Two of the defaulters used to sell water from illegal connections through tankers Jaipur: Rajasthan govt has, for the first time, invoked the Rajasthan Public Demands Recovery (RPDR) Act, 1952, to recover penalties from businessmen accused of taking illegal water connections and damaging Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) pipelines in Barmer.District collector Chinmayee Gopal issued…
FSSAI flagged 6 food companies for misleading claims on products like coconut oil, energy drinks, and baby food. NEW DELHI: Claims that promise more, sound healthier or make a product appear superior have come under the scanner of the food regulator, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagging misleading claims by…
Tidewater glacier on the Antarctic coast. Image Credit: Jason Auch/Wikipedia Antarctica is releasing alarming amounts of mercury into the surrounding ocean as climate change accelerates the melting of its glaciers. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has found that mercury accumulation in sediments around the Antarctic Peninsula…
A small gesture at a film event has turned into an unexpected talking point in the South Indian film industry. Kannada star Shiva Rajkumar addressing Tamil actor Pradeep Ranganathan as “sir” during a recent interaction sparked debate online, with several social media users questioning why a senior, more experienced actor would use the term for…
Bihar NEET round 1 seat allotment result released (Photo credit-ANI) Bihar NEET round 1 seat allotment result 2026: The Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) has released the Bihar NEET Round 1 seat allotment result 2026 for candidates seeking admission to medical and allied undergraduate courses in the state. Candidates who participated in the…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha, assisted by a support staff member, on the third day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, in Colombo on Tuesday. (ANI) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: The setting during the final hour resembled that of the second day. The sky suddenly darkened, and…
Poonawalla criticised all three choices, alleging that Dipke’s assessment of the leaders did not reflect their records in office. NEW DELHI: Former BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has hit out at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) after its founder Abhijeet Dipke named Arvind Kejriwal, MK Stalin and Pinarayi Vijayan as his picks for India’s best…
Mumbai: Justice Sunil Shukre of the Bombay high court was administered oath of office as the lokayukta on Tuesday by governor Jishnu Dev Verma.Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the concept of lokayukta by passing the Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971. The state govt moved to strengthen the institution further by introducing…
Vinosha Ravi (left) said that the woman being questioned over her attire is not the minister but herself. CHENNAI: A Malaysian woman, identified as Vinosha Ravi, has come forward to clarify that she, and not Tamil Nadu industries minister S Keerthana, is the person seen in a viral video that sparked a political row over…
Gurgaon electric vehicle buyers now enjoy motor vehicle tax exemption GURGAON: Electric vehicle buyers in Gurgaon can now register their vehicles without paying motor vehicle tax, with the Haryana government’s new EV tax exemption policy coming into effect from August 21.The exemption is giving buyers savings running into lakhs of rupees at the time of…
