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…
Militants attacked Srinagar’s Tourist Reception Centre and weekly Sunday market with a grenade, injuring twelve. SRINAGAR: At least 12 people were wounded when terrorists hurled a grenade in a bustling roadside Sunday market near the heavily guarded Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) in central Srinagar. The explosion triggered panic among shoppers and sent vendors and bystanders…
NEW DELHI: In a language war of sorts, CPM deputy leader in Rajya Sabha John Brittas on Sunday raised objections to junior rail and food processing minister Ravneet Singh writing official responses to him in Hindi. “In a compelling gesture of protest”, Brittas has written to the minister in Malayalam.The minister in his written replies…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday directed the security forces of the UT to ensure an “effective and forceful response,” and that they have “full freedom to crush terror outfits,” after a grenade attack on Srinagar ‘Sunday market’ left 11 injured.“The LG spoke to DGP Nalin Prabhat and senior officials…
