IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, advanced 390.06 points or 0.50% to 76,253.28. The Nifty 50 index added 104.40 points or 0.45% to 23,061.65.
Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in ...