Day: January 19, 2021

Sensex zooms 834 pts; Nifty reclaims 14,500 level

4:18 pm January 19, 2021

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex soared 834 points on Tuesday, tracking strong gains in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid an upbeat trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 834.02 points or 1.72 per cent higher at 49,398.29. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty surged 239.85 points or 1.68 per cent […]

COVID-19 vaccination drive underway in Bengal on day 3

4:17 pm January 19, 2021

Kolkata: The COVID-19 immunisation drive for frontline healthcare workers is underway at 207 centres in West Bengal on the third day of the exercise on Tuesday even as glitches were reported in the Co-WIN portal, a senior official of the health department said. Those who received texts for the inoculation reached the respective centres at […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

BJP more dangerous than Maoists: Mamata

4:14 pm January 19, 2021

Purulia (WB): Terming the BJP as more dangerous than the Maoists, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the saffron party of making false promises to the people before elections. The TMC supremo, whose party is witnessing an exodus ahead of the assembly elections due in April-May, asserted that politics is a solemn […]

Thick fog blankets parts of Rajasthan

4:11 pm January 19, 2021

Jaipur: Dense to very dense fog engulfed several areas in Rajasthan, where Jaisalmer was the coldest place at 6.7 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological (MeT) Department here said on Tuesday. Jaisalmer was followed by Pilani, where the mercury settled at 6.9 degrees Celsius. Barmer, Ganganagar, Phalodi, Bikaner and Churu recorded a minimum of 7.1, 7.8, 8.2, […]

Woman jumps into Chenab river in Jammu, rescued

4:07 pm January 19, 2021

Jammu: A 20-year-old woman was on Tuesday saved by the Army and police in a joint operation after she jumped into the Chenab river on the outskirts of Jammu in a bid to end her life, police said. Station House Officer of Akhnoor Police Station, Ravi Singh Parihar said the woman, hailing from Talab Tillo […]