Category: National

New Delhi: With e-cigarettes easily available online and at tobacco shops despite a ban, the Union Health Ministry has issued a public notice for stricter implementation of the Act which prohibits manufacture, sale and advertisements of electronic cigarettes. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act came into…

Srinagar: The G20 Tourism Working Group meeting here has the highest delegate participation and will be the most significant event held in Jammu and Kashmir, G20 Chief Coordinator Harshvardhan Shringla said on Sunday. “We have the highest representation of foreign delegates in this working group meeting than the earlier two meetings. All I can say is…

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Modi government of repeatedly disrespecting propriety by not inviting the president and former president for the inauguration of the new Parliament building. He also alleged that the Office of the President of India has been reduced to tokenism under the BJP-RSS Government.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah’s ‘insult to the prime minister is an insult to the country’ remark, saying his understanding of the Constitution is that the PM is not the country but works for it. Sibal’s dig came a day after Shah, while addressing…

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee and the SEBI have “hit walls” while investigating the Adani group’s transactions and stressed the need for a joint parliamentary committee probe to unravel the truth in the matter. The Congress’ assertion comes after a report by the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee…

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued summons to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on a defamation suit filed by an NGO claiming that its documentary cast a slur on the reputation of India, its judiciary and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Besides the BBC (UK), Justice Sachin Datta also issued notice to the…

New Delhi:  Calling the 2016 move of introducing the Rs 2,000 notes as “foolish”, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday alleged that the currency denomination only helped keepers of black money to hoard money with ease and now they were being “welcomed on a red carpet” to exchange their notes. The former finance minister’s…

Ahmedabad: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated the ‘Advanced Organic Testing Laboratory’ at AmulFed Dairy in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The state-of-the-art facility at AmulFed Diary, a unit of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) that sells its products under the ‘Amul’ brand, will verify whether food items labelled ‘organic’ are produced…

Jammu: Air Officer Incharge Administration (AOA) of Indian Air Force, Air Marshal K Anantharaman, on Sunday visited the Air Force station here, a defence spokesman said. Accompanied by Director Education (Schools) at Air Headquarter, and Deputy Command Education Officer, Headquarter Western Air Command, the Air Marshal was received by Air Officer Commanding, Jammu, he said. On…

Lucknow: The first batch of around 300 pilgrims left for Haj on Sunday from the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here, according to Uttar Pradesh State Haj Committee chairman Mohsin Raza. “Today, the first batch of around 300 pilgrims from different parts of Uttar Pradesh left for Haj from Lucknow. In all, 26,786 pilgrims from the…