Sugar prices jumped 11.9%, while cereal and vegetable oil prices rose 2.2% and 0.6%, respectively World food prices rose to their highest level since late 2022 in August as extreme weather, geopolitical tensions and disruptions to trade routes heightened concerns over supplies of key agricultural commodities, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on…
Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has launched a “Visitors Help Desk” at the office of the municipal commissioner to provide citizens with faster, more transparent, and organised access to civic services, along with improved grievance redressal.The initiative aims to make guidance, information, assistance and complaint resolution more accessible for people visiting the commissioner’s office. According…
Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) has intensified its crackdown on the alleged misuse of the Foreign Tourist (FT) quota after detecting 39 cases of Indian passengers travelling on tickets booked under the quota without possessing valid supporting documents. The errant passengers were fined a total Rs 3.56 lakh under the existing railway rules.The issue first surfaced…
Silchar: Assam Rifles and state police, in a joint operation on Friday, arrested an active cadre of the banned Manipur-based United National Liberation Front-Progressive (UNLF-P) from a residential complex in Silchar for his alleged involvement in extorting truck drivers along the Silchar-Imphal route.The accused, Akoijam Shankar Singh, alias Searchlis, Chepta and Yumshangba, a resident of…
New Delhi: Diagnosed with thalassemia major when she was just two months old, Zehra’s childhood didn’t begin in classes or on playgrounds, but with hospital visits and blood transfusions.Her parents realised something was wrong when the infant appeared unusually weak and pale. Medical tests confirmed the diagnosis – a severe inherited blood disorder that prevents…
MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata’s three children have become shareholders of Tata Sons for the first time, according to the company’s FY26 documents, after inheriting shares from their grandmother Simone Tata.Leah, Maya and Neville Tata – all of whom work within the Tata Group – now hold two Tata Sons shares each. The stakes…
Jaipur: With urban local body and panchayat elections on the horizon, long-awaited political appointments in the state are expected to gather pace as BJP seeks to balance regional and social representation while accommodating party leaders awaiting key assignments.Despite being in power for more than two-and-a-half years, the ruling party has made only a limited number…
New Delhi: Barely hours after US secretary of state Marco Rubio landed in Delhi on Saturday, the capital’s IGI Airport again became the target of GPS spoofing.About 10 to 12 aircraft nearing the airport on Saturday evening and night reported the menace, seen on this scale after a few months. Govt agencies are probing the…
Vama Sarathi president Meenakshi Singh at the launch of book fair Lucknow: In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at encouraging reading habits, creativity and holistic personality development among children and family members of police personnel, the Uttar Pradesh Police Family Welfare Association, ‘Vama Sarathi’, on Saturday launched a book fair and a dedicated reading room at…
Surat: A man was been murdered in the middle of traffic on Jilani Bridge in the Chowk Bazaar police station jurisdiction at 8.30pm on Tuesday. Faizal Fatta, a resident of Rander, was on on his vehicle when four unknown persons stopped him and hacked him to death before fleeing. Fatta was rushed to hospital but…
