Ten people died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela city on Thursday. (Representational) Ten people died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha's Rourkela city on Thursday, as the mercury shot up in most parts of the eastern state, officials said. The director-in-charge (DIC) of Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH), Dr Sudharani Pradhan, …...Read More
10 People Die Of Suspected Heatstroke In Odisha
"False Campaign": Poll Body Rebuts Irregularity Claim In Voter Turnout Data During Lok Sabha Polls
A day after the Congress expressed concerns about the "sizable increase" in voter turnout after polling hours during this year's Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed the allegations as part of a "false campaign". The poll body stated that the allegations are an attempt to undermine …...Read More
60 Indians Forced Into Cyber Fraud In Cambodia Rescued, To Return Home
150 people from Visakhapatnam are stuck in Cambodia for over a year now, said police The Indian authorities have rescued 60 Indians fraudulently taken to Cambodia and forced into cyber fraud by trafficking rackets. The Indian Embassy announced that they are in constant touch with Cambodian authorities to bring back …...Read More
Here's How You Can Check If Spices In Your Kitchen Are Adulterated
India's food safety regulator has ordered testing at all the companies making spices. India's food safety regulator on Thursday ordered testing and inspections at all the companies making spice mixes. This is after the global regulators suspected contamination in two popular Indian spice brands. In addition, a random raid at …...Read More
PM Modi To Hold Roadshow In Ayodhya Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Etawah -- a Samajwadi Party (SP) bastion in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The BJP campaign has been targeting the main opposition party's bastions, especially those from where members of the SP's first family are contesting. In almost all their rallies, BJP …...Read More
Border Forces Neutralise 'Hexacopter' Drone, Seize 11 Kg Drugs In Punjab
The recovered drone was identified to be an assembled 'hexacopter'. A 'hexacopter' drone was neutralized and drugs weighing over 11 kg were seized by the Border Security Force and Punjab Police in a village in Gurdaspur on Sunday, informed a press release. While carrying out a search operation, the BSF …...Read More
Food Safety Body's New Carcinogen Check Method Amid Row Over Indian Spices
Some spices manufactured by MDH and Everest faced action in Singapore and Hong Kong The sales ban on some Indian spices in Hong Kong and Singapore has prompted the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to come up with a new method to detect Ethylene Oxide in spices, …...Read More
Case Against Congress Lok Sabha Candidate From Kota Over Illegal Mining
"The action against Prahlad Gunjal's stone crusher unit was carried out on Monday and Tuesday." Police on Tuesday lodged a case of theft, criminal trespass and encroachment of public land against Congress Prahlad Gunjal in a case of alleged illegal mining, officials said. A joint team of police and forest …...Read More
'Pre-Poll Stunt': CS Channi On Terror Attack That Killed Air Force Jawan
Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi has landed in a huge row with his comment that Saturday's Terror attack in Poonch, in which an Air Force soldier was killed and four others were injured, was a "pre-election stunt by the BJP". Amid the general election, it …...Read More
IAF Soldier Killed In Poonch Attack Was To Visit Home For Son's Birthday
Corporal Vicky Pahde had joined the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 2011. Corporal Vicky Pahade, who was killed in a terror attack in Poonch region of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, was supposed to return home to celebrate his son's birthday on Tuesday. The soldier was from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara …...Read More
