Oil prices remained mixed on Tuesday as hopes of progress in US-Iran talks were offset by fresh US military strikes in Iran. While the US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate slipped 5.46% to $91.33 a barrel, Brent crude from the North Sea moved higher, gaining 2.35% to trade at $98.40 per barrel.The market reaction came…
Panaji: In a significant departure from recent trends, the town and country planning (TCP) department has proposed to classify large contiguous land parcels as non-developable areas under Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act while retaining the land in settlement zones in the Regional Plan 2021.The notification, cleared by TCP minister Vishwajit Rane…
Bengaluru: After successfully planting 10 crore saplings over the last two monsoons, the state govt has scaled down its ambitious afforestation target this year, citing a shortage of quality planting stock in forest nurseries, even as it continues to push for promising survival rates and greater accountability in statewide plantation drives.Amid concerns over declining green…
The accused identified as Faiyyaz Premji MUMBAI: A man was arrested by the Byculla Police during a religious procession on Friday after he was allegedly found distributing capsules to participants under suspicious circumstances. The accused, identified as Faiyyaz Premji, was arrested. He claimed that the tablets were painkillers. However, one person who consumed a tablet…
MUMBAI: In a major plan to ease congestion at Borivali, one of Western Railway’s busiest stations, Railways has decided to develop Kandivali station in parallel through a comprehensive master plan to support future train operations and passenger growth, while adding an additional platform at Borivali. The integrated redevelopment plan, reviewed by Union Railway Minister Ashwini…
A viral social media post has given film fans a completely new way to look at Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror classic ‘Alien’, and once you see it, you cannot unsee it. An X user posted a theory suggesting that the film looks entirely different when viewed from the perspective of the xenomorph, drawing a…
CHENNAI: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran has mounted pressure on actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) over video footage circulating on social media, in which his party’s winning candidate, S Kamaraj, is shown “voluntarily and happily” supporting TVK’s bid to form the government. He questioned the footage’s authenticity.He demanded the original signed letter from…
KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “address to the nation” on Saturday was an election campaign speech, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday, describing the move as “cowardly, hypocritical and fork-tongued”.Compared with TMC, she said, BJP nominated fewer women for the Bengal polls, and many of them have been fielded in “losing” seats. This proves…
Panaji: Security guards and housekeeping staff employed through the Goa Human Resource Development Corporation (GHRDC) are set to receive a significant pay hike, with state govt deciding to extend the benefits of the 6th Pay Commission to employees who have completed 10 years of service.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said the state govt has decided to…
Hyderabad: The fading sparrow population in the city is finding its way back home through carefully engineered nest boxes tucked into balconies, walls and apartment corners across the city. From Ameenpur and Gachibowli to Dilsukhnagar and Alwal, thousands of plywood nest boxes are helping revive the disappearing sparrow population.What appears to be a simple plywood…
