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…
Villagers seek divine help to tackle wolf menace LUCKNOW: Panic struck by continuing wolf attacks, villagers of Kishanganj in the Mahsi subdivision of Bahraich district have now pinned their hopes on divine intervention. They have started a special ritual at the Shiva temple near Raji Chauraha. A relay havan has started at the temple where…
LUCKNOW: Diwali might be a couple of months away still, but villagers in UP’s Bahraich are stocking up on lights and firecrackers for weeks. As the sun goes down and the forests on the edge of panic-stricken villages – where a pack of three “killer wolves” have been on the prowl and taken the lives…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
BAGESHWAR: A self-styled godman quietly built an unauthorised temple on government land at over 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) on the Sunderdhunga glacier in Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash claimed to have received divine instructions to construct the temple at the eco-sensitive spot high up in the mountains.Mahendra Singh Dhami, a villager, said, “The Baba…
The red-rooted temple stands on Sunderdhunga glacier BAGESHWAR: A self-styled godman quietly built an unauthorised temple on government land at over 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) on the Sunderdhunga glacier in Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. Baba Yogi Chaitanya Akash claimed to have received divine instructions to construct the temple at the eco-sensitive spot high up in the mountains.Mahendra…
PHANSIDEWA: Villagers, armed with household utensils like tongs, and work instruments like hammers and shovels, were the first responders at the accident site on Monday, managing to bring out most of the injured and the dead from the bogies amidst heavy rain, hours before railway men and trained rescue personnel from NDRF reached the site.According…
RAIPUR: Two days after security forces claimed to have killed 12 Maoists in an encounter in Bastar’s Bijapur, local villagers, mostly women, marched to district headquarters accusing police of a fake encounter. Innocent villagers were gunned down while collecting tendu leaves, they claimed.DIG (South Bastar) Kamalochan Kashyap said those killed were Maoists, many of whom…
