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The parking facility in Yeshwantpur now hosts cobwebs, rusting railings and walls that show signs of water seepage BENGALURU: A Rs 80-crore multi-level parking complex built to ease congestion in Yeshwantpur APMC market is slowly deteriorating even before it got its first customer.The eight-storey structure plus two floors underground, handed over to APMC committee in early 2024, today stands locked and largely unused.A visit by TOI to the facility revealed layers of dust covering floors and parking bays, cobwebs hanging from walls and corners, rusting railings, water seepage marks across ceilings and walls, and paint peeling off at several locations.Damp…

Telangana CM announced that the state will hold a special assembly session to urge the Centre to lower the election age (Photo credit: X/@Revnath Reddy) HYDERABAD: The Telangana government will soon convene a special session of the Assembly to pass a resolution urging the Centre to reduce the minimum age for contesting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to 21 years, chief minister A Revanth Reddy announced on Saturday.The current minimum age to contest elections is 25 years, news agency PTI reported.Addressing a candlelight rally organised over the NEET paper leak issue, the chief minister claimed that the Gen Z agitation…

School students taking exam writing answer in classroom with stress Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) has postponed the preliminary examinations for 34 recruitment advertisements that were scheduled for July 26, citing heavy rainfall across the state and representations from candidates.The examinations for multiple Class-I and Class-II posts were slated to be conducted on Sunday between 11am and noon.In a notification issued on Saturday, the commission stated that the examinations have been deferred until further notice. Revised dates will be announced subsequently.The postponed examinations cover recruitment for veterinary officers, nursing officers, principals, senior drug inspectors, assistant engineers, deputy executive…

Thousands of government school students in Gurgaon are attending classes without free textbooks (Representative image) GURGAON: Thousands of students in govt schools across Gurgaon are yet to receive their free textbooks weeks into the new academic session, forcing many to attend classes without textbooks or depend on worn-out copies from previous years.Of the nearly 80,000 students enrolled in primary and middle schools, almost every govt school has reported a shortage of textbooks for one or more classes, teachers said.Under the Right to Education Act, govt school students are entitled to free textbooks to ensure that financial constraints do not hinder…

Two men, a worker and a security guard, succumbed to asphyxiation while trying to clean a sewage tank late Saturday night (Representative image generated using AI) NOIDA: A worker and a security guard died of asphyxiation after entering a sewage treatment plant (STP) tank at a residential society in Noida’s Sector 150, with the security guard losing consciousness while attempting to rescue the worker, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday at Eldeco Society under the Knowledge Park police station area.According to police, Shashikant Sharma (40), a resident of Rajasthan’s Karauli district, entered…

Pune: After a challenging first half of 2026 marked by cautious buyer sentiment, slower property sales and delayed purchase decisions, the city’s residential real estate market is expected to regain momentum in the run-up to the festive season in the latter part of the year.Upcoming project launches, infrastructure progress and attractive festive offers from developers are likely to bring fence-sitting buyers back into the market, said industry analysts. “Since Pune has a lot of mid-range and affordable homes, we can expect a decent jump in bookings during the Navratri-Dussehra-Diwali window, even if year-on-year growth is lower than previous festive cycles,”…

Chandigarh: Chandigarh Congress Saturday took out a Tiranga March at Sector 17 Plaza in support of students protesting across the country. Congress leaders, councillors, Youth Congress and NSUI workers, along with students, participated in the march carrying the national flag.The Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Committee also organised a shabeel and distributed fruits and biscuits among students and their parents. Congress workers distributed sweets, describing Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as a victory of the student movement.Addressing the gathering, Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Committee president HS Lucky said the resignation reflected the strength of students protesting against paper leaks, alleged irregularities in…

Lucknow: Sarnath in Varanasi, where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, has been accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status.The site is the fourth inclusion from UP and 45th from India in the World Heritage Site list. The others three sites from UP are in Agra — Taj Mahal (1983), Agra Fort (1983), and Fatehpur Sikri (1986).The announcement was made at the 48th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea, on Saturday.The recognition will give a big boost to the state’s Buddhist Circuit, while reinforcing UP’s position as the heartland of Buddhist pilgrimage…

Young pair from Bhilwara, Advika Sharma and Aaradhya Taylor, posts two wins to start their campaign on a bright note at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Indoor Badminton Hall on Saturday Jaipur: Amid thrilling action at the Rajasthan State Ranking Badminton Championship being held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium’s Indoor Badminton Hall on Saturday, Bhilwara’s Advika Sharma and Aaradhya Taylor achieved double success. The talented duo won both the Under-19 girls’ doubles and women’s doubles matches and advanced to the next round.In the Under-19 girls’ doubles, Advika Sharma and Aaradhya Taylor outclassed Udaipur’s Diva Chaplot and Soumya Singh 15-10, 15-11. Then,…

NMC commissioner Vipin Itankar and Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare inspect delayed road work at Pratap NagarNMC commissioner Vipin Itankar and Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare inspect delayed road work at Pratap NagarNMC commissioner Vipin Itankar and Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare inspect delayed road work at Pratap NagarNMC commissioner Vipin Itankar and Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare inspect delayed road work at Pratap NagarNMC commissioner Vipin Itankar and Standing Committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare inspect delayed road work at Pratap Nagar Nagpur: A few days after a TOI report highlighted the inordinate delay in the road concretisation project in Pratap…