New Delhi: Intermittent fasting may help shed some extra kilos in the short term, but such regimens may not be without their risks, a new study, published in Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, has suggested.Intermittent fasting involves limiting the hours for eating to a specific number of hours each day, which may…
New Delhi: The NHAI has terminated the contract of the toll collection agency for Bhumi toll plaza in Meerut where an Army jawan was beaten up by its employees. The highways authority has also blacklisted the contractor and barred it from participating in future bids for one year.Earlier, the NHAI had slapped a Rs 20-lakh…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel on fertiliser, in its report on disinvestment of fertiliser PSUs, has found the finance ministry’s decision to classify the sector as “non-strategic” as “incongruent” with the government’s agenda to be self-reliance (Atma Nirbhar).The panel headed by Congress MP Kirti Azad in its report submitted to Parliament this week has mentioned…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday expressed surprise over 1.6 lakh booth-level agents (BLAs), appointed by 12 political parties in Bihar, filing just two claims for inclusion in the electoral roll, which was prepared after a special intensive revision of the voter list and excluded 65 lakh voters for three reasons – dead, duplicate or…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday slammed the Centre after websites for China’s TiKTok and Aliexpress were made “accessible” in India.In a social media post on X, the party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “striking a deal with China at the cost of martyrs’ sacrifices.” The website of TikTok was “unblocked” in India, although the…
The Punjab government has taken a step in its crackdown on drug trafficking and political corruption by filing a comprehensive chargesheet against former state cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia.A 140-page chargesheet against Majithia was filed by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau following an extensive investigation into alleged corruption and illegal accumulation of assets.The final report includes…
Ram Nath Kovind (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Former president Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief guest at an RSS event being held on October 2 at its headquarters in Nagpur to mark the hundred years of its foundation. “The Vijayadashami Utsav, organised on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the founding of Rashtriya…
NEW DELHI: AAP MLAs staged a sit-in outside Acharya Bhikshu Hospital on Friday, accusing BJP MLA Harish Khurana of assaulting an intern doctor and alleging that the hospital administration is suppressing the case under political pressure. Led by Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj, the MLAs met Medical Superintendent (MS) Uma, who reportedly said she had…
NEW DELHI: The IAS Officers’ Association on Friday said it “strongly deprecates” the “unwarranted criticism” and “personal attacks” against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and his family members, who are also civil servants, amid allegations of ‘vote theft’ by certain Opposition leaders.In a post on X, the association said such personal attacks are unconnected…
AI Image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: Border Security Force (BSF) chief Daljit Singh Chawdhary will visit Dhaka between August 25 and 28 for DG-level talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) chief Major Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, during which they will discuss border-related issues and better coordination between the two border…