Mumbai: The BSE Sensex today soared to life-time high of 33,270.62 and the NSE Nifty scaled another record high of 10.366.15 in opening trade as the November derivatives series took off on a strong footing amid positive Asian cues.

Consumer durables, power and pharma stocks led the gains, rising by up to 0.85 per

New Delhi: The mess of electric wires dangling over the entire Chandni Chowk area were akin to “time bombs”, putting at risk the lives of people, the Delhi High Court said.

The court also observed that there was a lack of access in the walled city in case of any emergency as fire tenders and ambulances

Dahod: A person was allegedly killed in police firing after a clash broke out in Gadbada Tehsil area of Gujarat’s Dahod district on Thursday.

The violence had erupted between the locals and the police over the death of a person during police interrogation.

The locals alleged that harsh punishment l

Ghaziabad: A senior journalist was picked up by a team of the Chhattisgarh Police early on Friday from his house here in Uttar Pradesh.

While there is no clarity on why journalist Vinod Verma was taken into custody, sources said he was arrested after a complaint of extortion was lodged against him in Chhattisgarh.

Paris: Indian shuttler H S Prannoy dumped Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the French Open Super Series here.

Prannoy, who regained his career-best ranking of World No 12 that he had achieved in June two years ago, took just 31 minut

Singapore: Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis announced her “definite” retirement on Thursday, signalling the end of a career which took her from 1990s teenage superstar to doubles world number one some 20 years later.

The 37-year-old “Swiss Miss” has retired twice before — once after

New Delhi: A total of 6 lakh passengers descended on the New Delhi Railway Station per day this festive season, an official statement said.

Anand Vihar Terminal, New Delhi Station, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Old Delhi (or Delhi Junction) are some of the widely-used transit terminals in the national capital.

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Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two cases of corruption spiralling from the Panama Papers leak, his lawyers said.

Sharif is currently in London with his wife Kalsum as she undergoes cancer treatment, and has not returned to Pakistan since he