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Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to Emandi Ravi alias iBomma Ravi, accused of online piracy and unauthorised distribution of newly-released Telugu films through the iBomma website.Granting relief, Justice K Sujana said that Ravi had been in judicial custody for over 90 days since Nov 18, 2025, that a substantial portion of the investigation had been completed and relevant material had already been collected. The court also observed that the chargesheet had not yet been filed and that no material was placed before it to justify further custodial interrogation. Ravi, who faces four criminal cases, has been…
Statue of Shiva & Parvati from Nareeswara Sivan Temple at Veeracholapuram (Kallakurichi) was sold to Cleveland Museum of Art in 1961. It remains there to this day S Vijay KumarThe Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art’s decision to restitute bronzes from the Alattur and Veeracholapuram temples has closed one chapter on a long-running injustice. But it has opened another.By acting on archival evidence and acknowledging unlawful removal, the Smithsonian has set a clear and workable standard. The responsibility now lies with other museums and auction houses that continue to hold or trade bronzes from the same temple clusters. The bronzes…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday permitted a 14-year-old rape survivor from Dang to get her 15-week pregnancy terminated and directed the authorities at the GMERS Medical College Hospital at Valsad to carry out the procedure in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.The teen became pregnant after a 28-year-old from her village raped her. The accused is behind bars after the Ahwa police registered an FIR against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The victim approached the HC through advocate Rafik Lokhandwala, stating that she was not desirous of…
Traders procure potatoes through auction for domestic markets and to export them to destinations like the Maldives and Sri Lanka. COIMBATORE: A total of 21,000 tonnes of Ooty potatoes worth Rs 57.58 crore have been sold in the last 10 months at the Nilgiris Co-operative Marketing Society branch in Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district.The branch office of the Nilgiris Co-operative Marketing Society has been functioning on the Nellithurai Road in Mettupalayam since 1935. A service charge of 7% is being collected from farmers for conducting the auction sale. Traders procure potatoes through auction for domestic markets and to export them to…
Lucknow: In a crackdown on GST fraud, a joint team of the Cyber Cell, Surveillance Unit and police from Lucknow’s Itaunja busted an organised racket that created more than 15 bogus firms to generate and sell fake Input Tax Credit (ITC), causing a tax loss of over Rs 2.75 crore. Four accused were arrested, while the alleged mastermind, Ammar Ansari of Sitapur, remains absconding. Police said Ansari was earlier jailed in a GST fraud case and was the key operator who handled registrations and ITC generation.DCP (Crime) Kamlesh Dixit said the gang targeted poor and financially vulnerable individuals, offering them…
Bhilwara: Bhadesra police in Chittorgarh district Monday seized 178 kg of illegal opium poppy husk from a car.Chittorgarh SP Manish Tripathi said the action was taken to prevent trafficking of illegal narcotics in the district. Under the supervision of Chittorgarh ASP Sarita Singh, a team led by Bhadesra station house officer Vinod Menaria, a team was formed to patroll the area.Jaipur: Dotasra Attacks Government, RGHS Fraud Crackdown, Tension At Tadkeshwar And MorePolice said that during the patrol, they spotted a suspicious Creta car and chased it. The driver abandoned the vehicle at the spot and fled. The car was searched…
Following recent firing incidents, Bokaro Range IG Sunil Bhaskar reviewed Ramgarh’s law and order, focusing on organized crime. He ordered stringent action against gangsters, with red corner notices to be issued globally. The IG commended Ramgarh police for intensified operations and surveillance, noting the imposition of the CCA Act on 30 individuals, including expulsions and reporting mandates. Ramgarh: In the wake of recent firing incidents in Ramgarh, Inspector General of Police (IG), Bokaro range, Sunil Bhaskar, on Tuesday reviewed the law and order situation along with Ramgarh SP Ajay Kumar and other senior police officials here in the district. The…
Kolkata: Documents submitted by 1.1 lakh voters during SIR hearings, which concluded on Feb 14, have not been uploaded on EC database.EC officers said on Tuesday that if these names are not included in the final electoral roll to be published on Feb 28, they will have to appeal first to the DEO and then to CEO to have their names included.EC officers, however, did not respond to queries regarding why citizens should suffer due to the dilatory attitude of the officials.These one lakh-plus voters will now be added to the list of 2,43,940 ineligible voters identified as of Tuesday,…
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Psychrobacter SC65A.3 is a 5,000-year-old cold-adapted bacterium resistant to multiple modern antibiotics/ AI Illustration A team of Romanian researchers has identified a bacterium preserved for roughly 5,000 years inside an underground ice deposit that can already withstand multiple modern antibiotics. The organism, recovered from Scărișoara Ice Cave in north-west Romania, survived frozen conditions for millennia yet showed resistance to drugs routinely used today to treat infections of the lungs, skin, blood and urinary tract. The study, recently published inFrontiers in Microbiology, warns of both the potential risks and scientific value of organisms exposed as warming temperatures reach long-sealed environments, including…