Day: November 5, 2019

Rupee rises 8 paise against US dollar on forex inflows

9:37 pm November 5, 2019

Mumbai: The rupee gained 8 paise to close at a fresh five-week high of 70.69 against the US dollar on Tuesday following foreign fund inflows and gains in Asian peers after Chinese central bank cut interest rates. Forex inflows through Bajaj Finance share sale to qualified institutional investors helped the rupee hold strong against a […]

JMC seals unauthorised commercial complex

9:35 pm November 5, 2019

Jammu: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Tuesday sealed an unauthorised commercial complex in the Janipur belt here, officials said. The corporation’s enforcement staff sealed the building under the J&K Control of Building Operation Act, they said. The JMC has cautioned people to refrain from undertaking illegal constructions and asked them get building plans, commercial […]

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC

PM, Shah should provide answers on snooping: Congress

9:27 pm November 5, 2019

Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah should provide “answers” about alleged hacking of mobile phones of political leaders, journalists and activists in the country, the Congress said on Tuesday. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was among those who were informed by messaging app WhatsApp recently that their phones had been […]

Abrogation of Art 370 and 35A hailed

9:25 pm November 5, 2019

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday hailed the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and 35A that gave special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Speaking at the eighth Rutum Kamgo memorial lecture here on the topic “Abrogation of Article 370 and 35A: A step towards national integration”, he said […]

6 children injured after school buses collide in UP

9:21 pm November 5, 2019

Gorakhpur (UP): Six children were injured after two school buses collided head on near Haraiya village in Sant Kabir Nagar district on Tuesday morning, police said. The buses belonged to Ramnath Subhawati Devi Inter College, Totha area in Sant Kabir Nagar district and Bombay Cambridge School in Siddharthnagar district they said. Nitya (11), Umang (10), […]