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Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licence of Blink Commerce (Blinkit) Pvt Ltd’s dark store in Malad West on the grounds of unhygienic conditions, cockroach infestation, and food safety violations.The action was taken after an inspection by food safety officers on Aug 7 at the facility located at Sarvodaya Bhuvan on Ramchandra Lane.​According to FDA officials, the warehouse was in a severely unhygienic condition as food items were stored on rusted racks or directly on the floor, while an infestation of cockroaches was discovered on stocks of fresh fruits and vegetables, creating a risk of…

Annual Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage significantly impacted Delhi’s traffic on Monday NEW DELHI: Long queues of vehicles, groups of Kanwariyas on motorcycles and on foot, crowded markets and roadside Kanwar camps led to traffic disruptions across several parts of Delhi on Monday as the annual pilgrimage entered its penultimate day.Commuters reported slow movement on several busy stretches as pilgrims carrying Kanwars — decorated bamboo poles with containers filled with Ganga water — moved towards their destinations.Long queues were reported on Radhakrishnan Marg and Abai Marg, as well as on the stretch between LSR College and Nehru Place. Traffic was also slow…

A six-month-old Indian Vulture, classified as a Critically Endangered species, was rescued and treated for a leg injury by PfA veterinarians before being successfully released into the wild at the Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary in Ramanagara, Bengaluru South district. Bengaluru: For a species hanging on by a thread, the return of one young vulture to the skies has brought a rare ray of hope to Ramanagara in Bengaluru South district, home to India’s first vulture sanctuary. A six-month-old Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus), one of only three known vultures surviving in the Ramanagara landscape, has been rescued after a failed landing, nursed…

Hyderabad: Telangana High Court has allowed Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) to resume work on acquiring land for the Metro Rail Phase-II project, vacating an earlier order that had put the process on hold.Justice NV Shravan Kumar passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by govt seeking to vacate the stay it had granted in January 2025.The court clarified that issues relating to the legality and procedural compliance of the acquisition proceedings would be examined at the final hearing of the writ petition, but the acquisition process itself may continue in the meantime, strictly in accordance with law.The…

Erode boy goes to Brown University Chennai: When 17-year-old Pranav Ilango leaves for the US later this month to begin his undergraduate studies at Brown University, his parents will be sending him on a flight they once dreamed of.Pranav, from Erode, has won a full scholarship worth ₹3.55 crore to study at Brown, where he plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree combining applied mathematics and public health. His mother, Bhuvaneshwarri Ilango, and father, Ilango Veluchamy, both college professors, may not be able to afford a trip to see their only child off and will have to save up to make…

Gujarat firms have built world-class EPC and project management expertise Ahmedabad: After helping transform Gujarat into a power-surplus state, the state’s solar companies are now exporting their expertise to overseas markets.From Zambia and Botswana to Mauritius, Madagascar and Vietnam, Gujarat-based renewable energy (RE) firms are executing large-scale solar and battery storage projects, emerging as preferred partners for industrial and utility-scale developments.Backed by experienced Indian engineering teams, these companies are not only generating new business opportunities but also creating employment for Indian professionals while training local workforces abroad.Industry stakeholders say demand for RE infrastructure is rising rapidly across Africa and West…

Kendrapada: Over three-fourths of Odisha’s rural households now have tap water connections under Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission, with coverage rising from just 3.1 lakh homes in 2019 to 68.73 lakh by Aug this year, Union minister of state for jal shakti V Somanna informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.Replying to a question by BJD MP Sasmit Patra, Somanna said that drinking water is a state subject and that the govts are responsible for planning, implementation, operation and maintenance of supply schemes. The Centre supports states through financial assistance, policy guidance and technical inputs, he added.Launched in August 2019 under the…

The protest was led by the residents welfare association members COIMBATORE: Residents of Sivalingapuram in Ondipudur besieged the Coimbatore Corporation’s east zone office in Singanallur on Monday, demanding construction of a railway overbridge (ROB) at the level crossing no. 3 at Surya Nagar.The residents said a govt order sanctioning the overbridge in Ward 56 was issued on Dec 7, 2011. The corporation passed a resolution on June 1, 2012, handing the road over to the highways department, but cancelled it on April 25, 2013.Following a petition by the residents’ welfare association, the corporation, acting on a high court direction, revoked…

A case was registered on the complaint, following which a police team arrested Audi driver Mayank Kumar, 25, a resident of Tirpadi village in Gurgaon. GURGAON: Gurgaon police have arrested an Audi driver for allegedly hitting a motorcycle and a car while driving at high speed under the influence of alcohol, news agency PTI reported quoting officials on Monday.The Audi involved in the incident has been taken into police possession, police said.According to a complaint lodged at Bajghera police station on Monday, the complainant was travelling towards Dharam Colony from the Dwarka Expressway on a motorcycle with his friend.When they…

Lucknow: A 20-year-old woman from Lucknow’s Chinhat has accused eight neighbours of repeatedly harassing, assaulting and threatening her and her family over the past year. Police registered an FIR on Aug 7 following a court order.The complainant, Afreen, a resident of New Kanshiram Colony, alleged that the harassment began in March 2025. In her complaint, she named Imran, Rizwan, Momin Khan, Arman, Bablu, Reshma, Rukhsana and Mehrun Nisha, all residents of the same locality.According to the FIR, Afreen alleged that several of the accused routinely passed inappropriate remarks and harassed her. She claimed that on Aug 12, 2025, some of…