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Hyderabad: Food safety officers organised a camp in the city to raise awareness against food adulteration in Hyderabad. The camp was organised in an effort to promote safer consumption practices among the public. Food safety officers from Telangana organised the camp where they educated the residents on how they could identify adulteration in popular food items, including cereals, pulses, fruits, milk, spices, jaggery, paneer, and sweets. In the course of the program, the food safety officers ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner V.C. Sajjanar on Thursday warned of strict action against food adulterators, who put the health of the people in Hyderabad at risk. "Adulteration is not just a business but an attack on society," Sajjanar said during an emergency meeting with business operators organised by 'Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team' at the old police commissionerate office in Basheerbagh on Thursday. About 200 representatives from businesses dealing in meat, milk, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A bakery allegedly running without a valid license and under unhygienic conditions was raided by Tappachabutra Police on Thursday, April 2, officials said. The bakery had been operating under the name "Chand Bakery" at Natraj Nagar, Jhirra, in Tappachabutra. The owner, Syed Khadeer, was arrested and materials worth Rs 2,77,630 were seized, including 50 kg maida, 50 kg sugar, six cartons of sauce, 13 cartons of Dalda ghee, 25 kg coconut powder, 20 kg cake powder, four tins of oil, ei ...Read More >
Pune: In the narrow bylanes of Camp, where legacy bakeries have stood for decades, the scent of hot cross buns signals Good Friday as reliably as church bells. Traditionally eaten on this day to mark the occasion, the buns draw long queues each year. This time, however, the ritual comes with the sharp undertone of rising costs and fuel shortages, forcing bakers to make less profitable calculations behind their counters.Made with refined flour, butter, milk, sugar, yeast and spices, and often stu ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 1 (PTI) From busting units manufacturing adulterated ginger-garlic pastes, bakery items, including the Hyderabad's iconic Osmania biscuits, authorities in coordination with the newly formed 'H-FAST' (Hyderabad - Food Adulteration Surveillance Team) team, have arrested over 60 people here involved in manufacturing and selling adulterated food products during March. As many as 61 cases were registered and 64 people were arrested with 14,685 Kgs and 400 liters of adulterated food pr ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hoteliers and small eatery owners staged a protest in Telangana's Nalgonda district on Monday, March 30, against the shortage of LPG commercial cylinders. A large number of restaurant and bakery owners, pushcart vendors, tea stalls and fast-food owners besieged the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) in Devarakonda Town, seeking relief from frequent raids by the Civil Supplies Department. Kumar Srinivasan Goud, one of the protestors, told the media that the unavailability ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): India's exports of processed potato products are rising sharply, signalling the country's growing foothold in Asia's fast-expanding snack and convenience food supply chain, according to Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) in its latest note. The note added that most of the export turnover comes from dehydrated potato granules and pellets, with additional growth coming from products such as potato flour, starch, chips, and ready-to-eat potatoes Also Read ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Despite the high prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), 69% households in Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh have members addicted to sugar or sugary products, a national survey has found.The survey, which collected responses from 8,950 residents across the three northern states, revealed an alarming level of sugar dependence among households in a region already struggling with rising cases of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, particularly Punjab, wh ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Popular pizza chains Pizza Hut and Domino's, along with several local outlets, have come under the scanner after large-scale inspections by the Telangana Food Safety Department revealed serious lapses in hygiene and licensing. The statewide drive, led by the Food Safety Task Force in coordination with Gazetted Food Inspectors (GFIs) and Food Safety Officers (FSOs), targeted 55 outlets across Greater Hyderabad and multiple districts. The checks covered 18 Pizza Hut outlets, 16 Domino' ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Former MP Prajwal Revanna, convicted of rape in the high-profile KR Nagar case, has officially begun his life sentence and transitioned from an undertrial to a convict at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. With this shift, Revanna's lifestyle is set to change drastically as he enters the routine and rules of prison life.Prajwal Revanna, who had been lodged in the prison for the past 14 months during trial, has now been formally designated a life convict and assigned priso ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Commercial Tax Department has once again issued a clarification regarding the recent tax notices sent to bakeries, condiments, and tea stalls in Bengaluru. Following earlier backlash, the department had stated that traders with annual turnover below ₹1.5 crore can opt for the Composition Tax Scheme and pay only 1% tax, offering significant relief. Now, in a press release, the department reiterated that traders who have received notices should visit their respective tax ...Read More >
Jaipur: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Wednesday stressed the need to speed up the establishment of a food safety laboratory in Bikaner and assured FSSAI's support for this purpose.FSSAI chief executive officer G Kamala Vardhana Rao held a meeting with health department officials in Jaipur. He appreciated the efforts of the state govt in promoting food safety and combating food adulteration. He also directed officials to ensure continuous monitoring to strengthen enforc ...Read More >
Traders have announced a three-day protest plan. On 23rd July, milk sales will be suspended. Gutka and cigarette sales will be halted on 24th July, and Full closure of bakeries, condiment shops and petty stores will be on 25th June. On 25th July, Bengaluru is set to see a city-wide bandh. Thousands of small business owners are set to protest against GST notices issued by the Karnataka Commercial Taxes Department. The notices target businesses that accepted digital payments exceeding GST registr ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly strangling his five-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Arabian Sea. The body was discovered floating near Sassoon Dock in Colaba on Tuesday morning, leading to the swift arrest of the accused.According to the police, the child had been reported missing from the Antop Hill area in Central Mumbai a day earlier. Her mother, Nazia, who works as a housemaid, and Imran Shaikh, the accused, had approached the Antop Hill ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) Three private equity firms have sought approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire a stake in Mumbai-based bakery chain Theobroma. At least two private equity firms -- Infinity Partners and Atreides Investments BV -- are affiliates of ChrysCapital. Another PE firm Aqua Investments Ltd will also be acquiring a stake in Theobroma Foods. Also Read | Aadhaar Free Update: Government Requests Parents to Update Children's Aadhaar Biometrics Between Age 5 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) Three private equity firms have sought approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire a stake in Mumbai-based bakery chain Theobroma. At least two private equity firms -- Infinity Partners and Atreides Investments BV -- are affiliates of ChrysCapital. Another PE firm Aqua Investments Ltd will also be acquiring a stake in Theobroma Foods. The development came following reports that homegrown PE major ChrysCapital is set to acquire a 90 per cent stake ...Read More >
Mumbai | New Delhi: Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital has agreed to acquire pan-India bakery chain Theobroma Foods for ₹2,410 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter. According to an agreement signed between the parties, ChrysCapital will buy around 90% stake from the company's promoters and existing investor ICICI Venture. The promoters will retain about a 10% stake, the people said. ICICI Venture holds a 42% stake in Theobroma. In 2017, ICICI Venture bought the stake for $2 ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Small businesses across Karnataka -- including tea stalls, bakeries, salons, and local eateries -- have raised concerns after receiving GST notices based on their UPI transaction volumes. The Commercial Tax Department has issued these notices to entities whose annual digital receipts exceeded ₹40 lakh for goods or ₹20 lakh for services, even if they are not GST-registered. Tax consultants are urging affected traders to respond to the notices within the stipulated deadline to avoid pe ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has temporarily suspended the licence of Goodluck Cafe in Pune after a glass shard was found in its signature dish - the bun maska "An inspection was conducted, during which some unhygienic conditions were found. We have suspended the eatery's licence until further orders and necessary compliance," FDA Joint Commissioner Suresh Annapure said. He added that the FDA inspected the food joint after taking cognisance of reports about a glass shard ...Read More >
Puri (Odisha) [India], July 14 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art at Puri beach on Sunday. He crafted a sand idol of Lord Shiva to mark the first Monday of the auspicious Sawan month. Sudarsan Pattnaik said, The entire nation is devotional for the first Shravan Somvaar. We have made Lord Shiv 6-feet high sculpture... In Puri Jagannath Dham, there is a temple of Lord Loknath, and here also, many devotees have arrived. As an artist, I am praying to God to bless us wi ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a significant move to increase tax collections, the govt has begun using Unified Payments Interface (UPI) data to identify traders, especially those accepting payments via QR codes, who have evaded goods and services tax (GST) registration.After analysing UPI transactions, the commercial taxes department recently issued notices to some 14,000 traders. Officials say these individuals have crossed the mandatory GST registration thresholds but failed to register. Under GST rules, trad ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Travel Food Services, operating a travel quick-service restaurant and a lounge business across airports in India and Malaysia, on Friday said it has raised nearly Rs 600 crore from anchor investors, days before its IPO opening for public subscription. Among the anchor investors are ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), Axis MF, Kotak MF, Baroda BNP Paribas MF, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Fidelity and Government Pension Fund Global, according to a circular uploaded on BSE ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being si ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: What's in a cup of chai? A bit of ginger? Sometimes milk. Would elaichi be too much? Maybe it depends on how chai shapes one's habits, their way home, or the search for something lost. Hyderabad needs no introduction when it comes to tea. Its thick Irani chai defines the city, and rightly so. But for a young man from Chennai's Tambaram, it's the ginger-cardamom decoction made by an old vendor back home that still sets the standard. A woman from Vizag still longs for the taste of Oot ...Read More >
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