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Bengaluru: A 34-year-old social activist approached police alleging she was subjected to abusive messages, threats and online harassment after she uploaded a video about the seizure of an Android mobile phone from rape convict and former MP Prajwal Revanna at Central Prison.The complainant said after she posted the video on her Facebook page, she began receiving a barrage of threatening messages on both Facebook Messenger and Instagram from unknown persons using fake or suspicious accounts.She alleged the harassers falsely claimed she had made comments against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy even though she hadn’t in the video.Adding to her concerns, the…

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s migrant-dominated IT corridor has emerged as one of the biggest flashpoints in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with Serilingampally and Rajendranagar (more than four in every 10 electors) reporting unusually high levels of voter deletions, migration-linked shifts and unmatched records.While more than 40% of electors in the two constituencies fall under the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate (ASDD) category, nearly 45% of digitised voters could not be linked to the previous electoral roll, underscoring the scale of churn in the city’s fastest-growing urban belt. Serilingampally, in particular, stands out for having both a high deletion…

Chennai: Galaxy Health Insurance Company has partnered with Zoho to design and deploy a regulator-compliant, enterprise-grade insurance distribution platform.This would enable the standalone health insurer to move from IRDAI approval to live, large-scale operations within a compressed timeframe in collaboration with Zoho’s Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS) team, a statement here on Tuesday said. The CRM-led platform accelerates time-to-value by enabling IRDAI-compliant agents and intermediary onboarding, tele-sales, customer support including grievance management, and automated commission processing at scale, it added.Noting that this translates into faster onboarding, quicker policy issuance, and improved transparency across the purchase journey for customers, the statement said,…

Ahmedabad: When a 64-year-old shopkeeper’s mobile phone began undergoing an automatic system update, he did not realise that he was about to become a cyberfraud victim. He put his phone aside and, within minutes, lost Rs 82,400 through an unauthorised UPI transaction.The complainant told Sarkhej police that he was at home around 2pm last Wednesday when his mobile phone started an automatic system update. He left the phone at home and went out. A while later, he returned to see that his UPI account allegedly showed a balance of only Rs 83.5.Upon checking his bank statement, the complainant found that…

WATER LEVEL OF TWIN RIVERS RISING Prayagraj: With the constant rise in the water level of the twin rivers – Ganga and Yamuna, district authorities have sounded an alert asking people living in low lying areas to shift to relief camps.District authorities after acknolwedging that both rivers are flowing four to five meters below the danger mark, have taken an extensive exercise to identify relief camps across the district.Plans are afoot to set up around 103 relief camps including 12 in city and rest across the district in case of floods.On Tuesday, the water level of Ganga at Phaphamau and…

Prof K Umamaheshwar Rao, director, NIT RourkelaHigh-strength road material developed by recycling coalSubhasrita Choudhury, research graduate, NIT RourkelaProf Manoj Kumar Mishra, NIT RourkelaProf K Umamaheshwar Rao, director, NIT RourkelaHigh-strength road material developed by recycling coalSubhasrita Choudhury, research graduate, NIT RourkelaProf Manoj Kumar Mishra, NIT RourkelaProf K Umamaheshwar Rao, director, NIT Rourkela Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR), led by director K Umamaheshwar Rao, have secured a patent for a high-strength composite material made from coal mining and industrial waste that could be used to build roads capable of withstanding heavy vehicular traffic.According to a statement issued…

In the district, around 30% of the electorate has been struck off the rolls Gurgaon: Rules have been eased for voters served notices during the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with booth level officers (BLOs) now visiting colonies and societies to collect documents instead of residents having to attend hearings.A list of hearing venues where residents can submit their documents was earlier published by the administration. But the rules have been made more flexible for voters, who can now submit proofs to their respective BLOs either at the time of receiving the notice or at…

K9 Leon during farewell at the Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: After eight years of tracking suspects and protecting Kaziranga’s wildlife, K9 Leon has retired from duty.The Belgian Malinois joined Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve’s sniffer-dog squad on Nov 1, 2018. He took part in more than 30 specialised operations and over 200 patrols, park DFO Arun Vignesh said.“After retirement, Leon has been handed over to the environmental conservation NGO Aaranyak, which had given Leon to the park,” he added.Aaranyak secretary general Bibhab Kr Talukdar said Leon worked with handlers Anil Kumar Das and Mrigen Das, supporting forest and police…

Kanpur: Despite the monsoon remaining active across the Kanpur division, Kanpur Nagar experienced a largely dry day on Tuesday, with intermittent sunshine and cloud cover pushing the maximum temperature up by around 5 degrees Celsius compared to Monday.The weather observatory of Chandra Shekhar Azad University recorded the maximum temperature at 32.6°C on Tuesday. The minimum temperature, however, dipped to 24.5°C.High humidity added to the discomfort, with relative humidity recorded at 92%. The combination of moisture and intermittent sunshine made the weather sultry during the daytime. North-westerly winds blew at a speed of around 3.4 kmph, but failed to provide any…

Principal acarologist-cum-HOD of entomology Dr Manmeet Brar Bhullar contributed the funds in memory of her father to strengthen the department’s academic and research infrastructure Ludhiana: Dr Manmeet Brar Bhullar, principal acarologist-cum-head of the department of entomology at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has donated ₹25 lakh for the modernisation and upgradation of the PAU National Insect Museum and Plant Clinic.Dr Bhullar contributed the funds in memory of her father, Sarabjit Singh Brar, to strengthen the department’s academic and research infrastructure. Officials stated that the upgraded insect museum will offer enhanced facilities for preserving, displaying, and studying insect diversity, serving as a…