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BHOPAL: The first cases of children’s deaths in Madhya Pradesh after consuming cough syrup were reported on September 3, but it was only on September 16 that the administration recognised the severity of the situation and began a survey to check children’s health in Parasia block of Chhindwara district.The exercise gained pace two days later,…

File photo (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: The Army has launched a massive search operation to trace two soldiers who went missing in a forested area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on October 6. Officials lost contact with the soldiers — part of a team on patrol duty in the woods of Ahlan Gadol, Kokernag —…

BHOPAL/NAGPUR: The cough syrup tragedy spread beyond MP’s Chhindwara on Wednesday, with the state confirming three deaths from neighbouring Betul and Pandhurna districts. The toll rose to 21, with another death in Chhindwara, even as CM Mohan Yadav admitted to lapses, saying, “Chook se dukh hota hai”. Chhindwara has reported 18 deaths, while five kids…

SRINAGAR: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah of failing to protect land and dignity of the people by sitting idle on Land Grant Rules, 2022, which has barred the renewal of the leases of hotels and other institutions, risking their eviction and government takeover.She said her party…

LONDON: IndiGo will launch daily flights between New Delhi and Manchester. The new direct service was announced at the start of the trade mission to India led by UK PM Keir Starmer.This comes just months after IndiGo picked Manchester airport for its first ever long-haul route into Europe, launching direct flights between Mumbai and Manchester…

JAMMU: Security forces conducted massive search operations in the remote, forested areas of J&K’s Rajouri (Kandi) and Udhampur (Basantgarh) districts on Wednesday to track holed-up terrorists, following a brief firefight between the troops and ultras in Kandi’s Beeranthub area the previous evening.The encounter broke out around 7.20 pm on Tuesday after J&K Police’s SOG launched…

PM Modi with communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, his deputy Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Akash Ambani, and Bharti Group chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal at the inauguration of the India Mobile Congress NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a pitch to boost investments in manufacturing in the country, saying, it…

File photo: Chairman C S Setty MUMBAI: The country’s largest lender SBI is engaging with regulators to simplify its ‘know your customer’ (KYC) process, chairman C S Setty said, underlining the bank’s efforts to improve access and quality of financial services. “Simplifying KYC and re-KYC processes is critical for both customers and banks. We are…

NEW DELHI: For the first time, India will establish an apex federal agency for planning and monitoring the entire transport sector, similar to institutions in developed countries. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi and attended by five cabinet ministers and their secretaries dealing with this sector.Sources said the agency…

Robert Jenrick (AP file photo) UK MP Robert Jenrick is facing widespread criticism after racist comments he made during a visit to Birmingham’s Handsworth area. Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, described Handsworth as “one of the worst integrated places I’ve ever been to” and said he “didn’t see another white face” while filming there,…