
Sensex scales all-time high
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index created history by vaulting to its all-time high level of 4678.28 on Tuesday. The previous all-time high was 4643.31 recorded on September 12, 1994. After the stunning 223-point rally on Monday, the early euphoria lifted the Sensex past the all-time peak hitting the historic high of 4678.28 within seconds after resumption of trading on Tuesday.
Cong denies asking Bansi to resign
NEW DELHI: Congress tonight denied reports that it had asked Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal to resign and recommend dissolution of the assembly to facilitate holding of assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls, highly placed party sources said tonight.
Iran violence
TEHRAN: On the fifth day of Iran’s worst unrest since the 1970 Islamic Revolution, thousands of pro-democracy students clashed with riot police in central Tehran, defying a government ban on rallies and unofficial gatherings.
Bhatiatransfer
MUMBAI: The transfer of ex-Pune municipal commissioner Arun Bhatia to the state archives has been challenged in a petition in the Mumbai High Court on the ground that it was a `mala fide’ act of Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane.
Custody death
MUMBAI: An accused who was arrested in an assault case was found hanging in the D N Nagar police lock-up at around 5 pm today. The deceased had been arrested on July 6 and remanded to police custody till July 17.




