Mumbai: The domestic equity market closed sharply lower Thursday, extending losses for the fourth consecutive trading session amid heightened concerns over rising energy prices, volatile bond yields and the possibility of further monetary tightening. The Sensex declined 570.59 points, or 0.79 per cent, to settle at 71,909.70, while the Nifty fell 198.50 points, or 0.88 per cent,...

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds, with speeds reaching 30-40 kmph, are very likely at one or two places in eight districts of Odisha, Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department said Thursday. The affected districts are Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Kataka, Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj, the weather office added. Light to moderate rain or...

New Delhi: Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin will be on a State Visit to India from October 5-7 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Parmelin and PM Modi will hold discussions October 5, where they will review progress in bilateral cooperation across various sectors, including trade and investment, science, technology and innovation, mobility, culture and...

Mumbai: As Hindi film couple Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad celebrated 5 years of togetherness Thursday, the ex-wife of the War actor, Sussanne Khan, reacted saying, 'Soooo sweeet'. Hrithik and Saba commemorated the milestone with a joint post that had some romantic photographs of the two taken over the years. "It's our birthday (Partying Face and Man Dancing...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge Thursday said he was not aware of the complete details regarding the Customs Department's decision to impose a Rs 89-crore penalty on actor Ranya Rao in connection with an alleged gold smuggling case and said he would react after obtaining the information. “I don't know the complete information about the imposition...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Thursday extended interim protection from coercive action, including arrest, for Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a case in which she has been accused of hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community. While extending interim protection until January 29 next year, a single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya ruled that the...

Amaravati: In a setback to the Chandrababu Naidu-led government, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday set aside 34 per cent reservation for the Backward Classes in local body elections. The High Court struck down two government orders providing 34 per cent reservation to backward classes, saying they breached the 50 per cent ceiling on the overall quota...

Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke with Yaniv Hayoun and other Israelis whose actions helped avert a potential disaster aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel. He also recommended them for the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism. The four Israelis included Yaniv Hayoun, Dr Shota Musayev, Zvika Manes, and Asaf Rajuan. "I called the four heroic...

Mehsana: Three Gujarat residents who went missing in Ethiopia while allegedly attempting to reach the United States through an illegal migration route have reached India and are on their way to Mehsana district, police confirmed Thursday. Rutvik Jansari, Mamta Chavda and Mayuri had left Gujarat September 20 after allegedly paying agents tens of lakhs of rupees to...

New Delhi: Congress MP K C Venugopal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Thursday over the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, flagging concerns that no meaningful consultation with stakeholders is taking place and that there is an intention to have the Bill passed hastily in the forthcoming Winter session. In his...