Illegal jeans dyeing units in Kalyan rural, Ambernath and Badlapur villages are polluting water bodies, allege activists | Mumbai News

Ulhasnagar: Nearly a decade after being shut down in Ulhasnagar over pollution concerns, illegal jeans dyeing units have resurfaced in villages across Kalyan rural, Ambernath and Badlapur, triggering fresh environmental concerns.Environmentalists allege that these units, which use chemical-based dyes and processes to treat denim, are operating clandestinely in villages such as Karole, Usatne and Malangwadi….

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3 new, critically endangered plant species discovered in AP | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Scientists have identified three new plant species in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh following field surveys conducted over the past five years, each found in small, restricted habitats and classified as critically endangered under IUCN Red List criteria.The species have been identified as Euphorbia ananthapuramensis from Nigidi forest in Sri Sathya Sai district,…

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Puja, prep and poise mark candidates’ final Sunday before high-stakes verdict day | Kolkata News

Kolkata: From offering pujas to spending hours with their counting agents and dropping in for a quick adda with party workers, candidates tried to keep their calm ahead of Monday’s poll verdicts. Debasish Kumar, Trinamool’s Rash Behari candidate, spent the entire Sunday with party workers. “I was with my fellow party workers, discussing the preparations…

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RTE Round 1 results today | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: The first round of admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for Class 1 in private primary schools across Gujarat will be declared on Monday. Nearly 83,000 seats reserved under the 25% RTE quota will be distributed among about 1.8 lakh eligible applicants. The allotment process will be carried out online by the…

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Textbook gaffe: ‘Kinnaur’ translated as ‘transgender’, HP board to issue corrigendum | Chandigarh News

Shimla: After “Kinnaur” was wrongly translated as “transgender” in a Class 6 textbook, the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education on Sunday said it would issue a corrigendum to correct the error.In the English version of Folk Culture of Himachal and Yoga, district Kinnaur was incorrectly translated, while the Hindi version carried the correct name.Board…

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Assam Poll Results 2026: Assam poll results: Vote counting begins across 40 centres; Himanta Biswa Sarma eyes sixth win | Guwahati News

GUWAHATI: Counting of votes for the 126 assembly seats in Assam started simultaneously across 40 counting centres in 35 districts sharp at 8 am on Monday.This is the first election held after delimitation of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies were carried out in 2023, redrawing boundaries of the constituencies.The fate of altogether 722 candidates, 258…

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