A stretch in Sector 29 pockmarked with rough patches Noida: Pockmarked with potholes, broken edges and rough patches, but road resurfacing across the city has been put on hold, at least for now.In Feb, the Noida Authority approved a Rs 250-crore plan to resurface about 150 km of road network across the city and set…
Panaji: Goa’s long-awaited first veterinary college at Curti has received central govt approval. The letter of permission (LoP) for establishment of the Goa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, for BVSc and animal husbandry degree programme came from the Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Tuesday. The department of animal husbandry is…
Varanasi: A a modern 3-tier ghat, constructed by UP govt at a cost of Rs 17.06 crore, has come up at birthplace of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu Ji, eighth Tirthankar of Jainism, in Chandravati village on Ghazipur Road. Built under the Jain Circuit scheme, the 200-metre-long ghat was inaugurated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the…
Ludhiana: Manufacturers in the bicycle, sewing machine and allied sectors have expressed serious concerns over mounting working capital stress due to delayed GST refunds under the inverted duty structure. They warned that several small units are facing closure.Industry representatives said raw materials are purchased at 18% GST while finished products are sold at 5%, leaving…
Patiala: An IED blast killed a suspected bomber and damaged a section of the dedicated freight corridor railway track near Bathonia village between Rajpura and Shambhu in Patiala district late Monday night.Police said the man was planting the device when it detonated prematurely around 10pm. SSP Varun Sharma called it a low-intensity explosion. He identified…
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will now function without an official leader of opposition (LoP) after the election results were declared, recreating a scenario last seen in 1995 when the BJP had nearly swept the house.In the current election, opposition parties have failed to secure the minimum 10% of seats required to claim the…
Dimapur: Gauhati high court judge and executive chairperson of the Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), Justice Kalyan Rai Surana, on Tuesday said as long as there are people in need of legal assistance and others striving to exercise their rights, the mission of legal services remains ongoing.Justice Surana made the remarks after flagging off…
Lucknow: An 85-year-old retired treasury official was allegedly duped of Rs 84.5 lakh by fraudsters posing as senior police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials, who kept him under a prolonged “digital arrest” through fear and intimidation.The victim, Badaruddin Ansari of Janakipuram Sector-G, told police that the ordeal began on March 7 when he received a…
Vadodara/Rajkot: It may sound like a cliché that every vote counts, but two nail-biting contests in Gujarat’s local body polls showed just how decisive a single ballot can be — with one Congress candidate winning by a vote and another losing by three.In the Bharuch taluka panchayat, Congress candidate Mohsin Pathan clinched the Palej seat…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Tuesday directed police to trace a minor girl aged around 17 years who has been missing for the last two months and produce her before the court within two weeks.The court warned that if she is not traced within the stipulated time, the superintendent of police, Sawai Madhopur, will have to…
