Prayagraj: Passengers travelling from Prayagraj to Lucknow, Ayodhya and other destinations will now have to pay more for roadways buses after a route diversion to avoid traffic jams at Phaphamau increased the travel distance by up to 22 km.From Friday, buses bound for Lucknow and Ayodhya are being diverted via Shastri Bridge, Jhunsi and Sahson…
Officials at the Bhubaneswar zoo say the five babyorangutans appear healthy and are settling comfortably into captivity BHUBANESWAR: As wildlife campaigners press for repatriation of the five infant orangutans rescued from an alleged international trafficking racket in Odisha’s Balasore, history suggests returning the primates to their native forests may be far more complicated.Indonesian authorities have…
Nagesh ERODE: The Thalavadi police in Erode district arrested a man on charges of stealing five goats belonging to a farmer. Police recovered the goats and seized a minivan used in the theft.The arrested man has been identified as M Nagesh, 46, of Singapuram in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district. Police launched a manhunt for three other…
Bharadwaj has been associated with several contentious lawyer protests. (Image Credit: X) GURGAON: Kulbhushan Bharadwaj, who led repeated protests against namaz being offered in public places in the city, was elected president of the District Bar Association Friday. Bharadwaj, a long-time associate of RSS and its affiliates, defeated Vinod Rao by 244 votes.Bharadwaj polled 1,834…
Bhupesh Baghel with Gaurav Gogoi at Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati on Saturday Guwahati: Congress is likely to announce its Nagaon bypoll candidate by Monday after AICC general secretary in charge Bhupesh Baghel met state leaders and MLAs in Guwahati on Saturday.Baghel said the proposed candidate’s name would be sent to AICC for approval. Party sources…
AI image, for representation only Kalaburagi: Notices have been issued to 1,05,493 voters whose details were either missing from or did not match the 2002 special intensive revision (SIR) list in the draft electoral roll prepared under Special Summary Revision-2026, requiring them to appear before the electoral registration officer or assistant electoral registration officers for…
Forest Department team caught a crocodile near Hardaspur village in Kanpur’s Chaubepur police Kanpur: A forest department team caught a crocodile near Hardaspur village in Kanpur’s Chaubepur police station area late at night, ending two days of fear among residents. Deputy ranger Shubham Mishra said the crocodile was later released in Kanpur zoo.The crocodile was…
Kolkata: Ninety-six-year-old Mohammed Ali Library on Kanai Seal Street in central Kolkata, one of the oldest public reading institutions in Kolkata, has reopened its doors after three years of restoration and archival conservation, aimed at protecting a collection of rare books and periodicals from further deterioration.Located on the ground floor of Barry House, close to…
Converting unsold or rejected honey into mead prevents economic loss and transforms low-marketability honey into a high-value commercial product Ludhiana: Scientists at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have developed a technology to convert surplus, lower-grade, and processing-rejected honey into honey wine—commonly known as mead—creating a new value-addition avenue for beekeepers and cutting post-harvest losses.The innovation uses…
Tulu Wikipedians celebrate their 10th anniversary in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: Tulu literature, currently largely limited to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, must go beyond the region and reach across the country and outside India, said Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy president Taranath Gatti Kapikad.Speaking at the inaugural event of the two-day Karavali Wikimedians User Group’s…
