The flame will be flown in special safety lanterns to Switzerland for a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva on Thursday
Markets ended lower following expiry of July F&O contracts and sales by foreign funds.
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The number of Indian billionaires has increased to 90.
The broader Nifty ended on top of 9,800 again.
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It will save you the embarrassment of wading through waterlogged roads in a broken down car.
Online learning platforms have become go-to places for those suffocated by the current curbs on movement.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
People said they were throwing chairs, glasses and bottles at the attackers in a bid to stop them.
Foreign portfolio investors were net buyers in equities to the tune of Rs 119 crore, as per provisional stock exchange data.
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On BSE, 1,826 shares declined and 982 shares rose, while a total of 194 shares were unchanged
As per official data released on Friday, the national capital witnessed a whopping 200 per cent increase in crime in the last two years and Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi attributed the spurt to police registering all the complaints unlike in previous years.
BSE Auto was the top sectoral loser with a 4.6% fall followed by realty sector down 3.7% and consumer durables 3.6% post disappointing IIP numbers
Vibhishan was a seeker of justice who risked it all to be on the side of truth, says Sudhir Bisht.
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
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Facing no active opposition, Donald Trump on Wednesday cruised to victory in the Washington state primary and was just one step away from clinching the Republican presidential nomination to set up a likely clash with Hillary Clinton in the November polls.
2016 saw the worst unrest in the Kashmir valley in 26 years.
The impressive riding dynamics of the Gixxer now get a sporty full fairing that makes this 155cc offering from Suzuki a lot more desirable, says Indian motoring website MotorBeam.
'There is no audience anymore for my graphic novels. Few people seem interested in what I find interesting,' Sarnath Banerjee tells Uttaran Das Gupta.
But the 30-share Sensex rose by 141.52 points, or 0.41 per cent, to close at 34,297.47. The broader NSE Nifty gained 44.60- points, or 0.42 per cent, to end at 10,545.50 after touching a high of 10,618.10.
Sebastian Vettel's hopes of vaulting back into the overall Formula One world championship lead were wrecked by a first corner collision on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix.
You must watch The Sky is Pink just for Priyanka Chopra, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Units employing up to 49 workers are not required to list themselves with the government.
Indian equity markets registered their highest single-day percentage gains since early October.
While Reliance put up a good show, NTPC nosedived on the BSE on Monday.
Long before he became a superstar, long before he summoned the courage to tell his father Rakesh Roshan that he wanted to become an actor, Hrithik Roshan was seized by self doubt.
'I am actually quicker now than before,' Boxing legend Mary Kom tells Pavan Lall.
Broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indces slipping 0.8%-1.1%
'One is trying to be an upright citizen with a fresh-faced liver, in full possession of her faculties, but if ever one has needed a stiff drink, it has been now,' says Mitali Saran.
Naomi Mihara reports from Bungamati, which used to be one of the prettiest parts of the Kathmandu valley before the quake.
A recovery in rupee, buying by domestic institutional investors, encouraging earnings by select blue-chips and stock specific buying helped the market get back on its feet
You may have played them as a child (or not) but Abhijit Masih surely seems to miss some of these wonderfully games he played growing up.
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Five of the 12 BSE sectoral indices ended at 52-week highs; the oil and gas index zoomed by nearly 5%.
An Islamic newspaper Islamische Zeitung tweeted that mosques in the city will open overnight to provide shelter to stranded people.
'Sick in my heart that people could think that half our population couldn't "help" wanting to prey on the other half, I mused that the faceless dead girl on the road wasn't just a victim of murder, but also of the misogynistic society she had spent her short life in,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
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