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NEW DELHI: West Bengal, which has seen the most noise against SIR, ranked fifth in terms of net deletions (10.9%) among the 12 states/UTs where SIR Phase 2 stands completed, and third in terms of the absolute number of deletions of absent, shifted, dead and doubly enrolled (ASDD) electors. The state was second only to…
NEW DELHI: Residents of Ladakh will now have “Ladakh” instead of “Jammu & Kashmir” in their Aadhaar cards, in what has been described as a “significant move” to uphold their regional identity. Despite the formation of Ladakh as a Union territory in 2019, after the region was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir, which was…
NEW DELHI: Following requests from chief electoral officers, Election Commission (EC) on Thursday revised the schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five states and a UT.The last date to submit enumeration forms in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat has now been fixed as Dec 14, while the draft electoral rolls…
NEW DELHI: In a major enforcement push, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered all states and Union territories to immediately pull off the shelves a range of fruit-based beverages, ready-to-drink products, electrolyte drinks and similar beverages that continue to misuse the term “ORS” on their labels – a practice the regulator…
Guwahati: Two Kuki-Zo groups under the Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement stated on Saturday that during the recently concluded two-day dialogue, the MHA team conveyed that while the Centre remains sensitive to the community’s suffering, its current policy does not support the creation of new Union Territories.In a joint statement, the Kuki National Organisation (KNO)…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up states and union territories for failing to comply with its directions on the stray dog menace and ordered the personal presence of their Chief Secretaries on November 3, noting that the issue if affecting country’s image. The court noted that only the Municipal Corporation of Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over deaths of children in parts of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of sub-standard cough syrup, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Sunday asked states/UTs to ensure strict compliance with Revised Schedule M – updated Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — by all drug manufacturers.Srivastava, at a meeting with…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories calling for a “rational use of cough syrups in the paediatric population” after nine deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara due to kidney-related complications.The ministry of health and family welfare informed that the tests on the cough syrup samples revealed…
