Day: July 16, 2019

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Illegal hostel building on green belt demolished in MP

7:37 pm July 16, 2019

Indore: A four-storey hostel building, illegally constructed in a notified green belt here, was razed on Tuesday by the civic body with the help of explosives, an official said. Before the demolition, the hostel building, located in Kalp Kamdhenu Nagar, was evacuated, Indore Municipal Commissioner Ashish Singh told reporters here. “Powerful explosives were then used […]

Amarinder dubs Kejriwal's announcement of observing fast as 'theatrics'

Will decide on Sidhu’s resignation Wednesday: Punjab CM

7:33 pm July 16, 2019

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday said he will decide on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation Wednesday after going through the contents of the letter. The chief minister said he has some meetings lined up in Delhi and will return to Chandigarh on Wednesday. “I will decide on his resignation only tomorrow, after I […]

Sensex rises 234 pts; Yes Bank soars 11 pc

7:30 pm July 16, 2019

Mumbai: Market benchmark BSE Sensex rose by 234 points to close at 39,131.04 on Tuesday, extending gains for the second straight day as Reliance Industries, Yes Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys advanced. The 30-share barometer swung 329 points during the day between an intra-day high of 39,173.89 and a low of 38,845.27. The broader […]

Naga peace talks at advanced stage, govt tells LS

3:58 pm July 16, 2019

New Delhi: Talks between the Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM and an interlocutor of the central government are at an advanced stage, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy also said any disclosure of the details of the negotiations will be premature and prejudicial to the final settlement. “Naga political […]

12 killed in Mumbai building collapse: Maha minister

3:55 pm July 16, 2019

Mumbai: Twelve persons were killed after a four-storey residential building collapsed in south Mumbai’s congested Dongri area Tuesday, a Maharashtra minister said. About 40 to 50 people are feared trapped under the debris, civic officials said. Twelve people were killed after the ‘Kesarbaug’ building, located in a bustling narrow lane in Tandel Street of Dongri […]