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Kolkata: As part of a food safety drive, the KMC health dept has inspected several star hotel properties in the past two days. The KMC team of food inspectors on Wednesday visited two well-known star hotels on EM Bypass. The visit, however, found no adulteration in food or contamination in ingredients, a KMC source said. Similarly, the KMC team on Thursday visited a star hotel property in the Alipore area and inspected the kitchen for hours. A KMC food safety inspector said the team found nothing objectionable. “In less than 24 hours we have inspected three major star category hotels…

Powell-Loggins continues to deny that she shared information with the callers. (Representational AI photo) Jazz Powell-Loggins usually does not answer calls from numbers she does not recognise. But on July 13, she decided to pick up one such call. The person on the other end claimed to be from Charles Schwab security and told her that someone was trying to sell money from her account.Powell-Loggins said the caller was speaking loudly and repeatedly told her that he was trying to help her. “And it was panic, panic immediately,” she told ABC7. She said she struggled to understand what was happening…

A review by the Northern Ireland Assembly into Jeffrey Donaldson’s conduct during his time at Stormont has found “no relevant information” requiring further investigation.No reports were received as part of the exercise, which was commissioned in July following the former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader’s conviction for child sex offences.Donaldson was convicted in June of 18 counts of sex abuse including one count of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.The Northern Ireland Assembly said the review was “necessarily limited” and “does not determine that no incidents occurred”, but added the process had “now concluded”.Donaldson was…

Ukrainian Kate Koval says she left Louisiana State University’s basketball program because of the team’s decision to sign a Russian player.Following the arrival of Anna Minaeva, it was announced that 20-year-old Koval had departed for “personal reasons” after one season.Koval said Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine was why she stepped away.”My father serves in the Ukrainian military and takes tremendous pride in defending his country against Russian aggression,” she wrote on Instagram.”For me, this war is not distant or abstract. People close to me have been killed and wounded in Russian attacks, and places where I grew up and first…

It is not yet clear how or to what extent the sanctions will be imposed or tightened. In Argentina, a current law already allows for restrictions of activities of oil companies participating in projects considered unauthorised on the islands.Two oil companies – Britain’s Rockhopper Exploration and Israel’s Navitas Petroleum – are due to begin extracting oil in the Sea Lion oilfield off the Falklands coast within two years, something Milei said Argentina could not allow.A joint statement from the two firms on Friday said it had the valid licences granted by the government of the Falkland Islands, “and with the…

The Japan Cricket Association (JCA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are delighted to announce that the men’s teams of both nations will play a T20 International match to launch the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of India-Japan Diplomatic Relations.Some match it’s going to be against Japan. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)The Suzuki Cup will take place at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture on Tuesday, 22nd September 2026.The match will be the first step of “Sport 75”, an initiative that stems from an agreement reached during a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and…

East Bengal FC will face three tough West Asian opponents after being drawn in Group D of the AFC Champions League Two 2026-27 in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.East Bengal is grouped with Jordan champion Al Hussein SC, Iraq Stars League runner-up Al Shorta SC and Oman Professional League champion Al Seeb Club.East Bengal secured its place in the group stage with a 4-1 win over Kuwait’s Al Arabi SC in the preliminary round last Wednesday. The reigning Indian Super League champion will make its first group-stage appearance in the competition since 2015, when it was known as the AFC Cup.East…

AITA interim president Chintan Parikh. | Photo Credit: File photo: AFP With the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to ratify the new Constitution scheduled for Sunday in New Delhi, three contentious clauses are likely to take centrestage.These concern the composition of the Executive Committee (EC), the upper age-limit for office-bearers and how their tenures will be calculated. In a 15-member EC, the National Sports Governance Act mandates at least two Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) and two Athletes Committee (AC) representatives. But the Justice (Retd.) Gita Mittal-led panel has proposed five SOM and two…

Tyche, Astrid, Never Give In and Czar excelled when the horses were exercised here on Saturday morning (August 22)Inner sand:600m: Alpha Legend (Kiran Rai), Lorven’s Glory (Rajesh K) 39.5. They strode out well. Side Please (Salman) 40. Stretched.1200m: Iron Mirage (Chetan) 1-20.5, 1,000/1-7, 600/39.5. Pleased.Outer sand:600m: Lockheed (Rajesh K) 45.5. Moved well. Waitara (Aleemuddin) 46. Easy. Dynamic Force (Kiran Rai), Supernal (Rajesh K) 46. They moved freely. Solo Prince (Anish) 45.5. Easy. Desert Shield (Sachin) 45. Moved well.1000m: Anzac Parade (Tousif) 1-15, 600/45.5. Easy. Mystikos (Srinath) 1-15, 600/43.5. In fine trim. Sigrid (Aleemuddin) 1-12, 600/42.5. Impressed. All Attraction (B. Paswan)…

P. V. Sindhu | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Patience was the key word for P.V. Sindhu and the lack of it made all the difference to the five-time World Championship medalist’s pursuit of an unprecedented sixth.“I should have been patient overall because I can’t see any loopholes otherwise in between the points. Specially in the end, I should have been a little more patient. That’s what I can see from today’s game and in the last 3-4 points. The match was going very good and all three games were almost equal. Should have converted the points but that’s how…