Sensex gains 282 points; capital goods stocks rise
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat in the pre-afternoon trade session Tuesday - up 282 points or 1.13 percent as capital goods, bank and metal stocks...
View ArticleWacky hair colour on your mind? Think twice
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Credit it to celebrity influence or the need for an image makeover, sporting wacky hair colours like blue, yellow and burgundy has become a style statement for youth. But...
View ArticleHighway projects worth Rs.40,000 crore approved
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The road transport and highways ministry Tuesday said it has approved highway projects worth over Rs.40,000 crore to be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,...
View ArticleNine killed in fishing boat collision in Peru
Lima, June 25 (IANS) At least nine fishermen were killed early Tuesday when two fishing boats collided off Peru's southern Pacific coast, an official source said. Another three people were injured and...
View ArticleTrain derails in Bihar, four killed
Patna, June 25 (IANS) At least four people were killed and eight injured after nine out of twelve bogies of Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express train derailed in Bihar's Saran district early Wednesday,...
View ArticleNo takers for Uttar Pradesh highway projects
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Projects to widen seven state highways in Uttar Pradesh to four lanes have failed to take off. Even after tenders were floated five times, no company or private contractor came...
View ArticleIn Lucknow, one toilet for every 58,844 people!
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Lucknow, with a population of nearly three million and the capital of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, doesn't have any public toilets for women and has a toilet...
View ArticlePartly cloudy day ahead in Delhi
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The national capital woke up to a pleasant Wednesday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average. The Met...
View ArticleCongress to fight Uttar Pradesh by-polls alone
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Congress will go all alone in the Uttar Pradesh assembly by-polls which are to be held for the twelve seats, a Congress party leader said Wednesday. While the schedule for the...
View ArticleRailway minister leaves for Bihar accident site
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Wednesday left for Bihar to visit the spot where the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express train derailed near Chhapra, killing four people...
View ArticleDelhi HC declines to hear PIL on DU three-year course
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) A vacation bench of the the Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to hear a PIL seeking restoration of the three-year under-graduate programme in Delhi University and scrapping...
View ArticleSensex loses 24 points; banking, oil and gas stocks drop
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat in the pre-noon trade Wednesday - down 24.24 points or 0.10 percent - as banking and oil and gas stocks slipped....
View ArticleRains cool Delhi, cloudy day ahead
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Spells of rain cooled the national capital Thursday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average. The Met...
View ArticleIt's no easygoing night out in Shimla (Postcard from Shimla)
Shimla, June 26 (IANS) Serene environs, wooded deodars, Raj-style structures or chuckling peaks on the horizon of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British, may lure you but it's...
View ArticleSC to hear plea on Vodafone tax dues July 1
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a PIL July 1 seeking directions to the government to discharge its statutory obligation by recovering Rs.20,000 crore tax dues from telecom giant...
View ArticleNo clear guidelines on DU admissions: College principal
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Admissions to Delhi University are yet to begin because the colleges have not received any guidelines from the varsity, the principal of a Delhi University college said...
View ArticleSensex loses 132 points; oil and gas stocks tank
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday was trading 132.25 points or 0.52 percent down as oil and gas stocks tank. Selling pressure was seen in oil and gas and...
View ArticleOdisha schoolgirl commits suicide for pencil, notebook
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl committed suicide in Odisha after her parents said they didn't have enough money to buy her basic stationery like pencil and notebook and other study...
View ArticleUse Metro to decongest traffic: Naidu to colleagues
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday said he has written a letter to his cabinet colleagues asking them to use the Delhi Metro to help decongest traffic and...
View ArticleWant to do film according to my time: Kareena
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Actress Kareena Kapoor says her priorities have changed after marriage and that she will do only those films that can give her enough time to spend with family. The actress, who...
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