Day: September 18, 2020

4 killed as car falls into nullah in Shimla

7:43 pm September 18, 2020

Shimla: Four people were killed after their car fell into a 200-feet deep nullah here, police said on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Aman Negi (32), Sahil Kanwar (28), Viplav Thakur 33), all residents of Solan district and Tajinder Singh Negi (28), a resident of Kinnaur district, they said. The car fell into […]

Lok Biradari project closed for tourists till December

7:40 pm September 18, 2020

Nagpur: The Lok Biradari Prakalp founded by social worker Baba Amte at Hemalkasa in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district will remain closed for tourists till December in view of the coronavirus threat. Medical director of the project Dr Prakash Amte made this announcement on his Facebook page on Friday. “Two persons from the project and relatives of […]

Sensex drops 134 pts; financial stocks drag

7:37 pm September 18, 2020

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark Sensex ended 134 points lower on Friday, dragged by losses in financial stocks amid mixed global cues. After swinging 564.69 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index settled 134.03 points or 0.34 per cent lower at 38,845.82. The NSE Nifty fell 11.15 points or 0.10 per cent to finish at […]

Gold rises Rs 224; silver gains Rs 620

7:35 pm September 18, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices rose Rs 224 to Rs 52,672 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday in line with strong international prices of the precious metal, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 52,448 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also went up by Rs 620 […]

2,795 kg cannabis seized; 17 arrested: NCB

7:32 pm September 18, 2020

New Delhi: About 2,800 kgs of cannabis has been seized and 17 persons arrested as part of separate operations being conducted against the trafficking of the drugs in the country, the NCB said on Friday. The operations were conducted over the last one week and seizures of the narcotics (cannabis) was made in Uttar Pradesh […]