Jairam Ramesh accuses PM Modi of playing ‘victim card’ NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about “forgiving” the country’s youth.He said the Prime Minister should instead apologise over a range of issues, including alleged exam paper leaks, the treatment of student protesters, demonetisation and the…
NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has launched a fresh enforcement drive against food business operators, issuing a product recall, suspending a manufacturing licence and prohibiting the sale of a health supplement over serious violations of food safety regulations.In one action, FSSAI ordered M/s Sun Organic Industries Pvt Ltd to…
The court stressed that maintaining cleanliness is a fundamental duty and called for strict action against offenders. (Generative image) NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Friday came down heavily on Indians who litter public places at home but follow cleanliness rules abroad, saying the same people who “throw garbage on the road without batting…
Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha condemned the latest attac. NEW DELHI: The death toll in Friday night’s terror attack on migrant labourers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam rose to two on Saturday after a Chhattisgarh worker succumbed to injuries in hospital, officials told news agency PTI.The attack took place late Friday night in the Kelam area…
NEW DELHI: A 52-year-old BSF constable who recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of an Indian UN peacekeeping contingent has been admitted to the isolation ward at the Ebola Nursing Home of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital after developing fever during mandatory quarantine, triggering Ebola surveillance protocols.The constable, who arrived…
NEW DELHI: India has screened 10,974 international travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries since May 23 after the World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), with no case detected in the country so far, the Centre informed Parliament on Friday.The government said surveillance and preparedness were intensified…
NEW DELHI: Learning from the recent CJP-led protests govt has set up a team of officials from multiple ministries to counter online “misinformation” on E20 fuel through coordinated efforts by vehicle manufacturers, dealers, vehicle testing agencies, oil marketing companies and fuel pump dealers and other stakeholders, reports Dipak Dash. Ministries concerned are also setting up…
Union Cabinet approved Samudra Manthan Friday, a Rs 84,084-crore national offshore exploration programme to step up oil and gas exploration in India’s offshore basins to reduce dependence on imports, reports Atul Mathur. The scheme aims to increase exploration in deepwater and ultra-deepwater areas through large-scale seismic surveys, exploratory drilling and creation of common offshore infrastructure…
NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall…
Nearly 16.4% of the electorate in Haryana and 10.8% in Andhra Pradesh were excluded in draft voter rolls published for the two states Friday as part of phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR).In Haryana, the total strength of electors in the draft roll was 83.6% of 2.1 crore at the start of SIR on…