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Bhubaneswar: The tiger population at Similipal reserve has risen from just five in 2014 to 35 in 2026, field director Prakash Gogineni said, while highlighting their conservation success on the ocassion of International Tiger Day on Wednesday.He credited frontline forest personnel, scientific management practices and the cooperation of local communities for this achievement.Similipal reserve celebrated the International Tiger Day with a series of awareness programmes, organised in collaboration with Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo (MSCB) University.The event, conducted in collaboration with the Centre for Similipal Studies of the MSCB University, brought together academicians, conservationists, students, wildlife photographers and govt officials…
Heavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hoursHeavy rainfall on Tuesday, which left several parts of the city waterlogged for hours Gurgaon: MCG has suspended a junior engineer for…
Dhubri: A five-year-old boy missing since Tuesday was found dead in the Brahmaputra at Fakirganj on Wednesday morning.Faridul Ali accidentally fell into the river while watching erosion at Nishinpur village under the Birshing Jarua constituency in Dhubri district.Police and State Disaster Response Force personnel launched a search but could not trace him on Tuesday.Residents spotted his body floating near Boraibari in Fakirganj the next morning and alerted police. His family later identified him.Police recovered the body and sent it to Dhubri Medical College and Hospital for an autopsy. Source link
Kanpur: A man registered a case against his wife at Rawatpur police station, accusing her of mixing a slow poison into the tea served to him and his parents over a six-month period.The complainant, Himanshu Gupta (32), a resident of Rawatpur, said that he works in Pune and lived with his wife and parents in a posh locality of the city.He alleged that he and his parents had developed several health issues over the past few weeks. He further claimed that his parents’ medical reports indicated chemical ingestion.Gupta said that his suspicions grew when his mother told him that she…
GMC to install the charging stations to encourage residents to invest in electric vehicles Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation is set to install 100 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across 20 locations in the city to encourage residents to invest EVs. Officials said EVs will help cut down the levels of pollution.According to an analysis by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Ghaziabad was the most polluted city last winter. Particulate matter such as PM2.5 and PM10, driven heavily by the transport sector, road and construction dust, and industrial emissions, is a major pollutant. The state govt has…
Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University on Wednesday lodged a police complaint in the alleged cash-for-degree certificate scam, in which a university employee was accused of accepting money to fabricate mark sheets and degree certificates for a candidate. The university also suspended the employee, identified as Ramesh Mukhekar, with immediate effect pending investigation.The complaint was filed by Rajendra Talware, director of the university’s Examination and Evaluation Board, at Chatushrungi police station. Student and youth organisations staged protests on the campus demanding a fair probe and strict action against those involved. Protesters also questioned why the university took…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday that once implementation is smoothened out of the “anywhere registration” system for sale deeds, state govt wants to implement the same system in the transport department. He was speaking while inaugurating the “anywhere registration” system which allows sale deeds and other property-related documents to be registered at any sub-registrar office within the same district.“Once this is implemented, I was discussing with the officials whether we will be able to implement the same in the transport department. We can even implement it in the deputy collector’s office,” said Sawant.He said that the system…
Jalandhar: Alleging that more than 40% of academic posts in the state’s teacher training institutions were lying vacant in Punjab, Congress MLA and former education minister Pargat Singh called it an extremely alarming situation for the state’s education system. He said that the same govt, which made grand claims of bringing about an ‘education revolution’ under its own administration, allowed the very institutions responsible for training teachers to suffer from an acute shortage of faculty. “Similarly, more than 18,000 teaching posts are lying vacant in Punjab’s government schools. The districts most affected include Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar. The shortage…
India’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command HospitalIndia’s first Department of Military Medicine opens at Lucknow Command Hospital Lucknow: Military doctors treating battlefield injuries and preparing for chemical, biological and disaster emergencies will now have a dedicated training and research centre, with India opening its first Department…
Police are questioning her friend Rahul and hostel staff and examining call records Patna: A 23-year-old nursing student from West Bengal was found hanging in her hostel room in Kishanganj district on Wednesday. Her family has alleged that she was murdered and that her body was subsequently hanged to make the death appear to be a case of suicide.The deceased, identified as Tanjali, was a resident of Gunjarhia in West Bengal and had been staying at the hostel of a private nursing institute in Kishanganj for the past six months while pursuing her studies. Police recovered the body from her…