Nilesh Rathi

Green activists in Dehradun are disappointed with the high court nod to the widening of the Sahastradhara Road, which would involve the felling of 2,057 trees, and have claimed that transplantation is successful only 50% of the time and carrying out the process on a large scale reduces the

After the Uttarakhand high court gave its nod for felling of around 2,000 for the widening of the 14-km long Jogiwala-Pacific Golf Estate Road in Sahastradhara, while asking the government to transplant half of the trees that are razed, green activists said they are prepared to keep

The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday heard the case concerning the felling of 2,057 trees for the proposed widening of Sahastradhara Road in Doon. After hearing the matter, the division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghai and RC Khulbe extended the court's stay order on felling of trees. The bench asked the state to not cut any trees till August 22, when the case will be heard next.

After touching a high last week, bullion prices have corrected by Rs 300 to 400. Gold, which had touched a peak of Rs 27,500-28,000 a tola (10 grams), has come down to Rs 20,400-23,500 in different centres of the country.

With gold prices down by over Rs 3,000 a tola (10 grams), there is a mixed outlook among jewellers in the city over Akshay Tritiya — the festival considered auspicious to buy the yellow metal.

Saturday - a half working day - is going to be the last chance to complete the admission process for students selected in the first merit list.

Barely three days after striking a truce with the government, jewellers have resumed the indefinite strike against excise duty on gold items.

Police on Friday arrested a 35-year-old caretaker for stealing diamonds and gold jewellery worth Rs 1 crore from the house of a Juhu businessman.Suman Pawar committed the theft during the 10 days she worked there.

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In a setback to Nagpur University’s search panel for its vice chancellor, the Management Council (MC) on Monday referred ‘Item No 57’ related to clearance of their “exorbitant” bills worth Rs 1.20 crore back to the varsity’s finance and account committee.

: As the gold rates zoomed past the Rs 14,000 mark per 10 grams, those in Nagpur remained higher as compared to several other major trading centres in the country.

On the eve of Dhanteras, the gold buying festival for Indians, jewellers appear to be sceptical. There is already a bearish trend in the yellow metal prices. Moreover, predictions of further reduction spread through messages doing rounds on social media and other sources are expected to keep the buyers away. The trade has already been facing the heat due to such reports, said sources.

The rush for gold doesn't seem to have lessened even as the yellow metal's price has reached the peak.

An increase in customs duty on gold by 2% has not taken any toll on domestic demand for the yellow metal.

The prices of gold, which had touched Rs 19,300 last month, have come down to Rs 18,600-18,650 per tola (10 grams).

The Nagpur University’s vice chancellor selection process is moving at snail’s speed due to apathy by the search panel members, NU officials alleged. It will be almost two months since the panel was constituted and a month since deadline for inviting applications was over.

A reluctant Nikita Media Services has finally agreed to offer a 5% discount, amounting to 4.54 lakh on Nagpur University’s advertisement bills after varsity officials warned of not clearing the cheque, NU officials disclosed.

Spiralling bullion prices have even made silver—the poor cousin of gold—out of lower income class' reach.

As silver touched Rs 58,880 a kg in Nagpur and Rs 60,000 in Mumbai, this poor cousin of gold has seen a 46% rise in the value since January.

A comparison between the data received from the geological mapping of Dehradun in 2021 and the data compiled during a 2011 IIT-Roorkee study has revealed that landslide-prone areas in the Doon valley have increased from 20 to 100 over the last decade.

Amid concerns over Covid hitting the demand for gold this Dhanteras, rates of the yellow metal in the grey market are at par with its prices in the official channel.

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Even as gold touched Rs 32,075 a tola (10 grams) this Dhanteras, traders reported almost no growth in sales as compared to last year, blaming the weakening rupee for making the yellow metal dearer at home.

Silver which has been now outshining the big brother gold in terms of returns has fast recovered its lows after the prices corrected substantially during the last month.

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