Sensex at new peak at 73,057.40 pts

Mumbai, Feb 20 (UNI) Extending rally for the sixth straight session on Tuesday the Sensex breached 73K level to finish at 73,057.40 surging 349.24 pts on the strength of Bankex, Realty and Power stocks despite weak global cues. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 74.70 pts at 22,196.95. The NSE registered days high and low…

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Rahul appears before court in defamation case, gets bail

Sultanpur (UP), Feb 20 (UNI) Amid his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi appeared before an MP-MLA court on Tuesday in a more than five-year-old defamation case, after which he was granted conditional bail, prosecution sources said here. Prosecution sources said that amidst tight security, the Congress leader appeared in the court…

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Teachers recruitment scam: ED arrests accused & travel agency owner Prasanna Roy

Kolkata, Feb 20 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested travel agency owner Prasanna Roy, suspected of being a middleman in a ‘teacher recruitment scam’ in West Bengal government-owned schools, after a 10-hour interrogation, official sources said on Tuesday. The ED, probing the money trails in the alleged irregularities of the teacher’s appointment, arrested Roy…

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J&K: Snowfall, rain continue for third day in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 20 (UNI) The rain continued in Kashmir for the third consecutive day, and the upper reaches of the valley received fresh snow, triggering the closure of crucial highways, officials said on Tuesday. Jammu-Srinagar national highway and Srinagar Leh road remained closed for vehicular traffic due to the snowfall and rain on Tuesday. Traffic…

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