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Chennai: Lotte India, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Lotte Corporation, has clarified that there is no ban on its Choco Pie product following regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Durg, Chhattisgarh, over a specific batch of the snack.The company said the independent testing conducted by a third-party NABL-accredited laboratory found that the preservative levels in the batch were within permissible limits and that the product complied with applicable food safety standards.The clarification comes amid reports following the Durg FDA’s action, which raised concerns about the safety of Lotte Choco Pie.The FDA action is related specifically to…

Ahmedabad: An overcast sky covered Ahmedabad and much of Gujarat on Tuesday. However, despite a seasonal trough stretching across the region, heavy monsoonal downpours remain elusive, leaving most of the state facing a prolonged dry spell.In Ahmedabad, conditions remained mild and typical for the season. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 33°C and a minimum of 25.4°C on Tuesday, close to normal.Data from India Meteorological Department (IMD)] reveals that major rainfall systems are currently absent across the region. The state’s weather is primarily governed by an atmospheric trough extending from eastern Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat. Consequently, while light scattered…

Prayagraj: A 30-year-old medical store owner was shot dead allegedly by his brother-in-law following a family dispute in Pratapgarh’s Kohdaur area on Tuesday, police said.The accused, Kapil Yadav, an ex-serviceman and resident of Amethi, was later beaten up by the victim’s family members and admitted to the district hospital with injuries.According to police, Kapil was married to the victim’s sister Priyanka and worked as a security guard at the district hospital in Sultanpur. The couple had reportedly been involved in a domestic dispute, after which Priyanka’s brother, Devendra Yadav, brought her back to her parental home in Madafarpur Bazaar on…

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing of a petition challenging the process for appointment of Odisha’s director general of police (DGP) to Sept 2 after seeking the state’s response on record before proceeding with the matter.The Odisha govt informed the bench that the state had already filed its counter affidavit opposing the plea. The state maintained that promotions of senior IPS officers are routine administrative matters and that it is within its powers to send a fresh proposal to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) comprising officers who meet the prescribed rank and eligibility criteria.The court, however,…

Rana said trees were being cut without permission, fines for violations were very low and permissions to cut trees were being given without proper checks Gurgaon: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Haryana chief secretary to file an affidavit within four weeks stating what steps have been taken to bring in the Haryana Tree Preservation Act, 2026. The proposed law will regulate tree felling in areas that are not forest land.Flagging gaps in Haryana’s rules for cutting trees, NGT found that compensatory plantation was not carried out in several cases, even after the tribunal had put an interim system in…

He was convicted on July 21 and sentenced to concurrent terms of one month under the BNS, seven months under the Immigration and Foreigners Act and three months under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property ActHe was convicted on July 21 and sentenced to concurrent terms of one month under the BNS, seven months under the Immigration and Foreigners Act and three months under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property ActHe was convicted on July 21 and sentenced to concurrent terms of one month under the BNS, seven months under the Immigration and Foreigners Act and three months…

The damaged front portion of the bus Kanpur: Five passengers were seriously injured after a private sleeper bus travelling from Delhi to Rae Bareli collided with a stationary truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Kannauj on Tuesday morning.According to police, the bus driver allegedly dozed off, causing the vehicle to go out of control.Around 30 passengers were on board the bus at the time of the accident.After receiving information, a UPEIDA team reached the spot and rescued passengers trapped inside the bus.The injured were rushed to the Medical College for treatment. Source link

Ludhiana: The Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust entered the seventh day of a hunger strike on Tuesday, threatening a fast unto death over demands to rename the railway station and complete a road to the freedom fighter’s birthplace.Protesters want the state govt to complete a 100m road connecting Chaura Bazaar to the memorial site. Trust national president Ashok Thapar blamed administrative inertia and local political opposition for delaying the project.“Due to the govt’s inflexible attitude and the thinking of some local politicians, the work of laying a direct road to Skbirthplace remained in limbo for years,” Thapar said. “Now, after…

A group of Tibetans, on a march from Bengaluru to the Gurupura Tibetan settlement, reached Mysuru city on Tuesday Mysuru: Representatives of the Tibetan community from the Gurupura settlement in Hunsur have urged Lok Sabha MP Yaduveer Wadiyar to raise the Tibetan issue in Parliament and seek greater international attention to the preservation of Tibet’s identity, culture and rights.In a memorandum submitted to the MP, Tsering Youdon, president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Hunsur, and Sonam Dolker, president of the Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RYWA), Hunsur, sought his support for the Tibetan cause.They urged Yaduveer to highlight concerns…

Noida: Along its length of 500 metres or so, the surface of the road near Purvanchal Royal City in Sector Chi 5 is pockmarked with dozens of cracks, patches, divots and holes. In some spots where the surface has worn away entirely, three or more layers of road lie exposed.The stretch, which runs under Yamuna Expressway bridge, is one of many across Greater Noida that residents said have deteriorated significantly this monsoon, exposing years of civic neglect.While several high-speed corridors and major infrastructure projects are planned across the city, on the ground, several internal and residential roads remain riddled with…