Day: July 22, 2019

Sensex tanks 306 pts; HDFC twins sink

5:35 pm July 22, 2019

Mumbai: Extending losses for the third consecutive session, market benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 306 points at close on Monday led by a carnage in shares of HDFC twins amid weak global cues. Unabated foreign fund outflows and a depreciating rupee too weighed on investor sentiment here, traders said. The 30-share index cracked 305.88 points or […]

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

India’s second moon mission launched successfully

5:27 pm July 22, 2019

Sriharikota(AP): Aiming to take a billion dreams to the moon, India Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 onboard its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport here to explore the un chartered south pole of the celestial body by landing a rover. The geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle lifted-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre […]

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: H D Kumaraswamy

Resign and go home, BJP tells Kumaraswamy

2:38 pm July 22, 2019

Bengaluru: The BJP Monday asked Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy “to resign and go” if he has faith in the Constitution and people of the state, as the confidence motion moved by him in the Assembly dragged on for the third day. The BJP said Kumaraswamy himself moved the confidence motion but the trust […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

3 arrested for robbing Canadian pilot in Delhi: Police

2:36 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Canadian national employed as a pilot with IndiGo airlines of Rs 1.30 lakh after threatening him with a knife near Delhi Cantt area, police said Monday. Mehraj Salmani, Asif and Farman, all residents of Meerut districts in Uttar Pradesh were nabbed on July 20, […]

Hima Das nearing her best: High Performance Director

2:33 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Indian athletics’ High Performance Director Volker Herrmann feels star sprinter Hima Das is nearing her best, having won five successive gold medals in three weeks in Europe. The 19-year-old Hima has won five races — four in 200m and one in her pet 400m event — in Poland and Czech Republic since July […]