Day: June 25, 2019

Mizoram churches reopen after over 10 months

Mom alleges daughter forcibly converted to Christianity

8:09 pm June 25, 2019

Coimbatore: Alleging that her 22-year old daughter was forcibly converted to Christianity, a Hindu woman Tuesday petitioned the District Superintendent of Police seeking to restore her, police said. The woman, a resident of nearby Arasur, approached the SP after the local police recently closed her complaint as her daughter during an inquiry told them she […]

Domestic equities rebound on monsoon progress

8:00 pm June 25, 2019

Mumbai: Indian equities rebounded towards the fag-end of the session on Tuesday as investors looked beyond Middle East tensions and global trade tiff and took heart from monsoon’s swift progress towards central and north India. After trading in the red zone for a better part of the session, the BSE gauge pared losses and soared […]

Barmer pandal tragedy: 10 died due to electrocution

7:58 pm June 25, 2019

Barmer: Electrocution was behind 10 of the 15 deaths in the Barmer “pandal” collapse Sunday, officials said. Fourteen persons had died on the spot while one succumbed to his injuries at a Jodhpur hospital. The tent under which they were listening to a “Ram katha” had collapsed due to strong winds and rain Sunday evening. […]

Rupee pares gains, settles flat at 69.36 a US dollar

7:33 pm June 25, 2019

Mumbai: The Indian rupee pared initial gains and ended almost flat at 69.36 against the US dollar on Tuesday as simmering geopolitical tensions in the Middle East dampened forex market sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency opened at 69.32 a dollar and touched a low of 69.40 and high of […]

Gold glitters, jumps Rs 200 amid positive global market

7:27 pm June 25, 2019

New Delhi: Gold prices jumped by Rs 200 to Rs 34,470 per 10 gm in the national capital Tuesday on increase in demand from local jewellers and positive global markets as investors are preferring the yellow metal as safe haven amid US-Iran tensions. Tracking the movement of gold, silver prices also rose by Rs 110 […]