Day: September 7, 2020

Rupee settles 21 paise lower at 73.35 against US dollar

4:23 pm September 7, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 21 paise to 73.35 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday as strengthening American currency and muted domestic equities weighed on the local currency. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 73.17, lost further ground and finally closed at 73.35 against the American currency, down 21 paise from its […]

Lucknow Metro resumes services after 5 months

4:20 pm September 7, 2020

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro resumed services on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The services started at 6 am at all 16 stations with a thin crowd but the number of passengers increased later in the day, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation PRO Panchanan Mishra told PTI. The […]

Yogi inaugurates new COVID-19 hospital in Gorakhpur

4:16 pm September 7, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday inaugurated a 300-bed COVID-19 hospital at BRD Medical College here. The state government-run medical college already has 200 beds at the super-speciality block dedicated to COVID-19 patients. Adityanath told reporters that there was “no dearth of beds for coronavirus patients” and said that the state […]

Delhi Metro bags Japan Society of Civil Engineers' award

Delhi Metro resumes services with strict safety measures after 169-day COVID hiatus

4:12 pm September 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro resumed services with curtailed operations on the Yellow Line on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both the DMRC and the commuters trod with caution amid the new normal in the rapid transport system. The trains will operate in batches of four-hour […]

BJP MLA booked for rape in Uttarakhand

4:08 pm September 7, 2020

Dehradun: BJP MLA from Dwarahat, Mahesh Negi, has been booked for rape and criminal intimidation weeks after a woman accused him of the crime in a police complaint, police said. An FIR was registered against Negi at the Nehru Colony police station here on Sunday under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the […]