Silver also drifted by Rs 450 to Rs 37,650 per kg.
Maharashtra tops the tally with 232 fatalities, followed by Gujarat at 77, Madhya Pradesh at 76, Delhi at 47, Rajasthan at 25, Telangana at 23 and Andhra Pradesh at 22.
Silver also drifted by Rs 600 to Rs 39,100 per kg.
The project holds strategic significance as Zojila Pass is situated at an altitude of 11,578 feet on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National Highway and remains closed during winters due to heavy snowfall.
Continuing its rising streak for the third day, gold prices advanced by Rs 130 to Rs 27,470 per ten grams in the national capital on Wednesday on increased buying by jewellers and retailers amid ongoing festive season even as the metal weakened overseas.
Lord Krishna Bank on Monday hiked interest rates on deposits by 0.25-0.35 per cent for various maturities effective from December 15.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 1,10,960, while 1,09,461 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
This is the sixth consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 30,000.
The recovery rate stands at 62.61 per cent.
RIL was placed at number one position, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, HUL, HDFC, ITC, State Bank of India, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
Silver also dropped by Rs 400 to Rs 35,650 per kg.
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that majority of the imported cases are the Chinese nationals returning from abroad.
The price of the new Sumo will be between Rs 650,000 and Rs 10 lakh.
Globally, gold fell by 1.32 per cent to $1,125.40 an ounce and silver by 3.98 per cent to $14.11 an ounce in New York in yesterday's trade.
The decision comes as countries around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 9,000 lives so far.
Vodafone Idea, the country's third largest telecom operator, on Wednesday reported a staggering Rs 73,878 crore of net loss in fiscal ended March 2020 -- the highest ever by any Indian firm -- after it provisioned for Supreme Court-mandated statutory dues. The firm, which has to pay Rs 51,400 crore dues after the apex court ordered the non-telecom revenues to be included in calculating statutory dues, said the liability has "cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern".
The yellow metal had shed Rs 20 on Tuesday.
Blackstone has bought A Wing and some part of B Wing of the building, which has three wings with a total area of 1.5 million square feet.
'If Pinarayi Vijayan gets another term, Kerala will be a state where everybody has a house.'
The precious metal has lost Rs 100 in the past two days.
Marking its foray into the aerospace segment, Mahindra group today said it plans to manufacture aircraft in the two-to-twenty-seater range and also announced acquiring majority stake in two Australian companies.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'Nirmalaji's Budget announcements have long-term implications and are not backed by enough money when the short-term outlook looks bleak,' notes T N C Rajagopalan.
Gulabo Sitabo was made with a budget of Rs 40 crore to Rs 45 crore. Amazon Prime bought the streaming rights for Rs 60 crore to Rs 65 crore, helping the producers make over Rs 20 crore.
'Despite the pandemic, we aspire to maintain the momentum of last year.'
India's COVID-19 recoveries have sprinted past 27 lakh, taking the recovery rate to 76.61 per cent, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.79 per cent, the health ministry said on Sunday.
India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the United States, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.
Mallya, who has been out on bail since Scotland Yard executed an extradition warrant in April this year, will be in the dock for the duration of the trial -- scheduled to end on December 14.
A key defence to disprove a prima facie case of fraud and misrepresentation on Mallya's part has revolved around the fact that Kingfisher Airlines was the victim of economic misfortune alongside other Indian airlines.
Around 650 pilots of the private air carrier Jet Airways will go on an indefinite strike on midnight of September 7 to protest sacking of two of their colleagues.
Mallya's barrister, Clare Montgomery, reiterated the central defence that there had been no misrepresentation or fraud on the part of her client and that Kingfisher Airlines was the victim of economic misfortune alongside other airlines.
Thomas Isaac has been in and out of the national news in his role as Kerala's finance minister since 2018 for various path-breaking tax initiatives. But it is 2020 that he has become more prominent, principally in the GST council.
Chef Nitu from Novotel Bengaluru Outer Ring Road shares the recipe.
Its trajectory in telecom is well known but now it is pushing for a similar leap into the ranks of the top players in its other businesses: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses ranging from health to education, and retail.
An informal group of volunteers from the same school in Ahmednagar come together to pool resources, prepare food, serve the needy.
Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor on Saturday clicked the best selfie ever! The very fashionable star made another fashion statement when she clicked a selfie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing a fourth straight term in the tribal-dominated state as the opposition Congress seeks to return to power after 15 years.
Indian troops fired in retaliation to silence the Pakistani guns and the exchange of fire between the two sides was continuing when last reports came in.
The airline had raised Rs 700 crore from the debt market through a non-convertible debenture issue and the same was up for interest payment or redemption on Thursday.