TIRUPUR: A forest guard has been arrested along with two others on charges of attempting to sell a pair of elephant tusks in the Amaravathi forest range of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR).The arrested men have been identified as A Mariappan, 49, a forest guard attached to the Kuzhipatti beat in the Amaravathi forest range;…
Varanasi: Varanasi Police Commissionerate has secured 5th position in Uttar Pradesh in the August CM Dashboard ranking, marking a major improvement in policing performance and public safety.The officials said that under the monitoring of Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal, Varanasi Police Commissionerate has made significant progress in policing performance.The CM Dashboard ranking is based on 50…
Colva: A South Goa sessions court granted bail to Mohandas Sawant Dessai of Curchorem, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) in June in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Ashtagandha Urban Cooperative Credit Society.According to the prosecution, the EOC registered a case in 2024 under various IPC provisions, alleging that before 2023…
Varanasi: Several chronic waterlogging points across the city have been eliminated as part of advance monsoon preparations and sustained cleaning of drains, sewer lines and gully pits, officials said on Friday.Civic authorities claimed that despite heavy rainfall this year, many areas that earlier witnessed severe and prolonged waterlogging have recorded quicker drainage and shorter periods…
Representative image using AI Dumka: A Sahibganj businessman was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 1.2 crore by cyber criminals posing as CBI officials who kept him under a two-month “digital arrest” through threats, video calls and a fake courtroom setup.Gautam Chandra Das told police he had saved the money for his daughter’s marriage. In his…
T’puram: A Rs 10-crore drinking water project at Kodikkunnu, launched six years ago to address water shortage in parts of Kazhakkoottam and Nedumangad constituencies, remains non-operational, with Kerala Water Authority (KWA) saying pipeline connection works and other related works are yet to be completed.The project envisaged supplying water to households within a 10km radius of…
T’puram: Govt College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, has secured approval for a Rs 2.68-crore interdisciplinary life sciences research project under the department of biotechnology’s (DBT) BUILDER programme. The project, sanctioned for five years, has been approved with an allocation of Rs 2,68,13,071.The project, titled DBT-BUILDER – Govt College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram Interdisciplinary Life Science Programme for…
A drug licence allows authorities to regulate businesses dealing in medicines and check how they are sourced, stored and sold Gurgaon: Twenty-three types of veterinary medicines were seized from a pet shop in the city on Saturday. The medicines were being stocked and sold without a valid drug licence.The medicines were seized from Theo Pet…
A sound box system collapsed during actor Yash’s film event in Hyderabad (Visuals credit: X) HYDERABAD: Four people, including a student, were injured after a sound box system collapsed during the pre-release event of actor Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ at a private university in Hyderabad on Saturday night.The incident occurred at Malla…
Education minister N Samsudheen T’puram: The state govt is considering extending the school mid-day meal scheme up to the higher secondary (HS) level and introducing breakfast alongside lunch, said general education minister N Samsudheen on Tuesday. He was inaugurating a state-level orientation workshop for district project coordinators and programme officers, organised by Samagra Shiksha Kerala…
