Day: May 6, 2019

Gold rises on jewellers’ buying, firm trend overseas

7:50 pm May 6, 2019

New Delhi: Gold prices Monday rose by Rs 75 to Rs 32,720 per 10 gram at the bullion market here due to fresh buying from jewellers amid firm trend overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Silver, however, declined Rs 70 to Rs 38,130 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and […]

CJI writes to PM, seeks increase in number of SC judges

CJI gets clean chit as In-House panel finds “no substance” in sexual harassment allegations

7:46 pm May 6, 2019

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Monday got a clean chit from the Supreme Court’s In-House Inquiry Committee which “has found no substance” in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the apex court. A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary General said the […]

CBSE class 12 exam results declared, girls outshine boys

CBSE declares Class 10 results, girls outshine boys

7:39 pm May 6, 2019

New Delhi: With a pass percentage of 92.45 in the Class 10 CBSE results, which were announced on Monday, girls outperformed boys by a margin of 2.31 per cent. Thirteen students bagged the first rank with 499 out of 500 marks. The second and third rank were shared by 24 and 58 students, respectively. A […]

India condemns Pakistan attack on Indian fishermen

Pak apprehends 30 Guj fishermen, seizes 6 boats

7:32 pm May 6, 2019

Ahmedabad: At least 30 Gujarat fishermen were apprehended early Monday by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) near the international maritime boundary in the Arabian Sea, a Porbandar-based National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) official said. NFF secretary Manish Lodhari said the PMSA also seized six fishing boats. “Thirty fishermen on board six boats were apprehended by PMSA […]

Trump turnaround on Mueller testimony angers Democrats

7:30 pm May 6, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump’s turnabout on whether the special counsel should appear before Congress “Bob Mueller should not testify,” he tweeted has sparked criticism from Democratic lawmakers eager to question the author of the report on Russia’s election interference. Trump had previously said he would leave the question of Robert Mueller testifying to Attorney General […]