Sensex slips from lifetime high on profit booking
Mumbai, (PTI) Equity benchmark Sensex retreated from its lifetime high to close 135 points lower Thursday as investors booked profits at higher levels amid weak global cues. After rising to an intra-day record of 39,487.45 points, the 30-share index turned negative to settle 135.36 points, or 0.34 per cent, lower at 39,140.28. The broader NSE […]
B’deshi actor asked to leave India for ‘taking part’ in poll campaign
New Delhi (PTI) Bangladeshi actor Ghazi Abdul Noor who had attended a political rally in West Bengal has been asked to leave India immediately, officials said Thursday. Noor is the second Bangladeshi actor, after Ferdous Ahmed, to be served a ‘Leave India’ notice. Noor was staying in India despite expiry of his visa. “Appropriate action is […]
Civil services topper gets 55.35 per cent marks
New Delhi, (PTI) Kanishak Kataria, who topped the civil services examination, got 55.35 per cent marks, reflecting the tough standards of the prestigious test conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to select the country’s bureaucrats, diplomats and police officers, among others. Kataria, a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, scored 1,121 marks — 942 in […]
If Cong voted to power, indebted farmers will not be sent to jails: Rahul
Badaun (UP)(PTI) In a veiled attack on the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said if his party is voted to power, indebted farmers will not be sent to jails. Addressing an election rally at Dataganj under Aonla parliamentary constituency here, he said, “Businessmen who took loans amounting to thousands of crores were allowed to […]
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar quits ahead of IMF deal
Islamabad (PTI) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar abruptly quit the Cabinet on Thursday before securing a crucial multi-billion dollar IMF bailout package for the cash-strapped country, amid mounting criticism by the opposition and business community over the handling of the economic crisis. Umar, who recently returned from a trip to the US in which the details […]
Doctors in Kupwara protest against termination of colleague over alleged negligence
Srinagar: Terming the government order baseless and unacceptable and demanding revocation of termination order of their colleague, doctors association Kupwara on Thursday held a protest demonstration within Sub District Hospital Kupwara. The members of the association assembled at SDH Kupwara and raised slogans in favour of the doctor and against DC, and CMO Kupwara for terminating […]
Farooq Abdullah strong candidate to be sent to parliament: Altaf Bukhari
Srinagar: Former finance minister Altaf Bukhari on Thursday said it was time to rise above the party system and vote for a strong candidate who can talk about Kashmir issue in the parliament of India. Hinting that he has voted for National Conference candidate Farooq Abdullah, Bukhari said Farooq Abdullah is a strong candidate among all […]
LS Polls: 5.7% votes cast in Srinagar, overall percentage 38.5 till 3 pm
Srinagar: 64.6 Percent votes were cast in Kathua area of Jammu for Udhampur parliamentary constituency while for Srinagar seat only 5.7 percent votes were cast till 3 pm. The total vote cast percentage at 3 pm stood at 38.5. Violence broke out in Budgam district with three people injured in clashes with forces including two […]
Kashmir integral part of India, can’t be separated: Shah
Raigarh, (PTI): BJP president Amit Shah Thursday said Kashmir is an integral part of India and cannot be separated from the country till a single BJP worker is alive, irrespective of whether the party is in power or not. Addressing an election rally in Raigarh district headquarters in Chhattisgarh, he said when the Modi government […]
Man hurls shoes at BJP leaders during press conference
New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) A man flung shoes at BJP leaders addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters here on Thursday. It was not immediately clear why the person, who identified himself as a doctor by profession, threw the shoes. He was immediately bundled out by security guards at the party office and […]