Sensex, Nifty trade near record levels

Mumbai (IANS) Sensex and Nifty on Wednesday traded near record levels during the early trade, over favourable global cues and sustained inflow of foreign funds.

PC Jewellers fell over 7 per cent on the BSE after market regulator SEBI ordered…

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court may pass strong order

New Delhi (IANS) As the Supreme Court is set to pronounce the verdict on Wednesday over the review petition of Nirbhaya rape convict Akshay Kumar Singh, the hearing in the Patiala House Court becomes important as the lower court may pass a strong…

CAA: BJP's 3-pronged plan to explain govt stand

New Delhi (IANS) Nationwide protests, international media giving negative coverage and vocal Bollywood A-listers questioning the Citizenship Amendment Act - it all has collectively put the central government in an uncomfortable spot.

But the…

BJP hero in advertisement, zero in governance: Priyanka

Ranchi (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over the police crackdown on university campuses. She also said that the new law has been brought to divert attention…

Campaigning ends for final phase of Jharkhand poll

Ranchi (IANS) Campaigning ended on Wednesday for 16 seats going to polls in the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections. The vote will take place on December 20.

Over 40,05,200 voters in the Santhal Pargana region will seal the…

Jamaat's political wing at forefront of anti-CAA protests

New Delhi (IANS) The hijab-clad woman protestor whose picture and video have gone viral on social media since the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is associated with Fraternity Youth Movement, which is a youth organisation…

20 Indians kidnapped as pirates attack tanker in West Africa

New Delhi (IANS) A crew of 20 Indians aboard the oil tanker MV Duke has been kidnapped by pirates in Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

V Ships Ship Management (India) Pvt Ltd., managers of the oil/chemical product tanker Duke, reported that contact…

New regional political formation in offing in Assam?

Guwahati- (IANS) Amidst the intense protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Assam, is the northeastern state moving towards a new political alignment in the form of a regional formation that could challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata…

Decommissioned aircraft carrier 'Viraat' e-auction today

Mumbai (IANS) The decommissioned aircraft carrier 'Viraat', which was ordered to be scrapped six months ago by the government, will be e-auctioned here on Tuesday.

The e-auction - by Metals and Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC) - will…

10 arrested for arson during Jamia university protest

New Delhi (IANS) At least 10 people, all with criminal antecedents, were arrested on Tuesday for indulging in arson and setting vehicles afire during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in New Friends Colony near Jamia Millia Islamia…