Day: March 18, 2021

Tvesa finds her touch on the greens, takes 3-shot lead

8:19 pm March 18, 2021

Jaipur: Tvesa Malik finally found the form she was seeking on the greens to produce a flawless 4-under 66 that carried her to the top of the leaderboard at the end of the second round of the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, here on Thursday. With rounds of 71 and 66, […]

132 passengers airlifted between Ladakh, J-K

8:14 pm March 18, 2021

Jammu: As many as 132 passengers were airlifted to and from the union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. A total of 114 passengers, including four infants were airlifted in two An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force, they said. Giving further details, they said 40 passengers were airlifted from […]

Gold gains Rs 105; silver jumps by Rs 1,073

8:06 pm March 18, 2021

New Delhi: Gold rose by Rs 105 to Rs 44,509 per 10 gram in the national capital on Thursday, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 44,404 per 10 gram. “Spot gold prices for 24 carats in Delhi were up by Rs 105 reflecting overnight rally in […]

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Prasad

8:01 pm March 18, 2021

New Delhi: The IT sector has contributed 8 per cent to the country’s GDP and two lakh new jobs have been added in the sector since 2019, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. He said the government also intends to lay BharatNet in villages all over India and the […]

Man arrested, juvenile apprehended in murder case

7:46 pm March 18, 2021

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man was arrested and his juvenile friend apprehended from Agra for allegedly stabbing a person to death here, police said on Thursday. The victim, Pankaj (23), was seriously injured and shifted to DDU hospital after he was stabbed by the juvenile during a scuffle in west Delhi’s Dabri area on Sunday. […]