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Violence escalates in Barcelona after 500,000 separatists rally

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Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a chaotic battleground. The deterioration came on the fifth consecutive day of protests in the Catalan capital and elsewhere […]

Sensex rises over 150 pts; Nifty nears 11,500

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Mumbai, Oct 16 : Equity benchmark BSE Sensex advanced over 150 points on Wednesday driven by gains in energy and banking stocks amid sustained fund inflow and positive cues from global equities. The 30-share index was trading 158.41 points, or 0.41 per cent, higher at 38,664.50 at 0930 hours. […]

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