Day: December 5, 2019

Swedish royal couple arrive in Uttarakhand

2:25 pm December 5, 2019

Dehradun: Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived on a visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday and went straight to Rishikesh, where they visited the banks of the Ganga and Ram Jhula suspension bridge. They were received at the Jollygrant airport by state higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat and a host of senior […]

No private players operating NMR service: Southern Railway

Two country-made bombs found beside railway tracks

2:15 pm December 5, 2019

Kolkata: Two country-made bombs were found beside railway tracks between Ballygunge and Park Circus stations here on Thursday morning, leading to stoppage of train services for about 40 minutes in the Sealdah south section, an Eastern Railway official said. Railway track maintenance staff spotted the two crude bombs beside the down line tracks at 6.50 […]

RBI satisfied with pace of monetary transmission

2:13 pm December 5, 2019

Mumbai: Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday expressed satisfaction with bankers for passing its rate cuts to borrowers, saying the monetary transmission has been full and reasonably swift. He further said transmission, which was bothering the central bank for a long time, is expected to improve with the introduction of linking loan pricing to […]

Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha after release

2:11 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram, who has been released from Tihar Jail on bail after 106 days in custody in the INX Media money-laundering case, was present in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Chidambaram, who walked out of jail on Wednesday night, joined other Congress MPs voicing their protest against the steep hike in […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Delhi records season’s lowest temperature at 7.6 deg C

2:08 pm December 5, 2019

New Delhi: The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 7.6 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning, the season’s lowest, with a thin layer of smog affecting visibility. The city had recorded a minimum of 7.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday as cold winds continued to blow from hilly regions. On Thursday, the maximum temperature is likely […]