Day: September 14, 2020

Sensex ends 98 pts lower; IT stocks shine

7:04 pm September 14, 2020

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark Sensex pared early gains to end 98 points lower on Monday, tracking losses in index majors HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel. After gyrating 657 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index settled 97.92 points or 0.25 per cent lower at 38,756.63. The NSE Nifty slipped 24.40 points or […]

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: H D Kumaraswamy

What is there to celebrate ‘Hindi Diwas’ for non-Hindi speakers, asks Kumaraswamy

6:53 pm September 14, 2020

Bengaluru: Terming ‘Hindi Diwas’ celebration as an “underhand method” to impose the language on people speaking other languages, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday demanded its cancellation. In a series of tweets on a day on which Hindi Diwas is celebrated, the former Chief Minister warned against “imposition” of the language, and said the […]

Truck runs over six cows in UP’s Banda

6:49 pm September 14, 2020

Banda: Six cows died after a speeding truck ran over them in Umarhani village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Banda district, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday around 6 pm when some stray cows and calves were sitting on a road, they said. An unidentified truck ran over them, killing three cows and […]

Kangana Ranaut leaves Mumbai for home state, calls her analogy about POK bang on’

2:51 pm September 14, 2020

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh, saying she has been terrorised with “constant attacks and abuses” and declaring that her analogy comparing the city with Pakistan occupied Kashmir was “bang on”. The actor, whose comments triggered a spat with Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena, arrived in the city […]

Stephen Graham, Sean Bean board BBC prison drama Time’

2:49 pm September 14, 2020

Los Angeles: Game of Thrones star Sean Bean and The Irishman actor Stephen Graham are set to play lead roles in BBC‘s prison drama Time from writer-producer Jimmy McGovern. Bean, Graham and McGovern have previously worked together on 2010 television series Accused . “Time”, a three-part drama, is produced by BBC Studios and directed by […]