Officials are placing medicines mixed with food (mixture of finger millet, jaggery, and coconut) in banana leaves at locations frequently visited by the elephant Coimbatore: Forest department staff have begun an unconventional treatment for a wild elephant nicknamed ‘Baahubali’, which suffered an injury on its back after infighting with another male elephant in Mettupalayam in…
Prayagraj: An employee of North Central Railway (NCR) and a dedicated athlete, Soniya Kushwaha has scripted history by successfully summiting Mount Kun, standing at 23,200 ft (7,077 m), in the rugged Zanskar Range of Ladakh.Kushwaha successfully reached the summit on Sept 7 after commencing her gruelling climb on Aug 29. The expedition was flagged off…
Varanasi: Police arrested the mother of a minor rape survivor on Thursday after investigators found her alleged involvement while probing a case registered under the Pocso Act.Police said the woman had initially filed a complaint accusing her husband, the girl’s stepfather, of raping the minor, threatening to kill her when she resisted, and later luring…
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. I tell everyone who is willing to listen that there are three great dystopian novels one needs to read. The first, by Bihari lad George Orwell, is obviously Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, discovered, much like Buddha before him, that any association…
Medicine trader Vineet Manocha (63) found murdered with his throat slit at his flat in Kanpur Kanpur: Police arrested two men on Sunday evening after shooting them in the legs during an encounter in connection with the murder of 63-year-old medicine trader Vineet Manocha in the Kalyanpur police station area.According to police, one of the…
CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam Thiruvananthapuram: In a tactical move, the CPI appears to be distancing itself from the CMRL graft controversy involving leader of the opposition Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. Making the party’s position clear, CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam said on Saturday that he was not aware of the full details of…
Maruti Suzuki recently launched the updated Brezza in India with refreshed styling, new technology, enhanced safety features and the addition of a new turbo-petrol engine. The compact SUV is available in four variants: LXi, VXi, ZXi and ZXi+, and continues to rival the Tata Nexon, Hyundai Venue, Kia Sonet, Mahindra XUV 3XO and Skoda Kylaq….
Karnataka has implemented a one-year ban on non-dairy paneer to safeguard public health and consumer interests BENGALURU: Karnataka has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being sold in the market as “Paneer” for one year, with the state food safety authorities citing public health and consumer protection.The Food Safety…
Authorities said the campaign against illegal mining and unauthorised stone-crushing operations will continue Ranchi: District authorities launched a major crackdown on illegal stone mining and stone-crushing units in Chutupalu and Ormanjhi areas on Saturday, taking action against 19 stone crushers during a joint enforcement drive conducted in compliance with Jharkhand high court directions. Eight crushers…
Lucknow: A woman from Sant Kabir Nagar allegedly lost Rs 5 lakh to cyber fraudsters while trying to contact an astrologer for a family-related issue, police said on Saturday.Two of the accused have been arrested and sent to jail, while efforts are underway to arrest a third suspect, police said.Preliminary investigation revealed that while searching…
