Wednesday

Sensex, Nifty turn choppy amid weak global cues

1:57 pm May 29, 2019

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmarks opened on a negative note Wednesday amid weak global cues and fresh foreign fund outflow. After falling over 100 points in opening session, the 30-share index was trading 40.01 points, or 0.10 per cent, lower at 39,709.72. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 8.85 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 11,919.90. […]

BJP questioned EVMs first: Siddaramiah

10:52 pm May 22, 2019

Bengaluru: As the debate over EVMs hotted up, former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah Wednesday said it was BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao who has authored a book questioning about electronic voting machines 10 years ago and party veteran L K Advani had written the preface of it. In a tweet in Kannada, Siddaramaiah […]

EVMs absolutely robust and tamper-proof: EC

No transit accommodation in hotels for newly-elected MPs

8:16 pm May 22, 2019

New Delhi: Newly elected members of the 17th Lok Sabha will not be provided hotels as transit accommodation, but will be lodged in parliament’s hostel — the Western Court and its annexe building — and various state bhawans, a top official said Wednesday. With the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for […]

Cong will accept LS poll results with humility: Gehlot

8:13 pm May 22, 2019

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday said the Congress will accept the Lok Sabha election results with “humility”, but maintained that exit poll projections have been wrong several times. Counting of votes of the just-concluded seven-phase polls will be done on Thursday. He also accused the BJP of not doing issue-based politics and trying […]

Farmer killed after objecting to picking of tomatoes

8:09 pm May 22, 2019

Jabalpur: A farmer killed another farmer after being caught picking tomatoes from a farm in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at Mehgawan village Tuesday night. The accused was subsequently arrested. Chakresh Patel (30), a farmer himself, allegedly attacked Rajendra Kachhi (45) with an axe after the latter objected […]