Day: January 29, 2020

Gold drops Rs 182, silver tumbles Rs 1,083

4:44 pm January 29, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices fell Rs 182 to Rs 41,019 per 10 gram in the national capital on Wednesday amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 41,201 per 10 gram on Tuesday. Silver prices also tumbled Rs 1,083 to Rs 46,610 per kg on Wednesday from Rs 47,693 […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

AAP seeks 48-hour campaigning ban on Amit Shah

4:42 pm January 29, 2020

New Delhi: AAP has asked the Election Commission to impose a 48-hour campaigning ban on Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly tweeting a “fake” video on Delhi government schools, party leader Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday. AAP leaders Singh and Pankaj Gupta complained to the EC against the circulation of the “fake” videos of […]

Jammu-Srinagar NH open for one-way traffic

4:37 pm January 29, 2020

Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was open for one-way traffic on Wednesday despite fresh snowfall and overnight rains, officials said. The minimum temperature dipped across Jammu region and hovered around the season’s average, the officials said. A traffic department official in Jammu said passenger vehicles were allowed from Jammu towards Srinagar this morning as the […]

Book reveals Kolkata’s best kept secrets

4:27 pm January 29, 2020

New Delhi: A classic by famous Bengali author Hemendra Kumar Roy has been translated into English almost a century after it was published in 1923 and reveals to the contemporary readers the darkest secrets of the erstwhile Calcutta. “Calcutta Nights” (originally ‘Raater Kolkata’) tells stories of the city that led a life of glamour and […]

Cold conditions persists in Punjab, Haryana

4:21 pm January 29, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued to persist in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded 10 degrees Celsius, four degrees above normal, a meteorological department official said. In Haryana, Ambala, Hisar and Karnal recorded their respective minimums at 10, 4.1 and 7 degrees Celsius. Narnaul, […]