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Berhampur: A 40-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild tusker at Petamaha village under G Udayagiri forest range in Kandhamal district early on Wednesday. The deceased, Pradeep Pradhan was from the same village, said forest officials. A preliminary inquiry has revealed Pradhan was in his hut, located in the agriculture land, when an elephant came close to it. To save himself, he ran towards the road but came face-to-face with the tusker. The elephant trampled him to death near his hut. No other person was in the hut when the incident took place, forest officials said.The villagers protested…
Silchar: A forensic team on Tuesday inspected the Cachar factory where an explosion killed four workers.The team from Guwahati spent several hours examining the blast site at Kade Global Infrastructure LLP in Pangram under Udharbond police station and collected samples for analysis.Cachar SSP Sanjeev Kumar Saikia, additional SP Rajat Kumar Pal and Udharbond police station officer-in charge Chiranjeet Bora accompanied the forensic experts during the inspection.Preliminary reports suggested that an LPG cylinder explosion may have triggered the blast. However, officials said the exact cause would be known only after the forensic report was submitted.The explosion occurred at the metal-processing unit…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Devotees on Wednesday observed Guru Purnima with great enthusiasm. They reached Ganga Ghats and took bath and offered their prayers.Guru Purnima is a traditional festival celebrated to honour teachers expressing gratitude and paying respect to them. It is observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashadha.Scores of devotees went to Ganga ghats such as Sarsaiya Ghat, Ganga Barrage, Parmat, Jajmau, Massacre Ghat and Siddhanath Ghat where they took holy dip and offered prayers to Sun Lord and sought blessings from their spiritual teachers.The district administration had made special arrangements for the devotees.…
Madikeri: Kodagu district has seen a sharp decline in crop cultivation in the 2026-27 monsoon season due to a major shortfall in rainfall, affecting both rainfed and irrigated farming.This time, the target was to grow paddy in a total of 17,500 hectares in Kodagu, but so far, planting has been done in only 347 hectares. Joint cirector of agriculture, Kodagu, Chandrashekhar confirmed TOI that the paddy sowing has plummeted to 1.98% of total target area.Last year, paddy planting was completed in 3,000 hectares in the district during this duration. In Madikeri taluk, planting has been done in 67.2 hectares, Kushalnagar…
Pune: An HR consultant (39) from Wagholi lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday, stating that online fraudsters, posing as officials of a prominent e-commerce website, cheated her of Rs 4.33 lakhs on July 19 and 20 by promising daily earnings ranging from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000.The suspects, according to Wagholi police, allegedly told her that she could buy goods from them at heavily discounted rates and sell them on another e-commerce website for a profit.They initially guided her through both websites and also told her how to trade the garments and other goods at higher prices on…
Vasco: Traffic on the Vasco-Cortalim highway remained disrupted for several hours on Wednesday after a tanker carrying about 25,000 litres of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) overturned into a roadside ditch near St Jacinto Island at Chicalim.No casualties were reported in the incident, with both the driver and cleaner escaping unhurt.According to Vasco fire station in charge Dilip Bicholkar, the tanker, weighing over 35 tonnes, was transporting ATF from the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) facilities in Vasco to Mopa airport when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle near St Jacinto Island at around 11am, causing it to overturn.Fire…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday claimed that revenue from the extraction of major and minor minerals in Himachal Pradesh rose by 70% over the past three years, from Rs 200 crore in 2021–22 to Rs 340 crore in 2025–26.Chairing a meeting of the industries department’s mining wing, Sukhu attributed the growth to improved management while highlighting challenges affecting the sector. The CM said that additional charges imposed by neighbouring states, including Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand, on the transportation of minor minerals from Himachal Pradesh have reduced the movement of minerals from border areas, impacting the state’s revenue.…
Patna:A Class IX student was allegedly gang-raped in a village in Samastipur district, with police registering an FIR against two named and two unidentified persons on Wednesday.According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s father, the incident took place on Tuesday evening when the girl had gone to collect fodder for goats near her house. When she did not return for a long time, family members began searching for her and later found her unconscious and semi-clothed in a maize field near the village.Police said the family also claimed to have recovered a letter from the spot mentioning three persons…
Rajasthan High Court Wednesday deferred the hearing on a petition filed by Rajeev Pratap Singh concerning the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), posting the matter for further hearing on Aug 10 Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court Wednesday deferred the hearing on a petition filed by Rajeev Pratap Singh concerning the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA), posting the matter for further hearing on Aug 10.Cooperative registrar Samiti Sharma appeared before the division bench of Justice Indrajeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja in compliance with the court’s earlier directions.On July 1, the high court suspended the ad hoc committee managing the RCA and appointed…
Hazaribag: Once known for its clean roads and picturesque surroundings, Hazaribag is fast acquiring the dubious distinction of being a “city of potholes,” with residents alleging that almost every major road has now turned into a hazard, particularly amid the monsoon season.The situation triggered a protest on Wednesday, with statehood movement activist Sanjar Malik carrying the Tricolour and placards while sitting beside pothole-ridden stretches at various locations across the city to draw the district administration’s attention to the issue.Malik alleged that the city’s road network has deteriorated to such an extent that travelling has become unsafe.Assistant municipal commissioner Anil Pandey…