3,767 ticketless passengers fined in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Dec 12: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation on Tuesday said it has penalised 3,767 passengers and collected over Rs 7 lakh as penalty for various violations last month.
In a statement, the BTMC said that its staff has intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers.
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In November, the staff checked 16,421 trips and penalised 3,329 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 6,68,610 as a penalty and booked cases against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
The checking staff of BMTC had penalised 438 male passengers occupying seats exclusively reserved for female passengers and imposed a fine of Rs 43,800 in accordance with Karnataka Motor Vehicles rules, the statement said.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
