Akola district

Akola, Oct 29: Heavy post-monsoon showers in Maharashtra’s Akola district have destroyed various crops, raising the demand for declaring wet drought in the Vidarbha region and compensation for farmers under the Centre’s crop insurance scheme. Farmers in Balapur, Patur, Barshitakali, Telhara and Akot talukas of Akola district were hit […]

4 dead as car rams into truck in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Oct 29: Four people died and three more were injured on Tuesday when a car crashed into a truck on NH-8 in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, police said. The accident occurred under the Prasad police station area on the national highway as the car carrying passengers from Vadodara, in […]

Prez attends to policewoman after award function

New Delhi, Oct 29: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday attended to a policewoman who had apparently twisted her ankle and slipped during an awards function here. The Delhi policewoman was standing in front of the dias at Vigyan Bhawan during the first National CSR Awards function. When the […]

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