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Chandrapur: The forest department has intensified operation to capture four sub-adult cubs of the tigress that killed four women in Gunjewahi village under Sindewahi forest range of Chandrapur district. The tigress responsible for the attacks was captured on Sunday.Official said the decision to capture the cubs was taken as part of precautionary measures following the deadly attacks that triggered fear across the region.Chief conservator of forests RM Ramanujam reviewed the operation during his visit to Gunjewahi on Monday. He met the bereaved families and assured them of continued administrative support. Deputy conservator of forests Kumaraswamy, assistant conservator of forests Arvind…
Jamshedpur: With the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) grappling with insufficient water supply, East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Rajiv Ranjan on Monday directed the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) to immediately increase its daily tankers from 8 to 15.He also directed MMC in-charge deputy municipal commissioner, Krishna Kumar, to ensure that the private agency executing the hospital’s pipeline project finish the work by June 15.The ongoing water crisis is posing problems for patients and attendants and also forcing the hospital to defer many surgeries, sources said.Over 30 critical operations were cancelled or deferred in the last four months due…
Varanasi: Power workers of Purvanchal under the banner of Vidhyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti UP on Monday held a demonstration at the managing director’s office at Bhikhareepur, expressing their strong opposition to the proposed privatisation of the state’s electricity distribution system.Electricity employees, engineers, junior engineers, technical staff and contractual workers participated in the demonstration.Addressing the gathering, speakers alleged that energy management was continuously adopting repressive and harassing measures against employees, who raised their voices in support of workers’ interests. They claimed that attempts were being made to intimidate employees through transfers, suspensions, disciplinary proceedings and mental pressure, which would not…
Thiruvananthapuram: A tanker truck driver, who caused a fatal crash involving a school van allegedly under the influence of alcohol in Attingal on May 21 and fled, was arrested on Monday.Police tracked down accused Muraleedharan Nair (35), of Vembayam, and arrested him with assistance from locals.The accident took place when the tanker truck, travelling from Attingal Kacheri Junction towards Alamkode, rammed a vehicle operated by Shine Star Pre-Primary School near Poovanpara around 3.30pm, police said.Sadanandan (48) of Mudakkal village, who was driving the school van, succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash. Aswathi, a woman travelling in the van, suffered…
Malda/Behampore: Forty-eight hours after the Bengal govt asked all 23 district magistrates to set up ‘holding centres’ where illegal foreigners — including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants — staying in the state are to be housed before being deported, two such centres debuted in Malda and Murshidabad, two districts that share borders with Bangladesh.The hunt for such centres has started in other Bengal districts as well.Nine Bangladeshi detainees intercepted in Malda and three in Murshidabad were immediately moved to these centres on Monday. They were not produced in court or formally arrested under Section 14 of Foreigners Act, 1946, as was…
Terms narco-terrorism gravest assault on J&K’s social fabric Narco palaces being reduced to dust No refuge for drug traffickers in J&K 950 smugglers arrested in 45 days 7,000 women’s committees formed Society stands united against narco-terror Every sleeper network under watch J&K to be freed from drugs, terror Shafat Malik Bandipora, May 25: Declaring narcotics and narco-terrorism as the “gravest assault” on the social fabric of Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the administration’s anti-drug campaign would ultimately be measured not by the number of arrests, but by the number of young lives reclaimed from addiction. Addressing a…
NEW DELHI: Airlines flying in people to India who have been to Ebola hot zones in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, will now have to ensure such passengers file self-declaration forms (SDF) before arrival. Thermal screening will be done on passengers coming from the hotspots.In a move reminiscent of Covid times, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a protocol to prevent the potential transmission of Ebola for airlines, who will now have to shift symptomatic passengers to the rear end of aircraft. Three rows in front and behind that with a suspected…
Bombay high court’s vacation bench has granted interim relief to over 600 students of Pune University Mumbai: The Bombay high court’s vacation bench of Justices Shyam Chandak and Shreeram Shirsat on Monday granted interim relief to over 600 engineering students of Pune University, allowing them to appear for examinations subject to satisfactorily proving they had cleared the previous semesters sans any backlogs.The court cited a similar relief granted to hundreds of engineering students recently on similar grounds.The exam is scheduled to begin on May 27, said advocate Pooja Thorat for one set of over 500 students. The bench orally remarked…
New Delhi: In one of Delhi’s busiest markets, a new kind of service is changing how people shop. For an hourly fee, a hired “personal helper” will now accompany shoppers through crowded lanes, carry their bags, wait in food queues, help them find seating, guide them to transport points and set up a foldable chair when they get tired.What was once informal — friends helping friends or local porters assisting shoppers — is now a structured service.At first glance, the service seems harmless, even clever. Cities are overwhelming, and time scarce, so convenience is much wanted. But the question is…
A cybersecurity analyst monitors digital forensics data on multiple screens as a cyberfraud attack targets online banking and identity theft systems. Bengaluru: A 58-year-old para-athlete and shot-putter, awarded Padma Shri in 2021, allegedly lost Rs 90,000 from his account in an online fraud despite alerting the bank after receiving suspicious OTP messages late at night.Venkatesh KY, who participated in multiple international competitions, including World Dwarf Games, is also mentioned in Limca Book of Records.Venkatesh, a resident of 16th Cross, Malleswaram, said he holds a savings account at Karnataka Bank’s 15th Cross branch. On the midnight of April 23, he began…