Mumbai: Nearly eight years after its last tree census, BMC is set to begin a fresh enumeration of trees across the city from next week.The last census, conducted in 2018, recorded 29.75 lakh trees within Mumbai’s city limits, with the figure rising to around 33.7 lakh when Aarey was included. Civic officials now expect the…
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…
Chennai: The Metrozone project in Koyambedu has joined the long list of projects under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner for suspected violation of the subvention scheme and cheating of homebuyers by the bank-developer nexus.The economic offences wing of the CBI, Delhi, has registered a case against Ozone Projects Pvt Ltd, the developer of…
Hyderabad: BRS on Monday asked the central govt to investigate alleged misutilisation of Union govt funds in the procurement of smartphones for anganwadi workers by the Telangana govt under the Poshan Abhiyaan scheme.The party wrote to Union minister of women and child development Annapurna Devi alleging that there were multiple irregularities and discrepancies that raise…
A woman uses a self-enumeration portal for the Census 2027, in Prayagraj, Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Gurgaon: The self-enumeration process of house listing under Census 2027 will begin across the state on Thursday and continue till April 30. Residents can choose to submit household details online during this period. Officials said self-enumeration is voluntary, and…
Rajnath Singh (ANI image) Karandighi (WB): Hitting the campaign trail in West Bengal, defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday slammed CM Mamata Banerjee for deindustrialisation of the state, alleged a reign of fear and appeasement on her watch and projected the polls as a fight for land and existence by the local population against infiltrators.“You want…
Panaji: Goa recorded a 99% pass percentage in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X results declared on Wednesday. Of the 1,199 students who appeared, 1,188 passed out of which 575 were girls and 613 boys — cleared the exam.Students from 16 schools wrote the exam across nine centres in the state.Goa was…
Ahmedabad: Whether you plan to stay indoors or spend the day out, make sure to stay hydrated and wear comfortable cottons and linens to combat the relentless heat that has engulfed the city. Ahmedabad and Rajkot remained the hottest cities in Gujarat on Wednesday, with both recording a maximum temperature of 40.7°C, as most parts…
Ludhiana: A city-based activist has raised concerns regarding the Municipal Corporation’s (MC) official website, alleging it is not updated regularly. He stated that in the absence of current information, residents face significant difficulties. The activist, Kuldeep Singh Khaira, claimed it has been observed that the LMC portal lacks frequent updates, particularly concerning the names and…
Bathinda: Only 38% wheat crop was procured from the purchase centres in Punjab till the evening of Wednesday (April 15) as against the arrivals of the crop in the mandis during this period. A total of 6,53,275 metric tonnes (MT) wheat arrived in mandis by April 15, out of which 2,51,543 MT arrived on April…
