Rose, tulsi...: If chai isn't purely from tea plant, you can't call it tea: FSSAI KOLKATA: Are you hooked on ‘herbal tea’? Do you unwind sipping on ‘flower tea’?Your favourite hot beverages have suddenly lost their ‘tea’ tag, though their appeal is set to endure.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a directive on Dec 24 asking all food business operators and...
Chennai: Madhavaram Lake is set to become the first renovated waterbody in the city offering jet ski facilities for revellers. It will also become the second lake in Chennai to offer boating for visitors. Rejuvenated and developed as a recreational hub by the Greater Chennai Corporation, the waterbody is expected to become a major leisure destination, drawing residents and tourists to North...
New Delhi: An FIR was registered on Thursday against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionaries Saurabh Bharadwaj, Sanjeev Jha and Adil Ahmad Khan for allegedly outraging the religious feelings of Christians. The FIR was filed on the complaint of a lawyer after the party posted a video on its official social media accounts on Dec 17 and 18, featuring a skit performed at Connaught Place. According to the...
How the above nouns metamorphose into verbs in this pleasantly cruel season, is a terribly, true tale.While the cold air bringing in the respiratory change is a given, this year, the admixture of viruses (metapneumovirus, RSV, Rhino, influenza, etc) with the different particulate matter floating around (construction personified) is playing havoc with the airways of the citizens.Mumbai Headlines Today...
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has made newspaper reading compulsory for students of all state-run secondary and basic schools to cultivate reading habits, reduce screen time and develop critical, and logical thinking skills among them.An order issued by additional chief secretary (basic and secondary education) Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, on December 23 says newspapers, both English and Hindi,...
Kolkata: Stressing his commitment to BJP, Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday he would not contest polls and focus entirely on campaign if the party so desired. Adhikari, who vowed never to desert BJP, said the party would have to put up a united fight against Trinamool in the assembly polls.Adhikari was speaking at a programme to celebrate the birthday of former Prime Minister...
Chennai: Hours after meeting chief minister M K Stalin, Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore George Antonysamy said there was attack on minorities in several states across the country, except for Tamil Nadu. He also sought the consolidation of Christian votes in the state.Antonysamy who presided over the special Christmas Day service in St Thomas Cathedral Basilica in Santhome, Chennai, on Thursday, spoke...
New Delhi: At a busy intersection, a seven-year-old boy darts between cars with a plastic bottle in hand. Nearby, a little girl sits outside a closed shop, rocking an empty bottle like a toy. No adult is around. People glance, hesitate, and walk away, unsure whom to call or whether help would come. Scenes like these are common across the city, and many such children never enter the childcare...
Mumbai: A traffic policewoman earned accolades after she saved the life of an ailing motorist at Wadala on Monday.Constable Dipali Mandale was manning Pooja Junction. "Northward traffic movement from Chembur towards Antop Hill had been stopped. Around 7 pm, I noticed the passenger in the front seat of a car rush towards the driver's seat. Initially, I thought he wanted to swap seats with the driver....
Kolkata: While the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, returned to Bangladesh after 17 years amid a massive show of BNP's strength in Dhaka on Thursday, Awami leaders in exile felt that Rahman's return would only give "political legitimacy" to the foreign powers trying to control the country's polity. They also hoped that Rahman, who is enjoying a "vibe and hype" now, would...
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