Day: August 5, 2019

Sensex tanks over 418 points amid Kashmir uncertainty

6:39 pm August 5, 2019

Mumbai: Equity benchmark BSE Sensex tanked over 418 points to close at 36,699.84 on Monday due to intense selling in banking, finance and metal stocks amid weak global cues and political uncertainty over the Kashmir issue. After cracking over 700 points in day trade, the 30-share index pared losses to close at 36,699.84, still down […]

Terror hideout busted in J-K's Poonch; arms, ammo seized

Put security forces on maximum alert: MHA to states, UTs

3:06 pm August 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Centre has asked states and Union Territories to keep security forces on “maximum alert” following decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir to “pre-empt” and “prevent any breach of security”, a communique issued by Home Ministry said Monday. The government has also told the state governments that “special care” should be taken of […]

Release of water from dams in rain-hit Nashik continues

3:02 pm August 5, 2019

Nashik: Release of water from major dams in rain-battered Nashik district of Maharashtra continued on Monday as well, officials said, adding the Godavari river which flows through the city is still in full spate. Though intensity of rains lashing the north Maharashtra district since Friday night is reduced, flood-like situation on the banks of the […]

SC directs Unnao rape survivor to be airlifted to Delhi

2:59 pm August 5, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed on Monday that the Unnao rape survivor, who suffered critical injuries when her car was hit by a truck last week, be airlifted from Lucknow and brought to New Delhi for better treatment at the AIIMS. Minutes before the direction, the apex court had deferred the hearing on transfer […]

Army got 7 complaints of human rights violations in 2020, none found to be true: Naik

Naik terms govt’s move on Art 370 as ‘historic and bold’

2:43 pm August 5, 2019

Panaji: Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik on Monday described the Centre’s move on Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, as a “historic and bold decision”. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while speaking in the Rajya Sabha, moved a resolution that all clauses of Article 370 […]