Lucknow’s food safety authorities took decisive action by confiscating nearly ten tonnes of food items LUCKNOW: A two day enforcement drive by the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) in Lucknow against suspected adulterated and unsafe food products led to the collection of 19 food samples, seizure of nearly 9.8 tonnes of food items and…
Chennai: Summer vacations for Indians to exotic destinations have been disrupted as the West Asia conflict and a weakening rupee have pushed overseas tour package costs up by about 20%, offsetting the Centre’s cut in Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on such packages to 2% from 20% and 5%.The conflict has also led to a…
Noida: Uttar Pradesh Board of Secondary Education has warned schools that no extension will be granted for completing online advance registration of Classes 9 and 11 students or submitting examination application forms for Classes 10 and 12 for the 2027 board exams.In a letter issued to district school inspectors on Aug 5, the board expressed…
Kolkata: State minister Agnimitra Paul on Monday met the family of a girl who was allegedly sexually harassed by a neighbour in Narendrapur recently.In a meeting later at the SP office in Baruipur, Paul directed the police to ensure the immediate arrest of the accused and demanded exemplary punishment for the offender. Source link
Totos compete with buses, choke roads Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Department has drawn up a plan to realign the operation of toto, or e-rickshaw, services across urban local bodies (ULBs), restricting them primarily to last-mile connectivity and keeping them off major roads and highways. The move is aimed at easing congestion and strengthening the…
A lego effigy of Trump was seen being lit on fire at Khamenei’s funeral Iranian state media circulated a video showing a Lego doll depicting US President Donald Trump being set on fire, as mourners at Ali Khamenei’s burial repeatedly called for Trump’s death and burned effigies of the US leader. The burning of the…
Mahabubabad: Hundreds of passengers travelling on the Charlapalli-bound Visakhapatnam–Charlapalli Express (Train No. 18527) were startled after the train came to an abrupt halt in the early hours of Saturday. The alertness of the loco pilot helped avert a potential accident.The incident occurred between Kesamudram and Intikanne railway stations at Level Crossing (LC) No. 75. According…
Bengaluru: A bank has no power to expand the freezing of funds in an account beyond limits stipulated in official directions, the Karnataka high court has ruled.It said in its recent order that whenever a freezing direction specifies a particular amount, the bank must permit the operation of the remaining balance in the account, unless…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar and PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The move to revive campus elections has been accelerated after the CJP protest Bengaluru: Moved by the recent wave of Gen Z-led protests across the country, the govt is set to revive student body elections after 37 years. The cabinet is expected to take…
Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time. Every five to six years, in almost the same locations, at almost the same intensity, a magnitude 6 earthquake strikes with a regularity so precise that scientists reached for the word “clockwork” to describe…
