Gandhinagar: As part of its drive to enforce a zero-tolerance policy against food adulteration across the state, the state food and drugs control administration (FDCA) seized more than 26 tonnes of fennel worth Rs 19.6 lakh from Unava near Unjha in Mehsana district after finding it adulterated with chemical colours. The massive crackdown reflects the…
Hubballi: Chewing tobacco and spitting in moving buses is set to attract fines as NWKRTC moved to enforce stricter rules against the practice, officials said.The decision followed a recent incident in which a 17-year-old student was killed after he allegedly leaned his head out of a bus window, reportedly to spit, when a tipper truck…
Bokaro: Late-night inspections were carried out at all licensed bars in the city as police intensified monitoring of compliance with excise rules and operating norms.Acting on the instructions of Bokaro SP, Nathu Singh Meena, the drive was led by DSP (city) Rajeev Ranjan along with a police team. During the surprise checks, officers verified adherence…
Kanpur: The deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Traffic, Ravindra Kumar held a meeting at Traffic Bhawan on Saturday to review the effective implementation of the Zero Fatality District (ZFD) Phase-III scheme being implemented under a DG circular.Under the scheme, two additional police station areas in Kanpur Nagar — Sen Paschim Para and Kalyanpur — have…
According to FSSAI authorities, the vendors at the market were educated about the ill effects of using additives Mysuru: A team of officials led by SL Ravindra, designated officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), conducted an early morning inspection at the vegetable market on MG Road, one of the city’s…
HSRP plates being installed at a fitment centre in Pune Pune: Owners of vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), who have neither installed them nor booked an appointment for the same, will face repeated fines every time they are caught, senior officials from the local Regional Transport Office (RTO) have warned.Regional transport officer Archana…
Prayagraj: With schools reopening on Wednesday, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) launched a weeklong drive to ensure that students are not transported in unfit vehicles. The campaign, which will continue till July 7, aims to help schools bring their vehicles in compliance with safety and legal requirements before stricter enforcement begins next week.Transport department records…
Officials said mobile towers have emerged as another form of commercial encroachment in the Aravalis, alongside farmhouses, scrap yards, roads and other unauthorised developments Gurgaon: The Haryana forest department on Thursday began dismantling illegally erected mobile towers in protected stretches of the Aravalis. Weeks of inspections and notices translated into on-ground action that officials say…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday sealed 55 establishments and issued notices to 78 commercial building owners for violating building and fire safety norms, officials said. This was the second day of the enforcement drive launched after the Aliganj fire incident.Fire and LDA teams, which found lapses in fire safety systems and emergency evacuation…
A Day After Lucknow Tragedy, Massive Crackdown Reveals Glaring Lapses Prayagraj: A massive fire-safety crackdown on coaching institutes in Prayagraj has revealed glaring lapses, with only 16 of the 93 registered coaching centres in the city possessing a valid fire department No Objection Certificate (NOC). Acting in the wake of the commercial building fire in…
