NEW DELHI: While rejecting the US Trade Representative’s claims for section 301 investigations against India, govt has said that concerns should be addressed bilaterally, when negotiations for a trade agreement are underway, and not through unilateral measures.After the setback on reciprocal tariffs in the Supreme Court, the Trump administration had initiated two section 301 probes…
Yaseen Khan, who served as Shah Rukh Khan’s personal bodyguard for over a decade, has seen both Bollywood and cricket up close. Now running his Mumbai-based security firm, Khan has worked with some of India’s biggest cricketers and A-list celebrities—and says the difference in their personalities often comes down to their roots. Yaseen Khan, who…
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Tinted glass car in Delhi New Delhi: With temperatures rising and the scorching summer sun making commute on Delhi roads uncomfortable, many motorists are increasingly turning to shades and tinted window films in their vehicles. What’s new this year is the use of remote-operated electronic tints.These ‘smart films’, which are dominating markets as well as…
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…
