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Stock markets rebound, led by rally in IT firms, HDFC Bank; Sensex jumps 1,109 points

Mumbai, Oct. 13 -- Stock markets rebounded sharply on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex rallying 1,109 points and the Nifty closing above 22,720, bolstered by a rally in IT, financial and FMCG shares... Read More


Ensure terror networks do not find haven in region: Shah to BIMSTEC countries

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called for stronger regional cooperation among BIMSTEC countries to combat terrorism, disrupt terrorist financing and organised crime, an... Read More


Student group takes out march to 'reclaim' Jantar Mantar, demands release of CJP leaders

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Members of a student organisation took out a march from Connaught Place on Tuesday, demanding immediate release of detained Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders and opposing the ... Read More


Merchant Discount Rate on UPI transactions deferred, no new date announced

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- In a major relief to UPI users, the decision to levy a Merchant Discount Rate of 0.4 per cent on transactions over Rs 2,000 has been deferred, with NPCI on Tuesday saying a new d... Read More


Anti-drug activist shot dead by medical store owner in Punjab's Mansa

Chandigarh, Oct. 13 -- An anti-drug activist, who was known for exposing the illegal sale of addictive drugs at chemist shops, died after being shot at by a medical store owner in Punjab's Mansa distr... Read More


'Whoever thinks hoisting tricolor at Jantar Mantar is violation is a traitor': CJP's Dipke

NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday condemned the detention of his colleagues at Jantar Mantar, declaring that anyone who considered hoisting the nation... Read More


Is waving tricolour a crime in India, asks Dipke; dubs CJP leaders' detention in Delhi 'kidnapping'

NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday condemned the detention of his colleagues at Jantar Mantar, declaring that anyone who considered hoisting the nation... Read More


SC defers hearing on Delhi protest crackdown to Thursday as judge falls ill

NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred until Thursday the hearing of nearly a dozen petitions concerning the police crackdown on protesters in Delhi after one of the judges on the... Read More


Petitions related to protests in Delhi: CJI assures petitioners pleas would be listed for hearing

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured petitioners, who have filed pleas raising issues related to protests in Delhi, that all their matters would be listed for hearing. Several pl... Read More


SC stays defamation case proceedings against Rahul Gandhi over 2019 remarks against PM

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case before a trial court in Maharashtra against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Prime M... Read More