Day: September 25, 2019

Plan to train 10K more food vendors on hygiene, FSSAI regulation in Telangana

6:27 pm September 25, 2019

Hyderabad: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is planning to launch an initiative to enforce dietary guidelines, involving reduction of trans-fatty acids (TFAs), salt and sugar in commercially available foods in Telangana, a senior official said on Wednesday. “We are inviting the groups and associations of oil and fats manufacturers for understanding the […]

Onion auctions to resume after Maha CM's assurance

Onion prices continue to rule high at Rs 70-80/kg

6:24 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Retail prices of onion continued to remain high at Rs 70-80 per kg on Wednesday in the national capital and other parts of the country despite government measures to boost supply of the key kitchen staple. As per data maintained by the consumer affairs ministry, retail onion price was ruling at Rs 60/kg […]

Delhi court denies bail to D K Shivakumar

6:21 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar declined to grant any relief to Shivakumar, currently lodged in Tihar jail. The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering […]

Siddharth Shanghvi pens book on mortality

3:17 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Award-winning author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi will come out with a memoir on death and grief, drawing on a string of personal losses – of his parents and a beloved pet. In Loss , the author will chart the landscape of bereavement as he takes the reader down the dark, winding path to healing. […]

5 men kill e-rickshaw driver in UP’s Shamli

3:11 pm September 25, 2019

Muzaffarnagar (UP): Five men allegedly killed a 45-year-old e-rickshaw driver and stole his vehicle in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Shripal, they said. The incident took place on the Budhana-Hurmajpur road in Kandhla area on Tuesday, when the assailants strangled Shripal to death and fled with […]