Sensex, Nifty hit all-time high levels as exit polls predict massive win for BJP-led NDA in LS polls
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 4 per cent in early trade Monday to hit their fresh all-time high levels after exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,777.58 points or 3.75 per cent...
Read moreCop killed by unidentified persons in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma; role of Naxalites suspected
Sukma: A police head constable was hacked to death by unidentified persons at a village in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit Sukma district, an official said Monday. Prima facie, the modus operandi of the attack suggested it was executed by a "small action team of Naxalites," he said. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Gadiras village when the deceased, identified as head constable Sodi Laxman, had gone to visit...
Read moreUddhav Thackeray will join Modi govt in 15 days after LS poll results, claims MLA Ravi Rana
Amravati: Amravati MLA Ravi Rana has claimed Shiv Sena (UBT) head and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will join the Modi government in 15 days after the Lok Sabha election results come out Tuesday. Ravi Rana's wife Navneet Rana, the sitting MP from Amravati, contested the Lok Sabha poll from the seat this time on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's ticket. In 2019, Navneet Rana won the Lok Sabha poll...
Read moreOpposition parties trash exit polls, claim ‘deliberate attempt to justify rigging’
New Delhi: The Congress and other INDIA bloc parties Sunday trashed the exit polls that have predicted a third consecutive win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections, claiming that these surveys were a work of "fantasy" and asserting that the opposition alliance will form the next government. Questioning the credibility of the exit polls, the leaders of major opposition parties alleged that they were conducted at the behest...
Read moreNHAI hikes tolls across highways by 5%
New Delhi: Motorists using expressways will have to shell out more from Monday as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to hike tolls across the country by an average of 5 per cent. The annual revision of highway user fee, which is expected to be in the range of average 5 per cent, was earlier to come into effect April 1. But the hike was deferred due to...
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Cop killed by unidentified persons in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma; role of Naxalites suspected
Sukma: A police head constable was hacked to death by unidentified persons at a village in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit Sukma district, an official said Monday. Prima facie, the modus operandi of the attack suggested it was executed by a "small action team of Naxalites," he said. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Gadiras...
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Uddhav Thackeray will join Modi govt in 15 days after LS poll results, claims MLA Ravi Rana
Amravati: Amravati MLA Ravi Rana has claimed Shiv Sena (UBT) head and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will join the Modi government in 15 days after the Lok Sabha election results come out Tuesday. Ravi Rana's wife Navneet Rana, the sitting MP from Amravati, contested the Lok Sabha poll from the seat this time on the...
Sensex, Nifty hit all-time high levels as exit polls predict massive win for BJP-led NDA in LS polls
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 4 per cent in early trade Monday to hit their fresh all-time high levels after exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,777.58 points or 3.75 per cent to hit a record peak of 76,738.89...
