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File photo (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) firmly rejected claims linking eggs to cancer risk, saying eggs sold in India are safe for consumption and that recent reports and social media posts are scientifically unsupported and alarmist.Clarifying concerns over alleged presence of nitrofuran metabolites (AOZ), the…

NEW DELHI: Katra court on Saturday refused to order criminal proceedings against officials of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in connection with the August 26 landslide that killed 35 pilgrims, concluding that the incident stemmed from natural causes rather than prosecutable negligence.The court, however, made it clear that its order would not affect…

SRINAGAR: J&K Omar Abdullah Saturday praised the Centre for being generous in allocating funds to J&K, but said the same magnanimity had not been shown in the matter of restoring statehood.Omar said he had no hesitation in acknowledging and thanking the Centre’s efforts where it had delivered. “I am not among those who practise politics…

SRINAGAR: Days after J&K CM Omar Abdullah described the “vote chori” as an issue of the Congress alone and said the INDIA bloc had “nothing to do with it,” the party on Saturday said being in alliance does not negate a constituent’s political ideology.“Omar Abdullah was present in various meetings of the INDIA bloc, whether…

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale has never been about polished spectacle. Instead of wine and cheese, there are fried banana fritters, a curator dressed in shorts, with some works unfinished and others still finding their rhythm. Neelam Raaj spoke to curator Nikhil Chopra on why he wanted to blur hierarchies and invite viewers to experience contemporary art…

LUCKNOW: Police on Saturday lodged an FIR against two doctors and the manager of a private hospital for alleged medical negligence following the death of a man after a surgery for kidney stone removal in Rae Bareli.Lodging a complaint at Kotwali Nagar police station, Santosh Kumar Gupta said his son Deepak Gupta, 22, was suffering…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered the release of Christian James Michel from custody in a money laundering case linked to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, holding that he has already spent the ‘maximum period’ of incarceration prescribed for the offence.Allowing Michel’s plea seeking release in the case filed by ED, special CBI…

NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: The Maharashtra govt has set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Chandrapur kidney racket after allegations surfaced that farmers were coerced by illegal moneylenders into selling their kidneys to repay debts. The case triggered statewide concern on exploitative lending practices and possible international organ trafficking links. Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said…

Representative file photo BAREILLY: A 30-year-old ward boy at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut was terminated after allegedly mistaking spirit for water while refilling the oxygen chamber of a nebuliser meant for a four-year-old boy. Other staff members noticed Singh’s negligence in time, preventing the spirit from reaching the child.College principal…

PRAYAGRAJ: Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh informed Allahabad HC it has unanimously decided to suspend licences of advocates who are listed as historysheeters or gangsters in police records. It was also informed that the Bar Council had taken suo motu cognisance against 98 advocates, and proceedings against 23 are presently pending before the disciplinary committee.The…