Day: October 24, 2019

Akalis draw blank in Haryana polls

8:00 pm October 24, 2019

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal, which claimed to have sway over 30 assembly seats in Haryana, on Thursday failed to make a mark in the state polls. Fighting in alliance with the Indian National Lok Dal, SAD candidates tasted defeat on all three assembly seats the Sukhbir Badal-led party contested. SAD candidates performed poorly on […]

Maha polls: seven ministers, deputy speaker lose

7:56 pm October 24, 2019

Mumbai: At least seven ministers in the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra have lost the Assembly elections. As the results came in on Thursday, the BJP-Sena alliance had won or was leading on 160 seats. Shiv Sena leader and Deputy Speaker in the Legislative Assembly Vijay Auti lost to Nilesh Lanke of the NCP from […]

Ruling parties rule the roost in by-polls in South

7:54 pm October 24, 2019

Chennai: The ruling parties in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana won the respective Assembly bypolls in the three southern states on Thursday, but most importantly the AIADMK and CPI (M) bounced back from the severe drubbing they received in the April 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The victory for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and […]

HCL Tech shares jump nearly 6 pc after Sept qtr earnings

7:52 pm October 24, 2019

New Delhi: Shares of HCL Technologies on Thursday jumped nearly 6 per cent after the company posted a 6.9 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit for the September quarter, and raised its revenue growth forecast. The scrip jumped 5.87 per cent to Rs 1,160 on the BSE. On the NSE, it advanced 5.83 […]

India jumps 14 spots to rank 63rd on World Bank’s ease of doing business list

7:48 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: India has jumped 14 places to take the 63rd position on the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking released on Thursday, figuring among the top 10 performers on the list for the third time in a row mainly due to the successful implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The country was 77th […]