NEW DELHI — Food regulator FSSAI has prohibited Dabur India from selling many products such as honey, cow ghee, and edible oils using ‘100%’ claims, saying that such labelling is against the law. In a social media post on Monday (AUgust 3, 2026), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) informed that it […]
NEW DELHI — The prices of commercial LPG — used in establishments such as hotels and restaurants — were on Saturday cut by a steep Rs 192 per 19-kg cylinder while aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were hiked by Rs 5 per litre in line with divergent trends in benchmark rates. While a 19-kg commercial […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Education after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned from the post on Saturday. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that President Droupadi Murmu, on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted Pradhan’s resignation with immediate effect. It said the President […]
NEW DELHI — Soon after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday called off its 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar over the NEET issue with immediate effect, saying the government has accepted all its demands. The two sides will again meet after four weeks to work on broader reforms in […]
NEW DELHI — Facing spiralling protests for his ouster over the NEET issue, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, saying it is not a matter of “individual prestige” for him and he wanted to prevent anti-national forces from exploiting the situation at Jantar Mantar and across the country. In a letter in Hindi posted […]
NEW DELHI — As protests against the NEET paper “leak” flared up, the Centre on Thursday shifted Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and appointed new officials to top positions in both the school education and higher education departments. Joshi was also holding the charge of school education secretary after […]
NEW DELHI — Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his indefinite hunger strike after the government assured him that his demands would be met. He announced the end of his fast after Union Ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh met him at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram around Thursday midnight and conveyed the government’s assurances. “Just now […]
NEW DELHI — Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh on Tuesday met activist Sonam Wangchuk at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, sources said. Wangchuk was discharged from the Safdarjung Hospital earlier in the evening and was shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for further treatment in compliance with a Delhi High Court order, officials said. […]
NEW DELHI — The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday said the government has reached out to them for talks and that two of its spokespersons will be meeting Union minister J P Nadda to put forth the activist outfit’s demands. There was no official word from the government on the talks. This comes as […]
NEW DELHI — Activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife has said she has moved the Delhi High Court seeking permission to shift him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility, and will seek an urgent hearing on her plea on Sunday. Asserting that she has “lost faith” in Safdarjung hospital, Gitanjali J Angmo said she wants to […]