It also asked Centre to prevail upon six states to close border check posts that they are still operating. NEW DELHI: The Centre should scrap all existing inter-state border check posts within six months and replace the All India Tourist Permit with a unified All India Passenger Permit within a year, a parliamentary panel has…
Pan masala may now only be packaged in paper, paperboard, cellulose, or other naturally derived materials (Photo: Agencies). NEW DELHI: India’s food safety regulator has barred the use of plastic and plastic-laminated packaging for pan masala, under an amendment aimed at tightening existing packaging norms, according to a press release.The Food Safety and Standards Authority…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal officials on Tuesday registered an FIR against former TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh in connection with the alleged hurried cremation of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year.Additionally, Panihati Municipality councillor Somnath Dey and Sanjeev Mukherjee, a neighbour of the victim’s…
Car lies damaged after falling rocks and debris from a hillside hit it following continuous heavy rainfall in the Anni area of Kullu Heavy monsoon rains continued to disrupt life across Himachal Pradesh, with 204 roads blocked, 70 people killed in rain-related incidents and damage to public property estimated at more than Rs 910 crore…
The programme offers a stipend of up to Rs 75,000 that will be disbursed upon the successful completion of the internship NEW DELHI: Indian Army has opened its establishments to student interns through the second edition of the Indian Army Internship Programme (IAIP) hosted on the AICTE national internship portal and has expanded this programme…
Students display placards during the protest against the JPSC and JSSC CGL paper leak issue, in Ranchi NEW DELHI: A day after the student protestors were lathi-charged in Jharkhand during the ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’ march, Independent MP Parimal Nathwurged Chief Minister Hemant Soren to sympathetically address student protests over alleged JPSC and JSSC irregularities, emphasising…
Two men sentenced to life imprisonment have challenged their conviction and sentence before the higher court. NEW DELHI: Two men sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North East Delhi riots have challenged their conviction and sentence before the higher court.The convicts, Nazim and Kasim,…
No ‘slow encroachment’ by China in Arunachal, report suggests, adding that the Army and ITBP are geared up to monitor and check Chinese activities along the border. NEW DELHI: There is no “slow encroachment” by China into Arunachal Pradesh, new agency ANI reported citing sources on Tuesday. The sources also rejected claims circulating on social…
Climate change and human activity are making extreme rainfall events and disasters in the Himalayan region, Centre at LS NEW DELHI: Climate change is making extreme rainfall events in the Himalayan region more frequent and intense, while human activity is also increasing the risk of disasters, the Centre told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Minister of…
TG Mohandas was taken into custody over objectionable comment on women protesters Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Tuesday said right-wing political commentator TG Mohandas secured bail due to a “loophole” after his arrest over alleged remarks on a student protest in New Delhi, while BJP MLA V Muraleedharan described the action against him as…