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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has weighed in on New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new government efficiency initiative, days after the two sparred publicly over taxing the wealthy. Recently, Bezos criticised New York City’s public school spending and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s economic policies. He argued that increased funding alone does not solve the underlying issues….

Image used for representative purposes 3,700 Candidates To Take Retest; Snag Fixed: TCS Image used for representative purposes 3,700 Candidates To Take Retest; Snag Fixed: TCS Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: After the NEET-UG and CBSE chaos, on Saturday, Cuet-UG 2026, the gateway to undergraduate admissions in universities across the country, was thrown…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has granted bail to an activist of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in a case of money laundering, rejecting the Enforcement Directorate‘s demand to deny bail. That the activist, Wahidur Rahman, participated in protests by PFI and its political affiliate Social Democratic Party of India can’t be…

NEW DELHI: “I had a very satisfying and excellent tenure,” the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Saturday as he wrapped up a three-year-and-eight-month stint at the top military post, during which he focused on bringing synergy among the three services. Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani (Retd) will take charge as…

KOLKATA: Former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee‘s nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee faced a bruising day of political turbulence Saturday, coming under attack from protesters in Sonarpur on Kolkata’s southern edge and receiving a CID summons in a fake-signature probe as pressure mounted on him after TMC’s electoral defeat.Abhishek Banerjee, 38, was chased, abused…

Night shift turns out to be nightmare for food delivery boys in Jabalpur and Bhopal JABALPUR/BHOPAL: Night shift turned out to be a nightmare for two 20-year-old food delivery boys in two separate incidents in Jabalpur and Bhopal. While in the Jabalpur incident, the delivery boy was stabbed and robbed of Rs 800, in Bhopal,…

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand may not figure high among states ranked by political weight but it warrants enough importance in the BJP’s scheme of things for its president Nitin Nabin to spend three days touching base with booth-level members, MPs and MLAs and brainstorming with them over winning seats that the party lost narrowly in 2022.While…

Thinking of buying a home? The price tag may have changed more than you expect.Housing prices across eight major cities climbed between 3% and 24% year-on-year in the January-March quarter of 2026, with Bengaluru leading the surge, according to a report by real estate consultant PropTiger.The weighted average housing price across these cities also crossed…

Bengaluru: When Doddalahalli Kempegowda (DK) Shivakumar walked out of Delhi’s Tihar Jail on the rain-soaked night of Oct 23, 2019, Congress workers waiting outside were visibly surprised. The Kanakapura strongman, known for his spotless white attire and clean-shaven appearance, stepped into the dim streetlights wearing something entirely unfamiliar — a thick salt-and-pepper beard.After 50 days…

Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who led the Indian Navy during Op Sindoor and spearheaded operations to safeguard India’s energy vessels during the Gulf conflict, is also credited with the Navy’s technological transformation, fleet modernisation and unprecedented maritime operations. On the eve of his completion of his over two-year term as 26th Chief of Naval Staff…