Day: July 5, 2019

Budget 2019: Sensex gives up gains, falls over 150 pts

1:34 pm July 5, 2019

Mumbai: The BSE Sensex surrendered early gains to fall over 150 points Friday, dragged by losses in oil and gas, metal and power stocks, as Finance Minster Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden Union Budget. The 30-share index was trading 171.82 points, or 0.43 per cent, lower at 39,736.24 at 1150 hours. Similarly, the 50-share NSE […]

MDMK chief Vaiko convicted in sedition case

1:32 pm July 5, 2019

Chennai: MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday convicted by a city court here in a sedition case filed in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu government. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a year. Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offence of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never […]

Programmes will be accelerated, red tape reduced: FM

1:26 pm July 5, 2019

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the NDA government had set the ball rolling for a ‘New India’ in its first term and programmes will be accelerated and red tape reduced going forward. The recent elections were charged with brimming hope for a bright and stable India, she said while presenting the first […]

Sitharaman discards briefcase, carries ‘bahi-khata’

1:24 pm July 5, 2019

New Delhi: In a departure from the past, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried the Union Budget documents in a red bag, reminiscence of the traditional ‘bahi-khata’. Earlier, finance ministers in different governments used to carry a briefcase to present budget, which was considered as a tradition of colonial past. Sitharaman is […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Woman killed, jewellery worth over Rs 3 lakh looted

1:20 pm July 5, 2019

Palghar: A gang of robbers allegedly battered a 50-year-old woman to death at her house in Virar in the district and looted ornaments worth Rs 3.30 lakh, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening in Chandansar locality, police said. “A gang of robbers stormed into the house of the victim, Umarani […]

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