Full curfew has been clamped in all the five valley districts of Manipur as a preventive measure from Tuesday evening, officials said.

The cancellation of curfew relaxation hours in Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Imphal West and Imphal East comes in the wake of the call by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI).

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has expressed disappointment over the tricks that are being played to delay the hearing of the cypher case of its Chief Imran Khan and alleged that it was an attempt to deprive him of the right to a fair trial and perpetuate his detention in Attock jail, Dawn reported.

In its meeting, the PTI Committee said that after the judge hearing the Cypher case had gone on week-long leave, the refusal to hear the bail application of their party Chief is a matter of great concern.

Shares of two public sector undertaking (PSUs)--Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) and MMTC--surged up to 20 per cent on the BSE in Tuesday’s intra-day trade on heavy volumes. In the past three trading days, the two have zoomed by up to 51 per cent.

Among the individual stocks, IRFC rallied 14 per cent to hit a new high of Rs 75.72 on the BSE. In the past three trading days, it has zoomed 51 per cent. The average trading volumes on the counter jumped over three-fold today.

Markets regulator Sebi will introduce one-hour trade settlements by the end of this fiscal, in the run up to making such processes instantaneous, a top official said on Tuesday.

Amid concerns raised by certain foreign portfolio investors on the shortening of the settlement cycles citing forex-related worries, the official made it clear that faster settlements are optional and investors can opt out.

The CBI has arrested an Executive Director of GAIL in connection with the alleged Rs 50 lakh bribery case in which money changed hands to favour some contractors in the gas pipeline projects, officials said Tuesday.

Along with Executive Director (Projects) K B Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, including Director of Vadodara-based Advance Infrastructures Surender Kumar, they said.

Shares of Nazara Technologies hit a 52-week high of Rs 853.25, as they surged 12 per cent on the BSE in Wednesday’s intra-day trade after the company announced plans to raise Rs 100 crore by issuing shares on preferential basis to Nikhil Kamath’s firms.

Nazara, diversified gaming and sports media platform, today said its board has approved preferential allotment of equity shares to raise up to Rs 100 crore, subject to necessary approvals.

Shares of GMR Power and Urban Infra were locked in the 20 per cent upper circuit at Rs 34.24, also its 52-week high on the BSE on Monday at 10:11 AM; after the company said GMR Group received Letter of Award (LOA) worth Rs 5,123 crore for smart metering project from Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that 22,000 posts will be advertised within the next two months in order to recruit one lakh people for government jobs under the present BJP-led regime.

At an official function, Sarma distributed appointment letters to 514 candidates of the last Assam Direct Recruitment Examination (ADRE) to fill up vacancies in Class-III and Class-IV posts under various departments.

Leading stock exchange BSE has revised the circuit limit of Jio Financial Services, the demerged non-banking financial services unit of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance group, to 20 per cent from the existing 5 per cent.

The new limits will be effective from Monday, September 4, according to a notification issued by BSE.

Swedish furniture maker Ikea is looking for omnichannel expansion with diverse retail formats besides kicking off online operations in Delhi-NCR by the end of 2024 as it enters the second phase of growth in the Indian market.

According to company India CEO Susanne Pulverer, Ikea is now planning to expand its operations by adding more stores to its network and considering new locations such as Pune and Chennai and increasing local sourcing making products more affordable here.

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