Day: November 29, 2019

Sensex tumbles 336 pts ahead of GDP data

6:36 pm November 29, 2019

Mumbai: Snapping its two-day record-setting streak, market benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 336 points on Friday as investors turned jittery ahead of GDP data release. After plummeting 466 points during the session, the 30-share Sensex pared some losses, ending 336.36 points or 0.82 per cent lower at 40,793.81. The broader NSE Nifty also settled 95.10 points […]

15-year-old sends police on hunt with false rape claim

6:34 pm November 29, 2019

Thane: A 15-year-old girl sent the Bhiwandi police on a wild goose chase after filing a false complaint of kidnap and gang rape, police said on Friday. Following the complaint on November 18, the Shanti Nagar police of Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi town registered an offence against unidentified persons under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Law student ‘gangraped’ in Ranchi, 12 arrested

2:59 pm November 29, 2019

Ranchi: A 25-year-old law student has been allegedly gangraped by a group of armed men, following which all the 12 accused have been arrested, police said on Friday. According to an FIR lodged by the victim with Kanke police station, the incident happened at around 5.30 pm on November 26 when she was with a […]

‘Black Widow’ to release in India April 30

2:57 pm November 29, 2019

Mumbai: Marvel Studios’ “Black Widow” will hit the theatres in India on April 30, a day before its US release. The superhero film features Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, an agent of the fictional spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D and a member of the superhero team the Avengers. It will release in India in […]

Air quality improves in city, light rains predicted

2:52 pm November 29, 2019

New Delhi: The air quality in the national capital was recorded in the “satisfactory” category on Friday morning. The Air Quality Index stood at 79. The MeT department has predicted light rains in later parts of the day. An AQI between 0-50 is considered ‘good’, 51-100 ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very poor’ and […]