Asian stock markets showed a mixed trend on Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street as oil prices softened amid cautious optimism over potential US-Iran peace talks.Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose about 0.5% to hover near record highs, supported by strong gains in heavyweight tech stocks.South Korea’s Kospi edged slightly lower, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.9%.Hong…
Industrial Area–Sector 31 flyover Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Strongly recommending that Chandigarh remain an administrative city, for which it was originally planned, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday restrained the construction of the Industrial Area–Sector 31 flyover. The court said the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP) 2031 stipulates that efforts should be made to retain the essence…
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Kolkata: A 25-year-old Bangladeshi youth with mental disabilities, Mohammad Harun Rashid, was rescued in Basirhat, nearly eight months after he went missing from his home. Members of the West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC), traced and contacted the man’s family in Bangladesh.However, Rashid’s return home has been delayed due to administrative and legal complications arising from…
Hyderabad: City police on Friday said every police station has been provided a drug testing kit and officers have been directed to use them on persons moving suspiciously during the night. The announcement was made after Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar visited Gandhi hospital, where history-sheeters are undergoing de-addiction treatment. Police said that of the…
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University is all set to open a single-window sales point in the varsity market to sell food and value-added products developed across its various departments. The initiative aims to provide students and the general public with easy access to high-quality, research-backed food.This will replace the current system where products are sold individually…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation, Chandigarh, has collected a record Rs 61 crore in property tax during the two-month rebate period (April–May), the highest ever for this window. The rebate scheme ended on May 31.Taxpayers who missed the deadline will now have to pay a 25% penalty along with 12% interest on the due amount.Of the…
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old first-year BSc LLB student at a private university went through a horrid ordeal after he was allegedly lured to a lodge by his junior under the pretext of meeting friends. He was allegedly threatened, assaulted, and robbed by a gang of six youths, including minors.The victim, Aabid (name changed), a resident of…
Guwahati: Amid protest by Gauhati University students demanding rollback of fees of Five-Year Integrated Master’s Programme (FYIMP), the university authorities on Wednesday clarified that there has been no increase in fees in any programme.“It is further clarified that, in comparison to other universities in Assam, the fee structure of the FYIMP programme at Gauhati University…
Chennai: A crash-landing of an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft at Pune airport late on Friday night triggered widespread disruption to flight services from Chennai airport, leading to diversions, cancellations and chaos among passengers.An Air India Express flight that departed Chennai at 10.05pm with 162 passengers on board was unable to land in Pune and…
