Day: September 5, 2019

Australia’s Smith marks Test comeback with Ashes century

8:43 pm September 5, 2019

Manchester: Australia star Steve Smith marked his return to international cricket with a third hundred of this Ashes series on Thursday. Smith was 101 not out in an Australia total of 245-5 at lunch on the second day of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford. Tim Paine, his successor as Australia captain, was […]

Indian equities subdued; banking, IT stocks top drag

8:39 pm September 5, 2019

Mumbai: Indian equities gave up early gains to settle lower on Thursday due to sell-offs mainly in banking stocks after the Reserve Bank directed banks to link interest rates on all new loans with external benchmarks. Losses on the indices, however, were restricted by emergence of buying in stocks of somewhat relieved auto sector after […]

AP CM inaugurates Kia motors plant in Anantapuramu dist

KIA Motors to commence exports by end September

8:36 pm September 5, 2019

Chennai: Korean automobile maker KIA Motors would begin exports of mid-size sports utility vehicle Seltos later this month, a top official said here on Thursday.The company will look at shipping at around 500 units to mid South America, KIA Motors Chief Operating officer Jong Soo Kim said.As part of shipping it’s vehicles, the company officials […]

New motor vehicles law pushes online auto insurance sales

8:25 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Online sale of auto insurance policies has more than doubled since the new motor vehicles law that imposes stricter penalties for traffic rule violation came into force from September 1. According to insurance web aggregator PolicyBazaar, 90 per cent of the policies sold in the last three days belong to consumers with lapsed […]

Delhi man shot at for ‘target practice’, 4 held

8:19 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Four men, who had shot at a person for “target practice” and injured him in Dwarka’s Bindapur area last week, have been arrested, a police officer said on Thursday. Following the incident, footage from over 100 CCTV cameras was used to identify the area where the perpetrators were staying, Deputy Commissioner of Police […]