Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) The Indian benchmark indices opened lower on Friday amid the fresh US tariff jitters, as selling was seen in the IT and financial service sectors in the early trade.At around 9.38 am, Sensex was trading 272.30 points or 0.34 per cent down at 80,350.96 while the Nifty declined 75.60 points or 0.31 per cent at 24,520.55.According to analysts, the market continues to be technically and fundamentally weak. Continuous lower lows on the Nifty is technically a weak sign. From the f…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday reviewed the ongoing relief and rescue operations in Dharali, and said that every effort was being made to evacuate all affected people safely and restore normal public life at the earliest. As the race against time continues to locate the survivors in the devastated village, helicopters have been pressed into service.In a post on X in the morning, CM stated that relief and rescue operations are being carried out on…

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Starting from Friday, West Bengal is all set to be rocked again by protests on the first anniversary of the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last year. The protests, which have been planned by various groups will last till August 15.The body of the junior doctor, who was raped and murdered by civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, was found at the seminar hall of the hospital, on the morning of August 9.While Sanjay Roy had…

Bhopal/New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at the latter’s official residence during a visit to the national capital late on Thursday night. During the meeting, the two discussed various issues related to the state’s development and the current situation in flood-affected areas, especially in the Guna Lok Sabha constituency, which is Scinidia’s parliamentary seat.The Union Minister urged the Chief Minister to provide adequate …

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In a shocking incident, Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi’s cousin, Asif Qureshi, was murdered in Delhi’s Bhogal area following an altercation over parking. The incident occurred late on Thursday night near the victim’s residence on Church Lane in Jangpura under the jurisdiction of Nizamuddin Police Station.According to Delhi Police, the victim, 42-year-old Asif Qureshi, was attacked with a sharp, pointed object (a poker) after he asked two men to remove their scooter pa…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) After days of anxiety and disrupted communication, ten pilgrims from Banaskantha district of Gujarat, who were stranded near Dharali in Uttarakhand following a devastating cloudburst, were successfully rescued by the Indian Army and airlifted to Rishikesh.The pilgrims, all residents of Chichodra village in Bhabhar taluka, had lost contact with their families on August 5, shortly after a cloudburst hit the Dharali area. The families of the 11 pilgrims, who were on a religi…

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) As the UK schedule of “Masti 4” is all set to conclude, filmmaker Milap Zaveri penned a note saying that he will “miss the madness” and hopes he lives up to the expectations that this loved franchise comes with. Milap, who had also written the first two installments of the franchise, took to Instagram, where he shared two pictures posing with Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani posing on the sets.He wrote: “FRIENDS I HAVE AN IDEAAAA! 2003 was the ye…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking directions to the Central Government to restore statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.The plea was mentioned before Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who confirmed that the matter has been listed for hearing on August 8 (Friday).The petition, filed by Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and activist Khurshaid Ahmad Malik, contends that the continued delay in restoring s…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A tragic road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district claimed the lives of six people, including two children, after a car plunged into a 500-metre-deep gorge in the Chanwas area of Tissa sub-division on Friday. According to initial reports, the vehicle lost control and veered off the road before falling into the steep gorge.The impact was so severe that all six occupants, two men, two women, and two children, died on the spot. The identities of the deceased have n…

Geneva, Aug 8 (IANS) The US tariffs place “a substantial strain” on Switzerland’s export-oriented economy, the Swiss government said, vowing to continue negotiations with the US to reduce the 39 per cent additional tariffs imposed on the country, which came into force Thursday.The decision was made following the trip of a Swiss delegation to the United States from Tuesday to Wednesday, led by President Karin Keller-Sutter and Vice President Guy Parmelin, the Federal Council said in a statement.T…