Sensex up 200 points, banking stocks rise

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded on a positive note on Tuesday morning with the BSE Sensex rising over 200 points.

Healthy buying was witnessed in banking and finance stocks.

Around 10.05 a.m., Sensex was trading at…

Govt announces nominations open for Padma Awards

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced that the online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards for 2022 have been opened till September 15. The recommendations for these civilian awards Padma Vibhushan, Padma…

In touch with IS leaders in Afghanistan & Syria, Damudi was instigating contacts in India to kill 'kufars'

New Delhi (IANS) Jufri Jawhar Damudi aka Abu Hajir Al Badri, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the ISIS 'Voice of Hind' module case was high up in the hierarchy of the Islamic State Khorasan Province…

8-yr-old Hindu boy becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pak

New Delhi (IANS) An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country, a media report said on Monday.

According to the Guardian…

Punjab Police foil major terror attack ahead of I-Day

Chandigarh (IANS) Ahead of Independence Day, Punjab Police on Monday said they foiled a major terror bid as they recovered a double-decker tiffin box carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing two to three kilos along the Indo-Pak border…

Cong names Chidambaram observer for Goa polls, Ramesh for Manipur

New Delhi (IANS) With a shift of focus to the upcoming Assembly elections, Congress has turned to its veterans for election management, appointing former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to supervise its campaign in Goa as a senior election observer,…

BJP leader, wife shot dead by terrorists in J&K's Anantnag

Srinagar (IANS) The Kulgam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha President and his wife were shot dead by suspected terrorists in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday, sources said.

According to sources, terrorists barged inside…

Volunteer for inquiry: SC refuses to stop CCI probe against Amazon, Flipkart

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart, saying they must face inquiry by Competition Commission of India (CCI) for anti-competitive practices.

A bench headed by Chief…

Farmers to get a different identity on World Tribal Day, CM to inauguarte programme

Ranchi: On the occasion of World Tribal Day on August 9, the Jharkhand government will try to give a new identity to the farmers of state in a programme which is going to be organized at the project building.

On the eve of the programme, Agriculture Secretary…

Shaheed Nirmal Mahto had played a vital role in separate statehood movement: CM

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday paid tributes to Shaheed Nirmal Mahto on the occasion of his 34th martyrdom anniversary.

Speaking on the occasion he said that by following the Covid protocol across the state Shaheed Nirmal Mahto is…