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Russia on Wednesday rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegation that Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were “conspiring” against the United States alongside China’s Xi Jinping during a massive military parade in Beijing. The Kremlin clarified that Putin was not engaged in any conspiracy and suggested that Trump may have…

India’s services sector expanded at its fastest pace in 15 years in August, driven by strong demand and rising international orders, according to the HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global.The index rose to 62.9 in August from 60.5 in July, marking the sharpest growth since June 2010. A reading above…

‘We will return to our villages. This is Diwali for us,’ said a protester By: Pushkraj VernekarMUMBAI: Celebrations erupted among Maratha quota supporters as activist Manoj Jarange declared the long battle with the state govt officially over Tuesday. Shouts of “Jinkle re jinkle, Maratha jinkle (They won, they won, the Marathas won!)” could be heard…

The upcoming GST Council meeting could influence market sentiment. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Wednesday. While Nifty50 was near 24,600, BSE Sensex was up over 50 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 24,592.05, up 12 points or 0.051%. BSE Sensex…

Citigroup has a buy on Nuvoco Vistas with the target price at Rs 475. Analysts said that the company has announced plans to add 4 million tonne/annum (MTPA) cement grinding capacity in East at a minimal capex of Rs 200 crore, largely through debottlenecking. Together with the ongoing restart of acquired Vadraj assets, this would…

NEW DELHI: Amid renewed global efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Germany’s foreign minister Johann David Wadephul is visiting India and is scheduled to hold talks with his counterpart S Jaishankar Wednesday. Wadephul will also hold talks with commerce minister Piyush Goyal, as the two countries look to expand their trade and investment ties.The visit…

NEW DELHI: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will airlift around nine heavy construction equipment for restoration of two stretches of the Kullu-Manali highway which has become inaccessible following heavy rain-triggered floods.On Monday, the highways authority said that restoration work is being taken up at 12 completely damaged locations on the Kullu-Manali section of…

MUMBAI: Vidhie Mukerjea, a key witness in the 2015 Sheena Bora murder trial, has made several claims such as forged statements in her name. She said, “If such forged statements have been recorded in my name, there must be an ulterior motive or mala fide intentions.” She further claimed that during her interactions with law…

SRINAGAR: A preliminary investigation has found that two cloudbursts occurred approximately 13km from the remote village of Chasoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Aug 14, triggering flash floods that killed 65 people and left several missing.“Chasoti (tragedy) was not a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood event,” Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma said, adding…

At least 11 people were killed and 18 others injured in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, officials told news agency AFP on Tuesday.The blast occurred in the parking lot of a stadium where hundreds of supporters of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) had gathered….