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Hyderabad: The fading sparrow population in the city is finding its way back home through carefully engineered nest boxes tucked into balconies, walls and apartment corners across the city. From Ameenpur and Gachibowli to Dilsukhnagar and Alwal, thousands of plywood nest boxes are helping revive the disappearing sparrow population.What appears to be a simple plywood box is, in reality, the result of years of research, field observation and precision design by volunteers of the Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS).The idea was born after conservationists realised that modern urban architecture had quietly erased the tiny cavities and crevices sparrows traditionally depended…

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said the prevailing heat conditions would continue in the state at least till May 28.“No large change in maximum temperature during next five days, thereafter fall by 2-3°C in Odisha,” an IMD forecast said.On the day, Bhubaneswar recorded a maximum temperature of 39.3 degrees Celsius, even as the real feel (how the heat feels on skin) soared beyond 50°C. Cuttack’s maximum temperature was 37.8 degrees C. But a high humidity of 81% and 78% in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively (recorded at 8.30am) made the heat tortuous. “Fan and coolers are not helping. As…

Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam (centre, in specs) at a party’s event in Pune on Saturday Pune: Congress MLA Vishwajeet Kadam on Saturday said no comparison should be drawn between Congress and the currently trending Cockroach Janta Party because the latter’s presence was limited to social media.“Congress has been working on the ground. Our party also has lakhs of workers from various castes and creeds. They have been working at the grassroot-level, therefore, the comparison is not valid,” Kadam said in Pune on the sidelines of his party’s event, where newly appointed Pune city presidents Deeptie Chawadary and Prashant Jagtap took…

Panaji: Aquaculture can help boost fish stocks, strengthen seafood supply and improve the health of water bodies, scientist Dr Nandkumar Kamat said on Friday during the ‘International Day for Biological Diversity 2026’ event organised by the Goa State Biodiversity Board.Speaking at a panel discussion on operationalising the Goa State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Kamat said fish populations are declining and require urgent conservation efforts. “We have to document current fish populations, understand how they survive and identify the stressors affecting them. Once we understand these stress factors, we can prepare an action plan,” he said.Kamat added that Goa, being…

Chandigarh: UT police have booked seven immigration firms in separate cases for allegedly duping multiple victims of nearly Rs 66 lakh on the pretext of arranging visas and overseas placements.Cases were registered across police stations in Sectors 17, 34 and 36 following complaints from victims in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Police said the accused took large sums but neither processed visas nor returned the money.In Sector 17, an FIR was filed against Deepak Sharma, Satnam and others of Shri Ram Overseas for allegedly cheating a Mohali resident of Rs 17 lakh. Another case names Honey Tandon of Sunlight Immigration…

Lucknow: Gonda cyber cell police unearthed an interstate cyber fraud racket siphoning crores of rupees through mule bank accounts across nine states and arrested nine accused, while freezing Rs 14.87 crore linked to suspicious transactions.The arrested, including Aman Singh, Kuldeep Verma, Rohit Singh, Suraj Kumar Singh, Mohit Singh, Ranjeet Kumar, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Sameer and Alok Gupta, have cybercrime cases against them. Mohammad Sameer faces two criminal cases in Kanpur Nagar, while Aman Singh has a case registered against him in Rohtak, Haryana.The gang targeted victims in UP, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.Police recovered 347…

Patna: State education minister Mithilesh Tiwari on Saturday announced the results of the Intermediate and Matriculation special and compartmental examinations 2026 conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB). Board chairman Anand Kishor was also present during the announcement.The Intermediate compartmental examination recorded an overall pass percentage of 51.38%, while 21.16% candidates cleared the Matriculation Compartmental Examination.In the special examinations, 55.31% students passed the Intermediate examination and 57.18% cleared the Matriculation examination.A total of 6,498 students appeared in the Intermediate special examination, of whom 3,711 were declared successful. Girls outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 59.29%, compared to 52.65%…

Nagpur: A 16-year-old girl who was abducted in 2022 has been rescued from Delhi and safely brought back to Nagpur.The girl, niece of the complainant, went missing on Sept 28, 2022, from the Ajni police station limits after leaving home to visit a tailor. A case of kidnapping was registered at Ajni police station.Acting on specific intelligence on May 22, 2026, the Crime Branch’s anti-trafficking unit intercepted the girl at Nagpur railway station while she was returning from Delhi. She was thoroughly counselled and handed over to Ajni police for further proceedings. Source link

Kolkata: Actor Swastika Mukherjee appeared at the Gariahat Police Station on Saturday and was questioned for nearly an hour, days after an FIR was registered against her and actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay over an alleged post-poll violence-related social media post and comment, dating back to 2021.Police questioned Mukherjee over allegations that she supported a social media post by Chattopadhyay, concerning post-poll violence in Bengal in 2021. Investigators are examining if the posts and online engagement could be linked to charges of incitement and promoting hostility, according to the complaint lodged. After the questioning, Mukherjee left the police station without speaking to…

·       Registrations open, cyclists, sports enthusiasts, fitness lovers invited to participate Srinagar, May 23: The Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council is set to organise “Cyclothon 2026” in Srinagar on June 3, 2026, to mark World Bicycle Day, with the theme ‘Ride for the Next Generation.’ The event is being organised under the FIT India movement with the objective of promoting fitness, healthy living, and awareness about the benefits of cycling among youth and the general public.  The cyclothon aims to encourage people to adopt cycling as a healthy lifestyle activity while spreading awareness about its role in fighting obesity, improving heart…