Day: September 1, 2020

Sensex jumps 273 points; Bharti Airtel soars over 6 pc

6:35 pm September 1, 2020

Mumbai: Equity indices returned to winning ways on Tuesday after a day’s pause, propelled by Bharti Airtel, HUL and Reliance Industries amid a positive trend in global markets. A sharp appreciation in the rupee — which breached the 73-mark against the US dollar — added to the momentum, traders said. After a choppy session, the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

2 constables end lives on Bihar Military Police campus

6:23 pm September 1, 2020

Patna: Two constables, a man and a woman, allegedly shot themselves dead on the Bihar Military Police (BMP-I) campus in Patna on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. The deceased have been identified as Amar Subba (36) and Varsha Sidung (26), Patna Central Range Inspector General of Police, Sanjay Singh, said, adding an investigation is […]

Rajiv Kumar takes over as election commissioner

3:16 pm September 1, 2020

New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday assumed charge as the new election commissioner. He takes the place vacated by Ashok Lavasa who joins the Asian Development Bank as vice president. Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025. He will preside over […]

Man commits suicide in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

3:13 pm September 1, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A 21-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of a cowshed in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffanagar district, police said on Tuesday. The body of the man, Rahul, was found by his family members on Monday evening, they said. The reason behind his extreme step is not clear, the police said. The […]

Konark Sun temple reopens for visitors

3:08 pm September 1, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha’s Puri district, a major tourist attraction, was on Tuesday re-opened for visitors after remaining closed for more than five months, an official said. Though other ASI protected monuments in the state like Raja Rani temple, Udaygiri, Khandagiri, Lalitgiri Buddhist monuments were opened earlier, the Konark temple received […]