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  • Andhra Pradesh: South Central Railway to start Tirupati-Karimnagar weekly superfast express train from May 22, say officials
  • Assam: One person killed and 2 injured in a collision between two ferries in Brahmaputra river in Majuli today, say police
  • Bihar: Met dept predicts clear sky in many parts of the state including Patna in the next 12 hours; maximum temperature 36C
  • Chennai: Businessman found dead in his house in Chitlapakkam area in Chennai today, police suspect murder
  • Delhi: Met dept predicts clear sky in Delhi in the next 12 hours; maximum temperature to be around 43C
  • Gujarat: Ahmedabad police files chargesheet against 24 accused in the Sabarmati jail tunnel case today
  • Haryana: Motorcycle rider dies after being hit by a speeding truck near Dhana village in Jhajjar today, say police
  • Himachal Pradesh: State government to soon set up more mini hydro power projects in Spiti valley, says chief minister Virbhadra Singh
  • Jammu and Kashmir: Victims of May 1 earthquake in Doda and Kishtwar allege that the govt is discriminating in disbursing relief to them
  • Karnataka: BMTC to ply special buses to and from Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore from 6.30pm-12.30am in view of IPL match today
  • Kerala: Filmmaker Gopalakrishnan to inaugurate week-long 13th FILCA International Film Festival in Thiruvananthapuram May 24
  • Kolkata: A Kolkata court sends Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his aides to judicial custody till May 31
  • Madhya Pradesh: Met department predicts partly cloudy sky over Bhopal during next 12 hours, maximum temperature to be around 44C
  • Maharashtra: Mumbai police raid a hotel in Mumbai, seize laptop, mobile phone and iPad in connection with IPL spot-fixing scandal
  • Mumbai: Mumbai police raid a hotel in Mumbai, seize laptop, mobile phone and iPad in connection with IPL spot-fixing scandal
  • Northeast: Two Assam truck drivers thrashed by Naga militants near Dimapur in Nagaland over unknown reason, say police
  • Odisha: Road traffic hit in Sambalpur as local lawyers block national highway 55 demanding a high court bench in the region
  • Punjab: 30-year-old man found dead under mysterious circumstances in his home in Hallomajra in Chandigarh today, police said
  • Rajasthan: Electricity consumers in 100 colonies of Jaipur to get bills for month of April in June due to technical reasons
  • Tamil Nadu: Three persons die as their vehicle overturns in Thottapalayam area in Mettupalayam today, say police
  • UP East: Man dies after allegedly injected with acid and kerosene during questioning in Avagarh police station in Etah dist
  • UP West: Man dies after allegedly injected with acid and kerosene during questioning in Avagarh police station in Etah dist
  • West Bengal: A Kolkata court sends Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his aides to judicial custody till May 31
Sensex up 225.14 pts, oil and gas stocks soar

IANS

Mumbai, Aug 6: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 225.14 points up around 11.30 a.m. Monday, as there was good buying spree in oil and gas, bank, capital goods and auto stocks as well as strong global cues after reports of a surge in US hiring.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,313.05 points, was ruling at 17,423.07 points, 1.31 percent or 225.14 points up from its previous day's close at 17,197.93 points.

Sensex touched a high of 17,448.42 points and a low of 17,313.05 points. BSE midcap was up 68.60 points and small cap was up 89.85 points.The BSE oil and gas index was up 213.25 points, followed by bank index, up 175.39 points, capital goods, up 161.04 points and auto index up 150.52 point.The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was ruling 1.28 percent or 66.65 points up at 5,282.35 points.The major Sensex gainers were Reliance Industries, up 4.62 percent at Rs.777.25; Tata Motors, up 3.30 percent at Rs.2282.0; Tata Steel, up 2.42 percent at Rs.406.55; Larsen and Toubro (L&T), up 2.12 percent at Rs.1,411.50 and Sterlite Inds, up 1.86 percent at Rs.103.95.Only five of the 30-scrip sensitive Sensex were main losers -- Dr Reddys Lab, down 0.66 percent at Rs.1,661; Tata Consultation Services (TCS), down 0.58 percent at Rs.1,230.70; Coal India, down 0.49 percent at Rs.342.25, Hindustan Uniliver, down 0.22 percent at Rs.466.10 and ITC 0.13 percent at Rs.259.Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei was up 2.11 percent while Shanghai's composite index was 0.73 percent higher. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 1.91 percent.

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