Rajinder Verma

Asked to deposit hefty enhancements by HUDA, around 4,000 families dwelling in 112 group housing societies at Sector 20 here have decided to boycott the general elections. Citing lack of

The Noida jewellers association on Saturday switched to selling vegetables as a mark of protest against the excise duty on jewellery items by union finance ministry.

With an additional district and session judge of fast track court announcing an enhancement of Rs 394 per square yard, around 4,000 members of group housing societies in Sector 20, Panchkula, may be forced to cough up in order to continue staying in their houses

Jewellers in the city have started working on getting their old gold ornament stock hallmarked as the Union government has given them time until August 31 to complete all pending labelling of jewellery. But Noida has just one hallmarking centre and 172 jewellers, of which some 100 with an annual turnover of Rs 40 lakh have to undergo the mandatory process.

People belonging to the Oriya community participated in the Jagannath Rath Yatra ' that is planned on the pattern of Puri ' with much fervour on Sunday.

The state's biggest traders' body has called for the closure of all shops and markets on Monday in support of jewellers protesting against 1% excise duty on jewellery proposed in the Union Budget.

Adding to the disappointment of tourists and day-trippers visiting the town to celebrate the New Year eve, the mighty Dhauladhar ranges overlooking the tourist destination bore a grim look with almost no snow cover.

Two persons, including an eight-month-old girl, died after being hit by a Whiteline bus near Akshardham temple in east Delhi.

SHIMLA: The Congress has retained its hold over the Shimla municipal corporation for the fourth consecutive time, winning 16 out of 24 seats in the elections held on April 27.

Two days after Ludhiana (rural) police arrested four miscreants for kidnapping and murder of a city based jeweler it has come to light that a worker at a jewelry shop in Barnala had played a key role by giving them tip off about the victim.