NOIDA: Two factories in Greater Noida were caught illegally packaging drinking water without a valid license. Following a tip-off, the food department raided the factories on Tuesday and seized 13,092 one-litre water bottles. Officials also took two samples for lab testing to check the water quality. Sarvesh Mishra, assistant commissioner of food, said the raids…
CHANDIGARH: The city recorded its first Covid fatality on Wednesday as a 40-year-old patient from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, who was referred from Ludhiana, succumbed to the infection at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. This marks a concerning development for Chandigarh, which had not reported a single Covid-19 case until now, even…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a hike in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 14 Kharif crops for the 2025-26 marketing season.The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by PM Modi.Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed that the MSP for paddy has been increased by Rs 69 per…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday refuted Assam chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma‘s allegations regarding his British wife Elizabeth Colburn’s alleged connection with Pakistan’s ISI, calling it the “plot of a C-grade Bollywood movie.”In his first public statement on the matter, Gogoi clarified that his wife spent only one year in Pakistan in 2013…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four members of a family, including a father, mother and their two sons were found hanging at their home in Vakkom on Tuesday. Police suspect they committed suicide. Findings of a preliminary inquiry suggest a financial crisis could be the reason for the family taking the extreme step, police sources said.The deceased were identified…
NEW DELHI: The Embassy of India in Tehran has on Wednesday said that it is actively working with Iranian authorities to trace three Indian citizens who have been reported missing after travelling to Iran.According to a statement issued by the Indian Embassy, family members of the missing individuals approached the mission with concerns about their…
BENGALURU: The trial in former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna sextape case took an interesting turn Monday with his car driver stating that the former’s mother Bhavani Revanna had been apprised of his wayward behaviour. The driver, N Kartik, 34, from Kadavinakotte village in Holenarasipura, testified before a special court for elected representatives in the city….
Image shows Grant Hardin, a former police chief and convicted killer, escaping the North Central Unit prison wearing a disguise in Calico Rock, Ark. (Pic credit: AP) A convicted killer and former police chief, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” is now at the centre of an intense manhunt after pulling off a daring…
Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz, on Wednesday, announced that their fighter jets conducted strikes on Houthi targets at Sanaa airport in Yemen, following the group’s launch of two projectiles towards Israel the previous day.“Air Force jets have just struck terror targets of the Houthi terrorist organisation at the airport in Sanaa and destroyed the last…
‘Pigeon impossible’: Birds take off without boarding passes, delay Delta flight twice; watch In a scene that could’ve been lifted straight from a comedy movie, a Delta Air Lines flight was twice delayed on Saturday, not by weather or technical glitches, but by a pair of pigeons that decided to take their airborne adventure inside…