GUWAHATI: Six militants of Kangleipak Communist Party- People’s War Group (KCP-PWG) and PREPAK (PRO) have been arrested over the past two days from Manipur’s Thoubal and Bishnupur districts for alleged involvement in abductions and extortion. Sources said some of the militants had been trained in Myanmar.Two hand grenades and demand letters were seized from the…
Representative Image (Lexica generated image) HYDERABAD: Even as security forces push hard into the forests of Chhattisgarh to smoke out the last Naxal strongholds, a number of surrendered cadres in neighbouring Telangana say they have received a raw deal from government. They say they are happy to have ended a life of playing hide and…
Mumbai: Sameer Khan, son-in-law of NCP functionary Nawab Malik, succumbed to injuries on Sunday after a tragic accident in Sept had left him with a severe brain clot. Khan had been under observation at the intensive care unit at Criticare Hospital, Kurla, before he passed away, despite weeks of medical intervention, reports Ahmed Ali. Nawab…
MEERUT: Stones were allegedly thrown on the Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat Express damaging the multi-layered window glass near Khurja junction in Bulandshahr district on Sunday morning. Nagina MP Chandra Shekhar Azad, who was on the train, first reported the incident, reports Rahul Singh.Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials said that an FIR had been registered under sections…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was akin to a Diwali surprise – several IAS officers belonging to the Kerala cadre got “added” to a new WhatsApp group on October 31, labelled ‘Mallu Hindu Officers.’The WhatsApp group, which included only Hindu officers in the cadre, was created from the phone number used by IAS officer K Gopalakrishnan. It led…
BELAGAVI: Karnataka BJP will send a recent “ground report” from Vijayapura to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, signalling its intent to milk the issue despite chief minister Siddaramaiah’s directive to cancel waqf entries in land records of farmers. The JPC is headed by BJP’s Jagadambika Pal.A BJP delegation…
BHOPAL: Could tamarind water and buttermilk have saved Bandhavgarh elephants? Yes, if a 90-year-old report on jumbo deaths in Tamil Nadu in circulation among the Madhya Pradesh forest officers is anything to go by.The report by RC Morris, FZS (Fellow of the Zoological Society), has been found in the archives of the Biodiversity Heritage Library…
Representative Image (IANS Photo) JAIPUR: A 10-year-old male tiger, identified as T-86, was allegedly killed in a retaliatory act after it attacked and killed a 45-year-old resident of Uliyana village near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in Rajasthan on Saturday. The attack by the tiger led to angry protests, with villagers marching with the man’s body…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Sunday ordered suspension of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve field director Gaurav Chaudhary and in-charge assistant conservator of forests Fateh Singh Ninama for negligence over the deaths of 10 wild elephants in Umaria district. He also ordered the constitution of an Elephant Task Force.While reviewing the jumbo deaths in Bandhavgarh…
Representative Image (Credit: Lexica generated Image) VIJAYAWADA: A toxic gas leak at Royal Marine Shrimp Processing Unit at Nizampatnam in Bapatla of Andhra Pradesh, left 107 workers struggling with respiratory issues Sunday, reports Madhu Rasala.The accident occurred at Gokarna Mutt facility of the company, where workers mistakenly combined hydrochloric acid with sodium hypochlorite, commonly used…
