Billboard row: Kolkata Police arrest TMC activist, total arrests reach 14

Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested one Trinamool Congress activist in connection with the row over the removal of an illegal billboard from the roof of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's house on Camac Street in Kolkata Thursday. The arrested person has been identified as Toufik. According to a city police officer, the arrested person took a lead role in creating obstructions for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the police personnel...

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FSSAI proposes front-of-pack warning label in red for food products high in fat, salt & sugar

FSSAI

New Delhi: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has told the Supreme Court that it has proposed to provide a prominent front-of-pack warning label in red colour for food products which are high in added saturated fat, added sugar and salt. In a compliance affidavit filed in the apex court, the FSSAI said the proposal is intended to provide a simple, prominent and easily comprehensible warning to consumers regarding...

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Teacher allegedly rapes Class 10 student for 4 months, uses call recording to pressure her

Teacher allegedly rapes Class 10 student for 4 months, uses call recording to pressure her

Gorakhpur (UP):  A class 10 student of a private inter-college was allegedly raped repeatedly over four months by a teacher, who is also the son of the school manager, police said Saturday. The matter came to light after the 15-year-old girl allegedly attempted suicide Thursday after the accused uploaded online a recording of a phone conversation between the two to pressure her to meet him, police said. They said the accused...

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Nepal floods: 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects out of contact

Nepal flash floods

Kathmandu: As many as 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects in Nepal's flood-affected Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts have remained out of contact, an association representing the country's private power producers said. The Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal (IPPAN), said 730 people associated with six hydropower projects in Rasuwa and 204 people linked to five projects in Nuwakot have remained out of contact following the devastating floods in the Bhote Koshi...

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Billboard row: Kolkata Police arrest TMC activist, total arrests reach 14

Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested one Trinamool Congress activist in connection with the row over the removal of an illegal billboard from the roof of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's house on Camac Street in Kolkata Thursday. The arrested person has been identified as Toufik. According to a city police officer, the arrested person took a lead...

Nepal flash floods

Nepal floods: 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects out of contact

Kathmandu: As many as 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects in Nepal's flood-affected Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts have remained out of contact, an association representing the country's private power producers said. The Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal (IPPAN), said 730 people associated with six hydropower projects in Rasuwa and 204 people linked to five projects in...

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Petrol pump ethanol labels: Supreme Court to hear plea August 31

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition August 31 seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle at petrol pumps, disclosing the exact percentage of ethanol in petrol. According to the apex court's causelist of August 31, the plea would come up for...

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Kirit Somaiya seeks SEBI probe into sharp Sensex swings after CAS debut

Mumbai: Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya has written to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey, raising concerns over the newly introduced Closing Auction Session (CAS) mechanism after the Sensex witnessed an unusually sharp fall and recovery during the final minutes of trading August 27. In his letter, Somaiya sought the regulator’s attention...

 

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