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Bengaluru: Amid growing safety concerns following a series of recent accidents involving sleeper buses, around 30 passengers had a narrow escape after a private semi-sleeper bus caught fire following an accident on the Bengaluru-Tumakuru stretch of National Highway-48 in the wee hours of Friday.Passengers escaped with minor bruises sustained during the accident. Fire and Emergency Services personnel rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. According to some passengers, as the driver lost control while attempting to overtake a truck, the bus mounted on the footpath and rammed an electric pole, before coming to an abrupt halt and tilting to…

New Delhi: In a sharp escalation over the long-pending defection cases in Telangana, Supreme Court on Friday issued a final warning to the state assembly speaker, making it clear that contempt proceedings will follow if he fails to decide the disqualification petitions against the remaining 2 of the 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the Congress within three weeks.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and AG Masih, hearing a contempt plea filed by the BRS MLAs, expressed growing impatience with the repeated delays in adjudication. Addressing senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who appeared for the speaker, Justice Karol remarked, “We request…

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Madurai has been rescheduled from February 28 to March 1. BJP leaders said he is likely to visit the Thiruparankundram temple during the visit.”A sense of anguish persists among people of the majority community that they were not able to light the sacred lamp at Tirupparankundram. As a result, there is public expectation that, after the Prime Minister’s visit, it may become possible to light the lamp there. Hence, there are chances of the Prime Minister going to the Tirupparankundram temple,” state BJP president Nainar Nagenthran said. Chennai: Avian Flu Advisory, I-T To…

Ahmedabad: Western Railway has sanctioned an artificial intelligence-based intrusion detection system (IDS) to monitor lion movement near tracks. The IDS will cover 115km of the Damnagar-Pipavav section in the Bhavnagar division.The information was shared in a written reply on Friday in the Rajya Sabha by the Union minister for railways, in reply to the question by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, who sought to know whether plans exist for constructing an elevated rail corridor through Gir forest to protect Asiatic lions.The minister said that “for the safety of wildlife in Gir forest, apart from the existing two underpasses for lion…

Odisha’s automobile market went through a striking transformation in 2025, driven not just by rising luxury car purchases but by the surging popularity of premium and mid-range SUVs in the year that went. From Bhubaneswar’s buzzing showrooms to growing demand in other key Odisha cities, the state witnessed a shift in consumer preferences that pushed four-wheeler registrations to 89,727 units, up from 80,323 in the previous year.What stood out was the way SUV culture reshaped the state’s buying patterns, turning Odisha into one of the most promising markets for carmakers targeting aspirational, feature-rich mobility.Across brands, SUVs continued to dominate the…

Udhagamandalam: Two leopards were found dead in the Kundha forest area near Ooty on Thursday night.A female leopard, aged about two years, and a male leopard, estimated to be six years, were found dead on a private estate at Manjakombai. The carcasses of the animals were cremated after conducting necropsy and sending vital organs for testing. “We suspect the leopards were mauled to death by wild dogs, as parts of its backs appeared to have been bitten off. We also found excrement of wild dogs nearby,” Kundha forest ranger Selvakumar said. He added that wild dogs had been frequenting the…

Gurgaon: A 33-year-old woman, who worked as nursing staff at a private hospital in the city, died by suicide at her residence in Jharsa on Tuesday. Police suspect mental distress as a possible reason.The deceased was identified as Anuradha Chauhan of Ghaziabad in UP. She worked at Medanta Hospital and had shifted to Gurgaon around three months ago with her husband and their one-year-old son. The couple had been married for two years and lived in a rented accommodation. Police said Anuradha was alone at home at the time of the incident. When her husband returned, he found her hanging…

Silchar: Crushing unemployment and decades of stalled development in Assam’s Barak Valley are pushing hundreds of young men into hazardous and often illegal work in neighbouring Meghalaya, a migration route that has repeatedly ended in death, injury and long-term hardship for families back home.With limited livelihood options in Cachar, Sribhumi and Hailakandi districts, daily-wage workers cross a porous border to work in coal mines, stone quarries, brick kilns, construction sites and factories, often without contracts, safety gear or legal protection. Activists say Meghalaya has become a last resort for workers from the Valley amid prolonged economic stagnation.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh…

Pic for representation onlyHubballi: In many areas of Hubballi, the drinking water supply has not improved, with several localities receiving water only once every 7 days, and the gap extending to 9 or even 10 days during power interruptions or other operational issues. This irregular schedule has created serious hardship for residents, especially in the city’s 44 wards classified as intermittent supply wards, where the situation remains consistently difficult.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And MoreNajeer Honyal, a corporator from Ward No. 71, said half of his ward got partial 24X7 water supply, while the other half received…

Kanpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath govt’s disaster relief system is showing impact on the ground in Kanpur Nagar. In cases of livestock loss and loss of life due to snake bite, Rs 73.65 lakh was sent directly to bank accounts of affected families from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) during the past three financial years.Amidst disrupted livelihoods due to the death of milch animals, this help became a huge economic support and a reason for trust for livestock farmers. Relief was also given in cases of loss of life due to snake bite. In all, Rs 56 lakh was…