July 9, 2024 1:32 PM

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Stock markets open on a high, auto & pharma shares lead

Benchmark equity indices opened on a positive note today, with Sensex crossing the 80,000 mark again led by auto and pharma stocks.   BSE Sensex was trading 317 points or 0.4 percent to trade at 80,278 points, while the NSE Nifty rose 74 points or 0.3 percent to trade at 24,397, when the report...

July 9, 2024 1:22 PM

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Kathua attack: Joint search operations launched to track down terrorists

In Jammu and Kashmir, a massive joint search operation was today launched by the security forces to track down terrorists responsible for the deadly terror attack in Machedi area of Kathua district yesterday that left five army personnel dead and five others injured.   Akashvani Correspondent r...

July 9, 2024 12:44 PM

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Union Hardeep Singh Puri says no deadline for LPG eKYC compliance

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today said that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are undertaking eKYC aadhar authentication for LPG customers to remove bogus customers against whose name commercial cylinders are often booked by certain gas distributors.   Mr Puri said,...

July 9, 2024 12:22 PM

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Five died, four injured in road accident in Bihar’s Begusarai

In Bihar, five people died and four others were injured in a road accident this morning under the FCI police station area in Begusarai district.   Police said the accident occurred on National Highway- 31 near Ratan Chowk in Begusarai town when a car collided with an auto-rickshaw.   All t...

July 9, 2024 11:40 AM

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Army troops fire at Pakistani drone along LoC in J&K’s Poonch

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Army troops fired a few rounds to shoot down a Pakistani drone along the Line of Control in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district.   Akashvani Correspondent reports that the drone returned to Pakistan after briefly hovering over the Indian Territory late Monday n...

July 9, 2024 11:20 AM

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Justice Sheel Nagu takes oath as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court

Justice Sheel Nagu took the oath as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning.   Governor of Punjab Banwari Lal Purohit administered the oath to Mr. Nagu in the presence of Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann, and Chief Minister of H...

July 9, 2024 10:55 AM

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Eight parties qualify to bid for Sri Lanka’s Litro Gas

Sri Lanka’s State-Owned Enterprises Restructuring Unit has announced that eight parties have qualified to bid for Litro Gas Lanka and Litro Terminals (Pvt) Limited.   The bidders approved by a special Cabinet Appointed Negotiating Committee to progress to the requests for proposals stage includ...