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Bengaluru: A 47-year-old dairy farmer lost his pregnant Jersey cow worth over Rs 1.3 lakh after it was electrocuted allegedly due to a faulty underground Bescom cable during heavy rain in Nagarabhavi, west Bengaluru, Monday evening.According to the complaint filed by Prakash, who owns around 15 cows and runs a dairy business, the incident occurred at 5.15pm when he was taking two cows from Nagarabhavi Ramakrishna Hegde Park towards an empty site behind the govt library building.As heavy rain lashed the area, one of the Jersey cows suddenly collapsed on the ground while the other ran away in panic. Prakash…

Hyderabad: Attapur police were on tenterhooks after receiving a complaint about the alleged kidnapping of an unidentified woman from a hospital on Tuesday night. However, during the investigation on Wednesday, police traced the woman and found that it was not a case of kidnapping.According to police, they received a Dial-100 call from a hospital security guard, who reported that a woman had entered the hospital premises claiming that her life was in danger. She allegedly hid herself inside a washroom.A few minutes later, several men arrived at the hospital searching for her and eventually made her come out. An argument…

Chennai: Private bus operators have sought govt intervention alleging large price differences in sale of GPS devices (with panic buttons) and reflective stickers required for annual fitness certificate renewal.State transport department officials said steps are being taken to bring transparency in pricing and align with models followed in neighbouring states.At a meeting in Chennai on Monday, the All Omni Bus Owners Association, led by president A Anbalagan, said certified vehicle location tracking devices(VLTD) were being sold in Tamil Nadu for 14,000 to 18,000, while similar devices in neighbouring states cost between 6,000 and 7,000.Though VLTD installation has been mandatory since…

Gandhinagar: The BJP state govt on Wednesday backed the proposal of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies while the Congress opposed the ‘one nation, one election’ proposal. Leaders of the ruling party and the opposition Congress met the joint parliamentary committee (JPC), which is in Gujarat to examine the proposal.CM Bhupendra Patel, deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, and other leaders met the JPC at GIFT City and submitted their opinions on the proposal to the committee headed by MP P P Chaudhary. The Congress delegation led by GPCC president Amit Chavda also made submissions before the panel, calling…

Prayagraj: Special arrangements have been made by North Central Railway (NCR) for candidates appearing in the lekhpal recruitment examination 2026 scheduled for May 21. Keeping in view the expected rush of candidates travelling for the examination, railway authorities have decided to operate special exam trains if required to ensure smooth and safe movement of passengers.Officials said additional train rakes have been kept ready at Prayagraj Junction, Kanpur Central Railway Station and Aligarh Junction Railway Station so that special trains can be introduced immediately in case of heavy crowd pressure. The railway administration has also implemented a special operational plan at…

Bhubaneswar: Students who have cleared Annual Higher Secondary Examination (AHSE)-2026 will now get another opportunity to improve their grades. The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will, from this year, conduct an improvement examination for the students who have cleared the AHSE, but wish to improve their scores in one subject, announced school and mass education minister Nityananda Gond on Wednesday. Under the new provision, designed on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE’s) improvement examination system, students will be allowed to appear for an exam in any one subject of their choice to improve their grades.…

The shelter will help MCG comply with the SC directions of relocating strays Gurgaon: The city’s first dog shelter is set to come up in Kadarpur village, where the MCG has identified 3 acres of land for the project. The facility will be designed to accommodate up to 5,000 stray dogs and is expected to strengthen the city’s stray dog management infrastructure alongside 4 new animal birth control (ABC) centres recently established by the civic body.Officials said the shelter will aid the MCG in complying with recent Supreme Court directions calling for the removal and relocation of stray dogs from…

Times News NetworkKanpur: A young woman and her lover committed suicide in Banda, where their bodies were found hanging together from a tree with a saree noose in the Marka police station area, about 55 km from the district headquarters.The bodies were found on Wednesday morning in a field about 200 metres from the village after the families searched for them through the night. Villagers informed the family members, who said the woman had left home at night, and they learnt of her death from villagers in the morning.The woman was identified as Roshni (19), daughter of Rajkumar Yadav, a…

Garbage outside the perimeter wall of the Air force station in Lohegaon Pune: The Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Lohegaon is considering filing police complaints against people found dumping garbage near the airbase with a surge in bird activity posing risks to flight safety.Senior officers at the strategically significant installation said the contemplation followed repeated complaints, and monitoring that revealed rampant dumping of waste in open plots and roadside areas around the base.A senior IAF officer told TOI that the station planned to expand its CCTV coverage along the perimeter to identify offenders. “Once identified, we plan to file…

Panaji: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said reservation for Scheduled Tribes should be in proportion to their population in the state. He added that the issue of ST political reservation in Goa is under consideration and will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.Athawale chaired a review meeting with officials of the social welfare department and assessed the implementation of key welfare schemes“Central govt is giving priority to welfare oriented schemes for scheduled castes, OBCs, senior citizens, sanitation workers and PwDs. Which is why an effective co-ordination between central and state govt…