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Market indices opened sharply higher on Thursday, with the Sensex rising 383.96 points to 33,403.03 and the Nifty gaining 124.10 points at 10,252.50.

Sensex succumbs to profit-booking, tanks 383 points

The flagship index swung nearly 880 points both ways on alternate bouts of buying and selling during the session.

17 Oct 2018 4:11 PM IST

About 60 lakh people were affected in the cyclone and flood and normal life was badly hit in Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts. (Photo: File/AP)

Death toll in cyclone-hit Odisha rises to 52, relief work underway

The loss suffered due to the calamity has been pegged at around Rs 2,200 crore, the Odisha government said on Wednesday.

17 Oct 2018 2:57 PM IST

The News Minute reporter Saritha S Balan (L) and Republic TVs South India bureau chief Pooja Prasanna (R) were attacked by anti-women protesters near Sabarimala temple. (Photo: Facebook, Twitter Screengrab respectively)

Video: Despite police presence, women journalists attacked near...

Journalists were attacked at Pamba by anti-women protesters when they had gone to cover agitations near Sabarimala...

17 Oct 2018 2:56 PM IST

The repeated incidents of alleged kidnap attempts in cars and vans have created panic among the parents and teachers alike.

17-yr-old Thane girl, pulled into car, goes missing after garba event

The aunt of the victim identified the kidnappers as the girl's neighbours, police said.

17 Oct 2018 2:26 PM IST

BSP supremo Mayawati addresses a press conference, in Lucknow, Sunday. (Photo: PTI )

Mayawati-led BSP to contest on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan

The tickets will be finalised soon and BSP chief Mayawati will hold rallies in the state.

17 Oct 2018 1:27 PM IST

BrahMos is now capable of being launched from land, sea and air, completing the tactical cruise missile triad for India. (Photo: File | PTI)

Army man arrested in UP's Meerut in connection with BrahMos spying...

The soldier was picked up days after an engineer was arrested from BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in Maharashtra.

17 Oct 2018 1:15 PM IST

He had purchased the phone from Flipkart about 20 days ago.

Aurangabad man ordered mobile phone online, got delivered brick...

The police official said they have registered a case under IPC sections pertaining to cheating and are probing it.

17 Oct 2018 12:49 PM IST

A model by profession, Hasin Jahan had made headlines earlier in the year when she alleged that her husband, Mohammed Shami, had abused her physically and mentally and was involved in several extra-marital affairs. (Photo: Twitter | @sanjaynirupam)

Hasin Jahan, estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami, joins...

Hasin Jahan was inducted to the Congress by the party's Mumbai President Sanjay Nirupam on Tuesday.

17 Oct 2018 10:33 AM IST

The security forces must consider it a part of their responsibility to enable such activity through creation of a secure environment in areas which have not witnessed this for long. (Photo: File)

Security forces gun down three terrorists in J&K encounter

The district administration closed all schools and educational institution in the city as a precautionary measure.

17 Oct 2018 10:13 AM IST

The Sensex fell 509.54 points or 1.51 per cent to end the day at 33,176 while the Nifty dropped 165 points or 1.59 per cent to end the session at 10,195.15.

Sensex jumps 267 points tracking global cues, strong earnings

The broader NSE Nifty was quoting well above the key 10,600-mark.

17 Oct 2018 10:07 AM IST

Forex market participants said that the steep fall in the rupee on Monday caught lot of importers off-guard due to which there was panic buying of dollars.

Rupee gains 6 paise against US dollar in early trade

A higher opening of domestic equity markets gave some support to the rupee.

17 Oct 2018 9:29 AM IST

RBI issued consolidated guidelines for enabling all phases in order to prepare better for implementation of interoperability.

RBI guidelines on mobile wallet payments out

Currently, a mobile wallet does not allow customers to send or receive money from a wallet run by another company.

17 Oct 2018 8:47 AM IST