Patna: Bihar’s growing population is demanding more milk, but the state’s livestock numbers are moving in the opposite direction. Preliminary findings of the 21st Livestock Census, conducted in 2025, show the population of milch animals has fallen by nearly 10%, while milk production has declined 2.61% over the past five years.According to official sources in…
CM Vijay’s big MLA package: Govt cars, Rs 75,000 monthly vehicle allowance announced NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced that all Members of the Legislative Assembly will be provided government vehicles to help them travel to their constituencies and carry out public service work.Under the announcement, each MLA will…
A senior official said around 80 people were rescued from the five-storey building. KOLKATA: At least nine people, including a four-year-old child, were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out early Wednesday at a cramped five-storey building on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata, which housed several hotels, police said.The blaze erupted…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped the collector (city) for insisting on a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from a housing society on Marine Drive as a pre-condition for registering a consent decree that transferred shop premises to sibling restaurateurs Sanjay and Rachna Narang.“The revenue authorities viz joint sub-registrar and collector ought to have acted in…
Allegations suggest Independence Day celebrations were not held in some rural and border schools. NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed report from the Punjab government over allegations that Independence Day celebrations were not held at some government schools in rural, remote and border areas of the state.The NHRC Bench…
Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that…
Madhepura: Madhepura district administration has formed a three-member committee to probe a viral video purportedly showing civil surgeon Vijay Kumar accepting cash from an alleged private nursing home owner for granting a licence.The committee, headed by the district land acquisition officer, also includes the district welfare officer and the confidential section officer of the collectorate.In…
ED searches 10 premises linked To Azam Khan NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur and Saharanpur and Delhi in connection with Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.Officials said around 10 premises in Rampur and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi were being searched as part of a case…
Kolkata: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Nalhati police station in Birbhum was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a young woman at a guest house in Salt Lake CL block for two days two months ago.The 37-year-old ASI was arrested by Bidhannagar East police station from a hideout in Mumbai and was produced before a…
Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe announced strict action against eateries near educational institutions MUMBAI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Tuesday said strict action would be taken against eateries operating near educational institutions if they are found violating food-safety norms, as the department intensifies inspections across the state.Mundhe said the FDA…
