NEW DELHI: India and the US made positive progress during three-day trade talks in Washington this week, with both sides agreeing to remain engaged to sustain the momentum going forward, govt said on Friday.About a dozen officers from India were in Washington during April 20-22 to hold discussions with the US authorities on finalising the…
Ludhiana: Municipal commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta chaired a high-level inter-departmental meeting at the Zone D office on Thursday to stop dairy owners from dumping cow dung into city sewers and the Buddha Dariya. The civic body is scrambling to fix severe dirty water logging inside and outside the Hambran Road dairy complex, caused because wastewater…
‘Little red dots’ may be pulsating monster stars that created early-universe black holes, study finds Mysterious, compact objects discovered in the early universe may actually be enormous “monster stars” with masses up to 100,000 times greater than the Sun.According to a new study by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, these giant stars…
Chennai: A 97-year-old man regained the use of his left shoulder after doctors at a city hospital performed a minimally invasive surgery to treat a massive rotator cuff tear. Doctors used a biodegradable balloon implant under a regional nerve block instead of general anaesthesia due to his age and heart condition.The elderly man had suffered…
Renault India today announced an ARAI-certified fuel-efficiency figure of 19.41kmpl for the Duster’s 1.0-litre Turbo TCe 100 petrol engine, making it the most fuel-efficient powertrain currently offered in the SUV’s range. The mileage figure exceeds that of the 1.3-litre turbo-petrol variants, which return 17.75kmpl with the manual gearbox and 18.45kmpl with the automatic transmission. The…
TNGECL starts giving NOC for stalled solar plant projects Chennai: In a relief to investors in solar plants in the state, Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has started issuing no-objection to projects that were kept in abeyance since the TVK govt took over.Electricity and law minister R Nirmalkumar had alleged malpractices in granting approvals…
TNNLucknow: A grand celebration marking Parshuram Jayanti was held in the Vrindavan area of Sarojini Nagar on Sunday, where MLA Rajeshwar Singh announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to Pragatisheel Brahmin Kalyan Samiti and said the event would be expanded into an annual “Parshuram Mahotsav” from next year.Addressing a large gathering on the occasion…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a retired engineer (66) from Salunke Vihar of Rs 1 crore after promising him handsome returns on investing in share-trading between Dec last year and Feb.After verifying his complaint, the Pune cyber police registered an FIR on Monday.According to the police, the complainant came across an advertisement about investing in stock market…
Bengaluru: Karnataka may soon revamp its employee appraisal system, with a proposal to switch from seniority-based evaluations to a corporate-style, key performance indicators-based (KPI) model. The Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission (KSPPC) has proposed the Karnataka Performance-Driven Governance and Civil Services Accountability Bill, 2026, to provide statutory backing for reforms while retaining safeguards under…
Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, on his first public foray outside Kalighat after the party’s ouster from office, was on Saturday KOLKATA: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, on his first public foray outside Kalighat after the party’s ouster from office, was on Saturday assaulted and abused by a crowd of protesters in Sonarpur as he tried to…
