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Sensex snaps 9-day losing streak, ends 228 points higher
NEW DELHI: Equity indices on Tuesday finished in green after falling for nine straight sessions with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 200 points. Sensex jumped 228 points or 0.61 per cent to finish at 37,319, while the broader NSE Nifty moved 74 points or 0.66 per cent up to settle at 11,222. On the 30-share BSE pack, top gainers include Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, Vedanta, IndusInd Bank, SBI and Reliance Industries with their stocks rising 5.87 per cent.
Protesting PHD aspirants allege wrong admission in Economics, modified rules in Philosophy dept
The students alleged that one Ziaul Islam Ansari (roll number 2350791) got admission in the Phd in Economics department with a score of 51 marks, while Kaiser Majeed who had scored 56 marks was denied admission (screenshots of AMU website available). Controller of Examination, Mujib Ullah Zuberi, admitted that though Majeed got higher marks than Ansari, he was an external student and for them the cut off marks were 58.50.
Mixed IPL season, didn't pay off whenever I tried to do extra: Shubman Gill - Times of India
MUMBAI: Young Shubman Gill, who won the Emerging Player of the Year award in the IPL, dubbed the season a mixed one and said it didn't pay off whenever he tried to do something extra. "I think it was mixed kind of (IPL) season for me because first I was not opening in the first half, and then I got an opportunity to open and then I went back and again opened. The kind of opportunities I got I tried to capitalise on all of them," Gill said.
How the Premier League title changed hands for 21 minutes - Times of India
On Sunday, the final day of the Premier League in England, the equation was simple. Manchester City had to win away at Brighton and Hove Albion and the title was theirs. If they got any other result and Liverpool won at home to Wolves, the Reds would get their first league since 1990. Both matches (and the rest of the fixtures on the final day) kicked off at the same time. Was there drama in store? You bet.
China 'won't surrender' to pressure in US trade war
The latest round of trade negotiations ended on Friday without a deal, with US President Donald Trump increasing tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 per cent and ordering the start of a process to impose new duties on another $300 billion. China vowed last week to hit back with the "necessary countermeasures", though it has yet to specify what they will look like.
Honda to continue selling diesel models in India
NEW DELHI: Japanese auto major Honda will continue to offer diesel models in India even after BS-VI emission norms kick in, unlike Maruti Suzuki which has decided to stop selling diesel cars from April 1, 2020. According to a senior official of Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL), the company plans to upgrade its two diesel engines, which power models like Amaze, City, WR-V, BR-V, Civic and CR-V to conform to stricter BS-VI emission norms.
BJP activist held for sharing a morphed picture of Mamata Banerjee's featuring as Priyanka Chopra at the MET Gala - Times of India
A BJP woman leader was arrested in West Bengal 's Howrah district for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media, police said on Friday. "Priyanka Sharma has been arrested for sharing morphed picture of the CM," a police official said.
Tripura HC rape verdict may contradict 2012 SC ruling - Times of India
GUWAHATI: In what may go against a 2012 Supreme Court order, the Tripura high court has set aside a trial court verdict by acquitting a man of attempt-to-rape charges on the ground that there was no evidence of penetration.Tripura HC judge Arindam Lodh on September 6 absolved Nemai Dey of attempt-to-rape charges while dealing with a 2013 case in which the accused faced allegations of trespassing into the kitchen of a 10-year-old girl, grabbing and forcing her to the ground and then kissing...
Imposter posing as Union minister Gadkari’s PA held - Times of India
Jaipur: A man pretending to be the personal assistant of Union minister of highways and road transport, Nitin Gadkari was nabbed by the Jaipur police on the complaint of city mayor, Ashok Lahoti on Tuesday.Accused, Ashok Rana, who is a resident of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh reached at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) headquarters to meet Lahoti regarding clearance of payment dues of a private firm.
Passengers held with 1.3kg of gold paste hidden in sandals - Times of India
BENGALURU: In yet another novel method of smuggling, passengers flew in with gold ground into a paste and concealed inside sandals to avoid detection by customs officials. The metal paste, weighing over 1.3kg worth and Rs 41.3 lakh, was seized from two flyers at Kempegowda International Airport on Sunday.Officials of the customs’ Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the two passengers over suspicion after they disembarked from an Air India flight from Dubai via Goa.
After railway green light, work begins on level crossing - Times of India
KOLKATA: Hours after the railways gave its green light to a railway level crossing on Alipore Avenue, work has begun to complete the work before Durga Puja.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee herself told reporters at Germany that the railways had agreed to one level crossing on the Majerhat-New Alipore tracks, out of the three proposed. “I spoke to senior railway officials. My officers were also in constant touch with them.
Economically-weaker sections houses will be taken back if rented out - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided that houses meant for economically-weaker sections, which are not being used by the original beneficiaries, will will be repossessed by it.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation seems to come to this conclusion after the Odhav Government Colony building collapse. It has decided that it will now carry survey all government-built housing colonies in its jurisdiction.
Man gets 7-year jail for assault on two-year-old girl - Times of India
Surat: A 25-year-old pan shop owner was convicted for sexual assault on a two-year-old girl and sentenced to seven year imprisonment by a local court on Tuesday.
EU says Turkey-Russia deal on Syria's Idlib must protect civilians
BRUSSELS: A deal struck between Turkey and Russia to avoid an assault on Syria 's last major rebel stronghold in Idlib province must protect civilians and ensure humanitarian access, the European Union said on Tuesday."We expect that the agreement which was according to reports reached on Monday by the Russian and Turkish presidents will guarantee the protection of civilian lives and infrastructure as well as guarantee unhindered and sustainable humanitarian access," spokeswoman Maja...
Sidhu could have avoided hugging Pak Army chief: Sitharaman - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that Navjot Singh Sidhu 's gesture of hugging Pakistan's army chief impacted soldiers back home and asserted that the Punjab minister could have "avoided it".Cricketer-turned politician Sidhu had courted controversy by hugging Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa during his visit to the neighbouring country for the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan as Prime Minister.He had claimed that he did so as Bajwa told him that the...
AIADMK govt in TN will be removed even before Lok Sabha polls, Stalin says while leading DMK protests - Times of India
COIMBATORE: DMK president M K Stalin on Tuesday demanded immediate resignation of Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and other AIADMK ministers facing corruption charges Leading a protest by DMK cadre in Salem on Tuesday, Stalin said the AIADMK government in the state and the BJP government at the Centre should be sent home soon.The DMK held protests in all district headquarters in Tamil Nadu against corruption in the state.“The AIADMK government would be removed from power even...
Muzaffarpur case: CBI rapped for not setting up new probe team - Times of India
PATNA: The Patna High Court on Monday pulled up the CBI for not constituting a new investigation team to probe the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case.The court directed the probe agency to set up a new team before September 20.A division bench of Chief Justice M.R. Shah, while hearing the case, expressed unhappiness over the failure of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to constitute a new team despite directive during the last hearing on August 29."The court was not satisfied with the...
Drop in admission to Tamil Nadu private schools under RTE - Times of India
CHENNAI: For the first time in recent years, there has been a drop in number of students admitted to private schools under the Right of Children for Free & Compulsory Education ( RTE ) Act.Despite receiving record number of applications from candidates across Tamil Nadu , only 70,000 managed to get admissions in private schools under the 25% RTE quota, according to official data.“This is because the admission guidelines were revised this year.
Photos: Salman Khan and rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur get mobbed by fans at the Jaipur airport - Times of India
Salman Khan and his love life have always been the talk of the town. Apart from films, the actor has been making headlines for his relationship with r
Indigo to pay Rs 60,000 to family left at airport - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The country’s apex consumer commission, NCDRC , has asked Indigo Airlines to pay Rs 20,000 in addition to the compensation of Rs 41,000 to a family that had complained its flight from Kolkata to Agartala had left without informing them while they were waiting to board at the airport Dismissing a review petition by the airline, a bench of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, comprising president Justice R K Agrawal and and member M Shreesha also held the airline...
Crime branch arrests 2 burglars, solves 23 cases - Times of India
PUNE: The crime branch of the Pune police solved 23 house burglaries after arresting two men and recovered stolen gold ornaments and cash totally worth Rs 12.34 lakh from them.Assistant commissioner of police (crime) Sameer Shaikh, inspector Gajanan Pawar, sub-inspectors Dinesh Patil, Harshal Kadam, and police constables, Ajit Farande, Rizwan Jinedi, Gajanan Sonune, Suresh Ugale, Raju Kedari and Kiran Pawar nabbed Gajraj Motilal Verma (34) of Sangli and his accomplice Gore alias Ganesh Rati...
Adpai comes alive as ‘kutumba Ganeshas’ are immersed - Times of India
PONDA: The village environs came alive on Tuesday during the immersion ceremony of the 17 ‘kutumba (family) Ganesh’ idols with an equal number of tableaux at Adpai village in Ponda taluka on the fifth day of the ‘Chovoth’.The narrow roads of Adpai village reverberated with devotional songs, as processions of several huge Lord Ganesh idols and tableaux depicting several mythological scenes and current issues passed through these places.Ganesh Chaturthi, popularly known as ‘Chovoth’ in Goa, is...
Residents relocate as sewage floods Hutchins Road houses - Times of India
BENGALURU: Residents near Hutchins Main Road, Cooke Town, east Benglauru are relocating after the civic agencies turned a deaf ear to their complaints about sewage entering their homes from leaking underground pipes.“The drain water enters our home every time it rains and we have to keep cleaning our premises, which a tedious process.
Man threatened by bootlegger immolates self in Sihor - Times of India
Rajkot: A 30-year-old man , who had immolated himself in Sihor police station due to alleged harassment by a bootlegger, succumbed to the severe burns in Bhavnagar’s Sir T Hospital on Monday.On Sunday night, Girish Baraiya, a Dalit, reached the first floor of the police station in Sihor with a bottle full of kerosene and set himself ablaze.According to police, Baraiya, a resident of Ekta Society in the town, had been receiving threats allegedly from bootlegger Jayesh Bhanaji, who was involved...
‘Hospitals can’t force patients to get tests done, buy meds there’ - Times of India
NEW DELHI: If the draft Charter of Patients’ Rights put out by the health ministry is implemented, it would give patients the right to buy medicines from any registered pharmacy and get diagnostic tests from any accredited diagnostic lab instead of being forced by a hospital to use its in-house pharmacy or lab.The charter, including this and 17 other rights, has been put up on the ministry’s website seeking comments and suggestions from the public.
Locals blame mandal as shoddy wiring leads to power outage - Times of India
Thane: Alert residents from a housing complex at Glady Alvares road on Sunday complained to the Chitalsar police about the allegedly defective electrical wiring by the organisers of a Ganpati mandal at Khewra Circle which resulted in power outage.“On Sunday at around 7.30 pm there was a short-circuit in the meter box installed near the pandal premises.
Wawrinka wobbles to winning start in St Petersburg - Times of India
SAINT PETERSBURG: Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the second round at the Saint Petersburg Open with a hard-fought straight-sets win over Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene here on Monday.The 33-year-old Wawrinka, who came to St Petersburg courtesy of a wildcard, prevailed 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) in one hour 46 minutes to chalk up his third win over Bedene in their fourth meeting."I'm really happy to be back here," Wawrinka said on court after the match.
Sensex sinks 505 points as rupee woes, global trade tiff haunt investors - Times of India
MUMBAI: The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday crashed over 505 points to slip below the 38,000-level, snapping its two sessions of gains, as rupee woes and global trade war worries spooked investors despite the government announcing measures to stem a steep fall in the domestic currency.The broader Nifty too nosedived over 137 points to end below the 11,400-mark.
Student stabbed to death outside Panchkula school - Times of India
PANCHKULA: A Class 11 student was allegedly stabbed to death outside a government school in Sector-7 in Panchkula on Monday.According to sources, around 10-15 youngsters, reported to be ITI students, attacked the 16-year-old student as he stepped out of the school .Vikas Kumar, the deceased, was a resident of Railla village in Sector-12.The attack by a sharp-edged object punctured Vikas' heart and he fell on the road.Police said that after attending the school Vikas stepped out of the...
Neighbours you know little about - Times of India
Greater Noida: A near-threatened species of antelopes is present in several spots in Gautam Budh Nagar, say officials, but the forest department does not have any data on their numbers since 2013.A census of the animals is due in the district only in October.
PDS scam: Shop owner, two others arrested - Times of India
LUCKNOW: In a major breakthrough, Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) arrested three persons involved in public distribution system (PDS) scam on Sunday.An internal audit of food and logistics department had detected pilferage of 2.2 lakh tonnes of wheat via 1.86 lakh fraudulent transactions. The department had found that 43 districts were affected by the menace and registered 22 FIRs across UP.
Virat Kohli, Mirabai Chanu recommended for Khel Ratna - Times of India
NEW DELHI: India cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu were Monday jointly recommended for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- the country's highest sporting honour The 29-year-old Kohli became second-time lucky after failing to get the selection committee's nod in 2016, a source in the awards selection committee said.Kohli currently leads the ICC Test rankings for batsmen and has been in phenomenal form.If approved by Sports Minister Rajyavardhan...
India does not discriminate against tourists based on sexual orientation: Alphons - Times of India
NEW DELHI: India does not discriminate against tourists based on their sexual orientation and everyone is welcome to come to the country, tourism minister K J Alphons said on Monday.The minister was responding to a question about the government's view on promoting LGBT tourism in the country in the backdrop of the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality and Thailand promoting itself as a safe destination for the community."Our tourism is for all.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation wastes zero-waste vision - Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Six years ago, on September 13, 2012, even before Swachhta Survekshan rankings were born as buzzwords, Ahmedabad had committed itself to becoming a zero-waste city by 2031. A road map document was released, the only of its kind in the country with the help of United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), which identified a consultant and sponsored $20,000 for the report for Ahmedabad.
CBI takes over probe in Union Bank of India hacking and transfer of $171 million
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the alleged swindling of US dollars 171 million (around Rs 1,200 crore) from the Union Bank of India’s Nostro accounts by hackers in July 2016.Earlier, the case was being probed by Maharashtra police but there wasn’t much development and centre issued a notification for a CBI probe last month after receiving a consent from Maharashtra government.The bank had found during a reconciliation exercise of the Society...
Security tight as Froome lines up for Tour de France - Times of India
LA ROCHE-SUR-YON: More than 30,000 security agents will be deployed for the Tour de France , organisers said Wednesday after the head of world cycling cited threats of violence and called for a safe environment for British rider Chris Froome The world's biggest cycling race starts on Saturday, just days after four-time champion Froome was cleared of doping suspicions by the International Cycling Union (UCI), headed by David Lappartient.In a post on his Twitter account, Lappartient denounced...
Messi fan dies while imitating idol - Times of India
KOLKATA: A 19-year-old college student who was a junior footballer in Belgharia’s New Basudebpur paid with his life while playing football on Tuesday evening. Victim Sagar Das was imitating the style of his idol Lionel Messi during a football match at the local club at Belgharia’s Deshapriyanagar Byamagar ground. He lost his balance and the ball ended up hitting his chest.
Drama over attachment of properties for compensation - Times of India
Vadodara: High drama was witnessed as the civil court issued distress warrants for the attachment of properties of the special land acquisition officer and functionaries of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC).The warrants were issued as the civic body had not paid the compensation to a family for land acquired its land acquired in 1976. VMC had acquired land for the Pratapnagar railway under-bridge project in 1976 for making roads connecting it.
BEd holders too can teach from Std 1 - Times of India
Nagpur: The National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE), the apex body governing teachers education across the country, has introduced a drastic change in minimum qualification for schoolteachers which is likely to impact Diploma in Education (DEd) course.As per NCTE’s latest amendment to its 2010 notification, the regulator has added graduation with minimum 50% and Bachelor in Education (BEd) as an option for candidates applying for employment in primary schools.So far, candidates only...
Missionaries of Charity staff arrested for selling babies - Times of India
RANCHI: Jharkhand police arrested a woman and detained two nuns of Missionaries of Charity, a trust founded by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa , for allegedly selling the infants born to unwed mothers at the institution.Kotwali police station officer in-charge Shyamanand Madal said on Wednesday, “An FIR was lodged under Section 370 of IPC (exploitation) and three people were detained for questioning.
RBI grants licence to Bank of China to set up branch in India - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) has issued licence to Bank of China to launch operations in India, official sources said on Wednesday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow Bank of China to set up branches in India when they met on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Chinese city of Qingdao last month."The RBI has issued licence to Bank of China to set up its first branch in India.
FIFA World Cup 2018: Asians can play football - Times of India
When Japan led Belgium 2-0, courtesy two sensational strikes, the world rubbed its eyes in disbelief. Was history happening here? Every football romantic prayed for the Asian team. Nobody was expecting such a turn of events, especially since the Samurai Blue had sneaked into the pre-quarters dishing out strategically defensive football in the tricky group game against Senegal. Even their fans had booed them.
Fresh navy video shows Thai cave boys in 'good health'
MAE SAI: A new video released Wednesday filmed in the bowels of a northern Thai cave showed members of a trapped football team laughing as they greet the camera to say they are in good health after their astonishing discovery by divers.The footage, published by the Thai Navy SEAL Facebook page, runs by 11 of the 13 members of the team, each makes a traditional Thai greeting gesture to the camera before introducing themselves by nickname and saying "I'm in good health".Several of the boys in...
Cortin footpath still poses risk - Times of India
PANAJI: The public footpath between Panaji church and the high court building has been cleared for pedestrians, but continues to pose a danger with runoffs from heaps of mud likely to spill on to it during heavy rain.The footpath still has remnants of mud all over it, leaving the already damaged footpath slippery.A project to carry out soil-nailing of the slope near the steps leading to the high court has been on for several months, but has crossed its deadline into the monsoon.Although the...
Melghat rly line project also threatens forest owlets - Times of India
Nagpur: With lots of dissent over upgrading of Akola-Khandwa railway line through Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), wildlife conservationists have warned that the proposed project will not only threaten tigers but also forest owlets , which are found only in Melghat in sizeable numbers.Forest owlet (heteroglaux blewitti) is a critically endangered bird listed in Schedule-I under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Djokovic races past Sandgren in Wimbledon opener - Times of India
LONDON: Novak Djokovic did his best to finish off his first-round match at Wimbledon in time for Court One fans to head off to watch England's World Cup clash with Colombia on Tuesday.The Serbian just failed but a 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 defeat of American Tennys Sandgren was an impressive way to kick off his challenge for a fourth title at the All England Club Djokovic, 31, is seeded 12th here - his lowest Wimbledon seeding - but after a problematic 12 months since pulling out of last year's...
Government to change base years for GDP, retail inflation calculation - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government will change the base year for calculation of GDP and retail inflation to 2017-18 and 2018 respectively, which is likely to come to effect by 2019-20.The last base year for GDP, IIP and consumer price index was revised to 2011-12 and 2012 (for inflation), minister of statistics and programme implementation Sadananda Gowda said here on Tuesday."The revisions facilitated more accurate assessment of the progress of the economy and the society.
UP: 12 Dalits thrashed after they stop Thakur man’s vehicle - Times of India
AGRA: About a dozen Dalits were injured in a clash with a group of upper caste men in Mathura on Monday night, after a fracas during a wedding procession at Farah’s Salempur village.
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