Day: March 4, 2021

Sensex tumbles 599 pts in line with global meltdown

4:59 pm March 4, 2021

Mumbai: Snapping its three-session winning run, the BSE Sensex plunged by around 599 points to crack below the key 51,000-level on Thursday amid a meltdown in global shares triggered by a surge in US bond yields. Intra-day, the 30-share BSE index fell as much as 905 points before ending the session at 50,846.08, showing a […]

Rupee falls by 11 paise to 72.83 against US dollar

4:56 pm March 4, 2021

Mumbai: The rupee ended 11 paise lower at 72.83 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, weighed down by a rebound in the US dollar and muted domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 72.99 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 72.62 and a low of 72.99. […]

UP: Woman gang-raped by three youths, accused detained

4:52 pm March 4, 2021

Mahoba (UP): A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three youths in City area here, police said on Thursday. An FIR was registered on Wednesday by the victim against the three men, all residents of Gandhi Nagar locality. She has alleged that the three youths gang-raped her five months ago and also made a video […]

Few OTT platforms at times show pornographic content: SC

4:45 pm March 4, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that few over-the-top (OTT) platforms show some kind of pornographic content at times and there should be a mechanism to screen such programmes. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place before it the recent guidelines of the government to regulate […]

Fire at iconic Darjeeling hotel

4:40 pm March 4, 2021

Darjeeling (WB): A fire broke out at the iconic Shangri-la Regency hotel in Darjeeling on Thursday morning, police said. The fire started at the kitchen of the hotel, located near the Mall, around 11.45 am, they said. Four fire tenders brought the blaze under control within an hour, a senior police officer said. The hotel […]