Day: May 29, 2020

Man robbed of Rs 1 lakh in outer Delhi

8:02 pm May 29, 2020

New Delhi: A man, who was returning home after withdrawing money from a bank, was robbed of Rs 1 lakh in outer Delhi’s Alipur area, police said on Friday. The accused, Suresh (28), Shivam (22) and Sanjay (40), have been arrested, they said. On May 26, when Sushil Yadav, who works as a ‘munshi’ at […]

Markets march higher for third day; post weekly gains

7:55 pm May 29, 2020

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks finished in the green for the third session on the trot on Friday as investors scooped up FMCG, finance and banking stocks despite negative overseas cues and rising COVID-19 cases. Investors wagered on India further relaxing lockdown norms next week, though they were also cautious ahead of release of Q4 GDP data, […]

Forex reserves soar to record high of USD 490.04 bn

7:48 pm May 29, 2020

Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves swelled by USD 3.005 billion to a lifetime high of USD 490.044 billion in the week to May 22, mainly on account of a rise in foreign currency assets, RBI data showed on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had increased by USD 1.726 billion to USD 487.04 […]

Former Bombay High Court judge B N Deshmukh dead

7:40 pm May 29, 2020

Aurangabad: Former judge of the Bombay High Court B N Deshmukh died here on Friday after a brief illness, family sources said. Deshmukh, 85, had studied international law in England and after his return to India, began practice in the Court. He was also the Maharashtra and Goa Bar Council chairman in 1976. He was […]

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad to start on July 25

Tripura man’s online chess tournament goes global

7:35 pm May 29, 2020

Agartala: The Lockdown online International Chess Tournament, which was launched by a chess enthusiast from Tripura, has gained popularity worldwide with 29 foreign countries participating in the contest. The tournament which completed its 87th contest with participation of 2000 players from 29 countries will end on June 9 after completing the 100-mark, the organiser, Nirmal […]