Day: December 19, 2019

Akash Vashisht spins Himachal to 71-run win over TN

7:35 pm December 19, 2019

Dindigul: Left-arm spinner Akash Vashisht bowled Himachal Pradesh to a 71-run win over Tamil Nadu with a seven-wicket second innings haul in a Ranji Trophy Group ‘B’ match here on Thursday. Needing 217 for victory after Test spinner R Ashwin (4/55) helped Tamil Nadu bowl out Himachal for 154 in the second innings, the home […]

Kerala CM trying to implement CAA, NPR secretly: Congress

Anti-CAA stir continues in Kerala

7:32 pm December 19, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Hundreds of activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India took out a protest march to Raj Bhavan here, the official residence of the Governor on Thursday, after senior Left leaders were detained during an anti-Citizenship Act protest in Delhi. Raising slogans against the Centre, some of the protesters tried to jump the barricade, placed […]

Protests continue in Delhi, police maintain tight vigil

Anti-CAA protest: Left leaders detained at Mandi House

3:37 pm December 19, 2019

New Delhi: Left leaders D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat and others were detained at Mandi House here during an anti-Citizenship Act protest on Thursday for defying prohibitory orders imposed by the Delhi Police in the area. “We are being detained,” CPI general Secretary D Raja told PTI just before he was put […]

Historian Guha detained for staging protest against CAA

3:18 pm December 19, 2019

Bengaluru: Noted historian Ramachandra Guha and many others were detained on Thursday for staging a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC at the Town Hall here, in defiance of the prohibitory orders imposed in the city. Police said the protesters violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city against any protest or demonstration. Reacting […]

Sensex, Nifty hit fresh record peaks

3:10 pm December 19, 2019

Mumbai: Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped 140 points to hit its lifetime high of 41,698.43 in afternoon session on Thursday tracking gains in index heavyweights RIL, TCS and HDFC Bank amid persistent foreign fund inflow. Similarly, the broader Nifty advanced 39.60 points to hit its all-time (intra-day) high of 12,261.25. M&M was the top gainer […]