- Technology
India launches UPI payment system in Qatari supermarket
Doha: India expanded the reach of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on Monday by launching the facility at Lulu Group’s stores in Qatar, following its rollout at duty-free outlets in Hamad International…
- India
Cough syrup deaths: NHRC issues notices to 3 states, DCGI
New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notices to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, directing them to probe allegations of children’s deaths due to contaminated cough syrup and immediately ban the…
- India
Horses to patrol 250 booths, boats ferry poll teams in Bihar
New Delhi: Horses will be used by police for patrolling in 250 polling booths in Bihar’s Diara region while polling parties will travel through boats to around 197 stations, Chief Election Commissioner…
- India
Cough syrup deaths: Kerala restricts sale, officials suspended in MP
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Monday transferred the state’s drug controller and suspended three officials amid the probe into the death of 14 children, linked to the consumption of a contaminated…
- News
SpiceJet to operate special flights to Ayodhya from Delhi, 3 other cities
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Monday said it will start special daily non-stop flights to Ayodhya from Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. These Diwali flights will commence in a phased manner from October…
- Bangalore
Don’t prescribe cough, cold syrups to children below 2 yrs: Karnataka govt
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued an advisory to healthcare institutions in the state not to prescribe or dispense cough and cold syrups to children below the age of two,…
- Pakistan
Pakistan keeps Lt Gen Asim Malik on as ISI Director General
Islamabad: Pakistan’s incumbent spy chief Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik will continue as the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s premier intelligence agency, according to a media report on…
- Entertainment
Vijay Deverakonda escapes unhurt in road accident
Hyderabad: Actor Vijay Deverakonda’s car met with a minor accident in Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana on Monday, police said, adding that he escaped unharmed. The incident occurred while he was returning…
- India
Election Commission to take final call on pan-India SIR rollout: CEC
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday said work is in progress to launch Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in all states and a final decision on its…
- India
Rajasthan: Six killed as fire breaks out at hospital in Jaipur
Jaipur: A massive fire blazed through the neuro ICU of Jaipur’s state-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in the dead of the night, killing six patients on critical care support, officials said…
- Hyderabad
Telangana govt issues alert over adulterated Coldrif cough syrup
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has directed all District Medical and Health Officers (DM&HOs) to sensitise public on the ‘alert’ concerning the Coldrif cough syrup, which has been found “adulterated” with a toxic…
- Hyderabad
Two test positive for drug use at farmhouse party near Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two persons attending a party at a farmhouse in Hyderabad tested positive for alleged drug consumption, police said on Monday. Acting on reliable information, a Special Operations Team of the Cyberabad…
- India
Coldrif cough syrup deaths: Congress demands removal of MP health minister
Chhindwara: Madhya Pradesh Congress head Jitu Patwari on Monday demanded the removal of Health Minister Rajendra Shukla following the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to…
- India
Maharashtra FDA flags Coldrif syrup batch linked to child deaths
Mumbai: The Maharashtra FDA on Monday appealed to the people to immediately stop the sale or use of a specific batch of Coldrif syrup, following child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan…
- Kerala
Pro-Palestine mime re-staged in Kerala govt school amid protests
Kerala: Students of Kumbala Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) on Monday re-staged a pro-Palestine mime show that was disrupted by teachers last week in this district. The mime, performed by six students…
