File photo: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI) NEW DELHI: Raising questions over sale of certain biostimulants whose efficacy is not proven by proper data, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Tuesday pulled up officials and asked whether his ministry and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) are truly serving the interests of…
EAM Jaishankar with Chinese President Xi Jinping The Pahalgam terrorist attack was deliberately conducted to undermine Jammu & Kashmir’s tourism economy and sow a religious divide, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in China’s Tianjin, even as his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar looked on.Recalling the strong…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only NEW DELHI: Two people died and two others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a house in Delhi’s Old Govindpura area of Jagatpuri in Shahdara district late Tuesday evening, officials confirmed.Deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said that the incident was…
YAMUNANAGAR: Tensions flared in the Durga Garden area of Jagadhri late last night as local residents staged a protest demanding the closure of a liquor vend they claim is fueling a rise in anti-social activities and threatening the safety of women and children in the neighborhood.Dozens of residents, including women, gathered outside the liquor vend…
Picture source: X/ Voice of Bangaladeshi Hindus NEW DELHI: A house in Bangladesh linked to three generations of Bengal’s most respected literary and cultural figures is being demolished, drawing sharp concern from the Indian government. The building in question is the ancestral home of renowned children’s author and publisher Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, located in Mymensingh…
NEW DELHI: Air India will from August 1 partially start resuming flights that were slashed after the June 12 Ahmedabad crash and full restoration of schedule is expected from October 1. Terming it the “safety pause,” AI Tuesday said the cuts enabled it to “perform additional precautionary checks on Boeing 787 aircraft as well as…
Public health advocates have accused the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) of delaying tactics as it has sought three more months for its expert committee to finalise its report on front of pack nutritional labelling (FOPNL) regulation. The Supreme Court had in April directed that the exercise be completed in three months….
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has established a four-person fact-finding committee to investigate the self-immolation incident of a female student at a college in Balasore, Odisha, officials announced on Tuesday.The victim, a 20-year-old second-year B.Ed student at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore, set herself ablaze on July 12 outside the college gate during…
NEW DELHI: In an important decision that would pave the way for the corporate sector to protect their interests under criminal law particularly relating to sale of counterfeit/fake products, Supreme Court has ruled that an aggrieved company is entitled to pursue criminal case against accused in such cases under Criminal Procedure Code to file appeal…
NEW DELHI: The Press Information Bureau (PIB), the government’s fact-checking wing, on Tuesday said that the Union health ministry did not advise vendors to carry warning labels on relished Indian snacks and desserts like samosas, jalebi, and laddoo.“The advisory of the Union Health Ministry does not carry any warning labels on food products sold by…