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New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has published a draft amendment that would prohibit the addition of sucrose and fructose in food products intended for infants up to six months of age, an official statement said Saturday. The statement from the...

New Delhi: A total of 18,093 villages have been declared 'Adarsh Grams' under the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana or PM-AJAY, while 785 student hostels have been completed under the scheme, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said. Under the Adarsh Gram component,...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday pasted a five-page notice at former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s rented residence here, directing him to appear before the agency in Kochi Friday. According to the report, ED officials pasted the notice at the entrance after no one...

Chennai: The DMK MPs Saturday demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and restoration of ballot paper voting in place of electronic voting machines, a party statement said. The demands formed part of...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday termed the ABVP's victory in Odisha student union polls "a stern response to anti-national forces", saying that it reaffirms that youth favour the 'nation first' ideology. In the October 15 elections, the RSS-affiliated Akhil...

Srinagar: Two infiltrators were killed on Saturday when the alert troops of the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “An encounter broke out in the early hours around 3.30 a.m....

Mysuru (Karnataka): The Mysuru Fast Track court in Karnataka Saturday sentenced accused Karthik to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl who had come to the city with her family to sell balloons during last year's Dasara celebrations. Judge Anil P. Vaghade...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case filed by a BJP IT Cell member after a process server reported that his house was locked while attempting to serve a summons notice. Judicial Magistrate Rahul...

Thiruvananthapuram: Actor-activist Prakash Raj has asserted that peaceful nationwide protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR of electoral rolls would persist despite attempts to suppress them. He was speaking to reporters after attending a protest meeting against Chief Election Commissioner Kumar and the Special...

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda met veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani Saturday at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi and enquired about his health. The former Deputy Prime Minister was admitted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital's pulmonary department with a...