Day: June 24, 2021

Rupee firms up by 9 paise at 74.18 against USD

9:49 pm June 24, 2021

Mumbai: The Indian rupee rose for the second straight day and closed 9 paise higher at 74.18 against the US dollar on Thursday, tracking an upbeat domestic equity market. Besides, a weaker American unit also helped the rupee in consolidation of gains. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 74.20, and hit an […]

11-yr-old girl gang-raped in Rajasthan

9:45 pm June 24, 2021

Jaipur: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two people, including a minor, in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, police said on Thursday. The accused and the victim are known to each other. They called the girl outside her house and took her to a nearby place where they committed the crime, police said. The incident […]

Body of man found near railway tracks in Nadia

UP: Five jump off moving train, 1 dead

9:40 pm June 24, 2021

Jhansi (UP): Panicked over boarding the wrong train, five people jumped off a moving train in Jhansi district which killed one of them while four others were injured, officials said on Thursday. The deceased, Ajay Kumar (35), a resident of Devkali village in Gorakhpur, had come to Jhansi along with his brother Vijay, uncle Jagmohan […]

Saudi Aramco chairman to join Reliance board

9:37 pm June 24, 2021

Mumbai: Saudi Aramco chairman and head of the Kingdom’s cash-rich wealth fund PIF Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan will join the board of Reliance Industries Ltd as an independent director in a precursor to a USD 15 billion deal. Reliance Chairman and Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, who had two years back disclosed the talks to sell […]

Man held for stabbing wife to death

12:02 am June 24, 2021

New Delhi: A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death as he doubted her character and was fed up of tiff with her over his unemployment, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place in west Delhi’s Hari Nagar area on Saturday following a quarrel between Harish and his wife over […]

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