Rain pours water on England’s hopes of Ashes win
December 29, 2017 A morning that brought two wickets for England and a sniff of a drought-breaking Ashes win gave way to a bleak afternoon for the tourists on Friday as rain washed out most of day four on Friday and left Australia well-placed to save the fourth test. The home side were 103 for […]
Birthday girl among 14 killed in Mumbai pub blaze
Mumbai, Dec 29 : Fourteen persons, including a young woman celebrating her birthday, were asphyxiated, and at least 23 others injured in a major fire that engulfed a pub and other establishments here early on Friday, an official said. According to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control, the blaze reportedly broke around 12.30 a.m. […]
Government sounds alarm on Bitcoins
New Delhi, Dec 29 : Noting that virtual currencies like Bitcoin have no “intrinsic value”, the Indian government on Friday sounded the alarm on the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies, comparing them with the notorious Ponzi schemes floated to dupe gullible investors. A Finance Ministry statement said that as virtual currencies (VCs) were not backed by assets, […]
Aware of our national’s detention in India: China
Beijing, Dec 29 : China on Friday said it was aware of the detention of its national in India near the Myanmar border and was closely following the development. A Chinese citizen, suspected to be a spy, has reportedly been detained near Moreh along the Myanmar border in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district. China’s Foreign Ministry […]
Mirwaiz slams Government over restrictions
Srinagar Friday prayers were offered at Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar today after being disallowed during past three weeks by the authorities. Restrictions were imposed in Nowhatta where Jamia Masjid is located during past three weeks. However, restrictions were lifted today and Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who addresses the faithful every […]
Indian design to hamper CPEC will be foiled: Pakistan Minister
Islamabad, Dec 29 : Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has alleged that “conspiracies” are being hatched by India against the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and they would be foiled, a media report said. Iqbal told the media on Thursday that India was using the soil of Afghanistan for such conspiracies, but expressed the hope […]
India’s Sensex ends 28% higher, Nifty50 by 29% in 2017
Mumbai, Dec 29 : India’s key equity indices — Sensex and Nifty50 — closed calender year 2017 higher by 28 per cent and 29 per cent respectively. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE closed at 34,056.83 points — up 27.90 per cent — from last year’s close at 26,626.46 points. The broader […]
Female body recovered from orchard in North Kashmir
Srinagar Police on Friday recovered a female dead body from the orchard at Juhama village of Delina area of Baramulla district. “Police station Delina received an information that an unidentified female dead body is lying in the orchard at Juhama Delina. Upon this police swung into action and recovered the dead body.” The deceased is […]
Fiscal deficit breaches FY18 target at Nov-end
New Delhi, Dec 29: India’s fiscal deficit at the end of November breached the target and touched 112 per cent of the budget estimate for 2017-18 mainly due to lower GST collections and higher expenditure. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit — the difference between expenditure and revenue — was Rs 6.12 lakh crore during […]
Ladakh recorded coldest place in State.
Leh was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir as the cold wave persisting in the valley and Ladakh region with the minimum temperature going down at most places last night. Leh town, in the frontier Ladakh region of the state, recorded a low of minus 11.4 degrees Celsius a decrease of over four […]
