Day: October 22, 2019

Rupee rises to 2-week high on US-China trade talks hopes

9:10 pm October 22, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee on Tuesday rose to a two-week high against the US dollar on hopes of partial trade deal between the US and China next month. The domestic currency closed at 70.94 to the dollar, a gain of 20 paise or 0.28 per cent over the previous close on Friday. Forex market was closed […]

Banking Ops partially hit in Telangana due to strike by employees

9:07 pm October 22, 2019

Hyderabad: Banking operations were partially hit on Tuesday in Telangana as two employee-unions observed a strike in response to a nationwide call, protesting the merger of banks and fall in deposit rates. Some services like cash deposit and withdrawals and cheque clearances weren impacted due to the strike by banking staff, AIBEA national secretary B […]

Abdullakutty appointed BJP state VP

9:03 pm October 22, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kannur MP A P Abdullakutty,who recently joined the BJP,has been appointed as the state Vice President of the saffron party’s Kerala unit. The announcement was made by party state President P S Sreedharan Pillai at a press conference here. “Abdullakutty has been appointed as the state vice president of the party”, he said. […]

Student found dead in IIT-Bhubaneswar campus

8:29 pm October 22, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology – Bhubaneswar was found dead in the campus, the institute said on Tuesday. Chirag Pravin Jain, a second-year, Computer Science Engineering student of IIT Bhubaneswar was found dead during evening hours on Monday, it said in a statement. Local Police is currently investigating the matter and […]

Darjeeling BJP MP’s car attacked in Kalimpong

8:25 pm October 22, 2019

Darjeeling (WB): The BJP MP of Darjeeling Raju Bista was on Tuesday shown black flag and his car was attacked in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district by alleged activists of TMC and Binay Tamang faction of the GJM. The GJM faction of Tamang and the TMC have denied the charges as baseless and politically motivated. A […]