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Video grab of the leopard’s pug marks in Moti Devati village, Sanand Less than a month after a leopard was caught on CCTV at Serendeep Mansions in Shela, fresh pugmarks found 11km away in Moti Devati village, Sanand, have provided physical evidence of leopard movement in the area.Villagers found the pugmarks on Monday and alerted the forest department. A forest team reached the spot and examined the footprints, which measured about 8-9cm. Deputy conservator of forests Meenal Jani said the department immediately secured the area. “The pugmarks indicate the presence of a leopard. The animal appears to be a subadult…

Prayagraj: UP Board on Monday declared the results of the 2026 high school compartment/improvement and intermediate compartment examinations after conducting online evaluation of answer sheets for the first time as a pilot project. As many as 98.95% of Class 10 candidates and 79.20% of Class 12 candidates were declared successful.Board secretary Bhagwati Singh said the results were made available on the Board’s website, upmsp.edu.in, at 11:30 a.m.The Board had conducted the examinations on July 28 at 92 centres across Uttar Pradesh.Singh said a total of 20,855 candidates, including 15,705 boys and 5,150 girls, had registered for the Class 10 compartment/improvement…

CM Mohan Charan Majhi surveys flood affected area of Jajpur district on Monday Bhubaneswar: Large parts of north Odisha remained under floodwaters on Monday as major rivers crossed the danger mark inundating villages across Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Kendrapara districts. With fresh floods being triggered by the Baitarani, authorities warned that the situation may take days to normalise, even as a depression over the Bay of Bengal resulted in heavy rain.A govt statement said more than 8 lakh people were affected in the latest floods since Aug 13 while 2.79 lakh were evacuated. Over 82,000 people are currently…

Gurgaon: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) member posted with the 25th Battalion in Ghitorni suffered fractures in both bones of his left leg after a taxi travelling on the wrong side of the road hit his motorcycle near Aya Nagar border on Aug 4 and fled.The victim, Jitendra Kumar, registered a case against the driver at DLF Phase-I police station under sections 125(B) and 281 of the BNS on Sunday, nearly 12 days after the accident. Kumar said consultations with the department and family led to a delay in reporting the case.According to the complaint, Kumar was travelling from Aligarh…

Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said sub-inspector Nabajit Das was allegedly murdered by drug traffickers in Dima Hasao.Das’s death on Friday was initially treated as a hit-and-run case.“We have credible information that he was, in fact, murdered by the drug peddlers and drug traffickers. But the investigation is on. So once the investigation is concluded, we will be able to tell you the exact details,” Sarma added.Das (38), officer-in-charge of Laisong police outpost, was run over by a car while conducting naka checking with other personnel in Laisong late Friday. The vehicle was later recovered, but its driver…

A rescue operation is underway at the ghat Kanpur: Two maternal cousins were feared to have drowned in the Ganga at Gudara Ganga Ghat in Bithoor around 3 am on Monday after crossing a warning rope and entering deep waters. Bithoor police, water police and divers launched a search operation, but neither youth could be traced.Abhishek Sonkar, a resident of Chakarpur Mandi under Sachendi police station, arrived at the ghat around 3 am with his cousin Ashiq Sonkar (16) and maternal cousin Satish Sonkar (18). While bathing, Ashiq and Satish crossed the safety rope and ventured into deeper waters.According to…

Barkathulla MN, a resident of Kadmat Island in Lakshadweep, spent around Rs 1 lakh modifying his autorickshawModified Auto Rickshaws at Deeraj Auto Works in UppalaModified Auto Rickshaws at Deeraj Auto Works in UppalaAshok, proprietor of Deeraj Auto Works, UppalaPraveen, a resident of Shivapura in Hebri, recently bought an autorickshaw and spent about Rs 2 lakh on customisationBarkathulla MN, a resident of Kadmat Island in Lakshadweep, spent around Rs 1 lakh modifying his autorickshawModified Auto Rickshaws at Deeraj Auto Works in UppalaModified Auto Rickshaws at Deeraj Auto Works in UppalaAshok, proprietor of Deeraj Auto Works, UppalaPraveen, a resident of Shivapura in…

Mysuru: Buddha Super Team from Rampura in Chamarajanagar and Chamundi Girls Team from Hedathale Gram Panchayat in Nanjangud emerged champions in the men’s volleyball and women’s throwball competitions respectively at the Karnataka Divisional Matches of the 18th edition of Isha Gramotsavam 2026 held in Mysuru.Organised by Isha Outreach at Jagadish Prasad Playground in Jayalakshmipuram, the event saw 20 men’s volleyball teams and 12 women’s throwball teams, with more than 300 rural players from across Karnataka participating.Buddha Super Team won the men’s volleyball title, while Chamundi Boys Team from Kadakola, Mysuru, finished runners-up. Appu Boys Team from Mastenahalli, Chikkaballapur, secured third…

At 4pm, the upstream gauge at Okhla had crossed the 200.6-metre danger level to settle at 201.35 metres Noida: With the Yamuna in spate, the Noida and Ghaziabad administrations have set up 19 flood posts with round-the-clock monitoring systems and rapid-response teams on alert in case of floods.At 4pm on Aug 14, the upstream gauge at Okhla had crossed the 200.6-metre danger level to settle at 201.35 metres, with the downstream levels at 196.1 metres. The barrage was releasing 21,775 cusecs of water.Officials said the situation was being continuously monitored and there was no immediate indication of flooding. The irrigation…

Drinking water coolers and water taps at Pune Junction railway station Pune: Ramanuj Mahto, a daily wager from Bihar, was at Pune railway station on Monday, for the Pune-Danapur Express, when he felt compelled to buy two bottles of water for his wife and four children.“A bottle costs Rs 14. But I have my children with me and I can’t take a risk. Railway stations are not known for clean drinking water,” Mahto said.His fears were backed by a CAG report this week, which said serious sanitation lapses had been found at 458 out of 512 railway stations nationwide, including…