Hyderabad: The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) inspected 19 cafes and snack points across the city on Wednesday, closing two establishments and suspending the FSSAI licence of another for violations.Dreamz Cafeteria in Bagh Lingampally and Asiatic Café in Punjagutta were closed for operating without valid FSSAI licences or registrations. Meanwhile,…
The minister demanded a detailed report on action taken against builders issued notices for encroaching on natural drains Gurgaon: The city cannot pump its way out of its recurring waterlogging crisis, Union minister and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh said on Wednesday, acknowledging that years of construction over natural drainage routes had left large parts…
Kolkata: A day after a review meeting on vector borne diseases, the state health department is all set to deploy Asha workers to intensify dengue surveillance. These community workers have been told to identify fever cases in every household and encourage them to go for testing.They have been also asked to facilitate ELISA testing in…
Noida: Noida Authority has launched a new mobile application, “Noida Smart LED Light,” aimed at making the city’s streetlight system more accessible to residents and speeding up the resolution of related complaints.The app has been rolled out by Authority’s electrical department and allows citizens across the Noida region to report streetlight issues — including lights…
Margao: Two more persons were arrested in connection with the lynching of a labourer in Nuvem on suspicion of theft, taking the total number of arrests to five, even as police have identified seven persons so far as being involved in the assault.Maina-Curtorim PI Kapil Nayak said that based on CCTV footage, five persons were…
Ahmedabad: A pesticide manufacturing unit allegedly secured crores from State Bank of India (SBI), but when bank officials came to recover the dues, they found the premises locked. The machinery that was supposed to back the loan was also allegedly missing. SBI has now claimed a loss of Rs 2.8 crore. CID (Crime) has registered…
Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Chandigarh: Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Punjab within the next 10 days, with his tour schedule almost finalised, AICC national media coordinator Hari Shankar Gupta said on Wednesday.A central Congress media delegation reached Chandigarh to coordinate directly with the Punjab unit and held a strategy…
Pune: A criminal with a history of offences was arrested on Wednesday after his disabled wife complained that he had physically and mentally tortured her, threatened to disfigure her face and recorded obscene videos of her that were later shared online.Senior police inspector Rupali Bobade of the Pimpri police said the accused had been booked…
Guwahati: With online cab drivers continuing their indefinite protest, commuters across Guwahati are increasingly bearing the brunt of the agitation, facing difficulty in securing rides and having to pay higher fares for alternative modes of transport.The ongoing protest has disrupted an important mode of daily transport in the city, particularly affecting passengers who depend on…
Lucknow: After Tuesday’s heavy thundershowers, light intermittent rain continued overnight till Wednesday morning, keeping temperatures down and the weather pleasant.Similar conditions are likely to persist in the city on Thursday, with a few spells of rain or thundershowers expected, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre.City recorded a maximum temperature of 30.5 degree Celsius on Wednesday,…
