Sensex slips 120 points in early trade

Mumbai (IANS) The benchmark Sensex declined 120 points during the early trade on Monday owing to the selling in heavyweights.

Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and TCS fell over 1 per cent on the NSE. Besides, the market breath was also negative…

Sanskrit signages for all railway stations in Uttarakhand

Dehradun (IANS) The Railway ministry is now doing its bit to promote the use of Sanskrit in Uttarakhand.

Railway officials have decided to replace Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of…

CAA stir: UP cops say blankets were 'seized in due process'

Lucknow (IANS) Apparently taken aback by the flak that the UP Police faced on the social media for taking away blankets and food of the protesters at the Clock Tower in Lucknow, the police denied the allegations but admitted that the 'blankets…

Three decades on, exodus still haunts Kashmiri Pandits

New Delhi (IANS) Exactly 30 years ago on January 19, 1990, the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee their homeland, the Kashmir Valley, as a result of being targeted by Islamic jihadis.

Meanwhile, different political parties came to power but…

FM to set realistic nominal GDP target at 9.5-10%

New Delhi (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to stay conservative about the nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth and set it at 9.5-10 per cent in the FY21 budget as the time for 'picking optimistic target' experiments…

Prohibitory orders in Lucknow as anti-CAA protests continue

Lucknow (IANS) Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Lucknow in view of Republic Day and the Defence Expo and most importantly, the ongoing protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The…

BJP-JD(U) start seat sharing exercise ahead of Bihar polls

Patna (IANS) Soon after Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah announced at a rally in Bihar's Vaishali district that the National Democratic Alliance will contest the upcoming state poll under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,…

PC joins CAA protestors at Kolkata's Park Circus

Kolkata (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram joined the ongoing anti-CAA stir in Kolkata's Park Circus and assured the gathering that his party was with them.

Chidambaram arrived at the Park Circus Maidan…

NIA takes over probe against Davinder Singh, Hizbul terrorists

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said that it has taken over the probe against the arrested Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) Davinder Singh and three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists.

An…

Present model of development has damaged the relationship between tribals and nature: Hemant

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Hemant Soren said that the modern model of development has damaged the relationship between the tribals and nature as the hunger for global resources has mostly damaged the tribal identity.

Speaking at…