Day: January 17, 2020

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

President rejects mercy plea of Nirbhaya convict Mukesh Singh

7:32 pm January 17, 2020

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, sources said. The rejection came soon after the Union Home Ministry forwarded the petition to the president on Friday morning. “It’s a very good thing. Our […]

Gold rises by Rs 32, silver gains Rs 116

7:28 pm January 17, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices rose by Rs 32 to Rs 40,590 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday amid rupee depreciation and strong global prices. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs 40,558 per 10 gram. Silver prices also gained Rs 116 to Rs 47,756 per kg as compared […]

SAD leader claims four Sikh women were forcibly converted to Islam in J&K

UP: Indonesian woman held with fake visa

7:26 pm January 17, 2020

Maharajganj (UP): A 44-year-old Indonesian woman was apprehended in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district for trying to enter Nepal on a fake visa, a police official said on Friday. The Indonesian national, Rohana Emam Sabri, was on way to Nepal from Chennai when she was held by the Immigration department in Sonauli on Thursday evening, Station […]

Piramal sells DRG business to Clarivate Analytics for USD 950 mn

2:11 pm January 17, 2020

New Delhi: Piramal Enterprises on Friday said it has signed an agreement for the sale of its Decision Resources Group (DRG) business to US-based Clarivate Analytics for USD 950 million (over Rs 6,745 crore). This divestment is expected to be completed by end of February 2020, Piramal Enterprises (PEL) said in a statement. PEL DRG […]

Kerala CM trying to implement CAA, NPR secretly: Congress

1:57 pm January 17, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the Left government in Kerala moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Congress on Friday alleged the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was trying to implement the controversial act “secretly” in the southern state. Though Vijayan was opposing the CAA in public, he and his government were going ahead with […]