A Derbyshire farmer takes action as influencers and tourists keep filming his Highland cows/Image: BBC A UK farmer plans to breed his highland cows to be “less photogenic” amid growing concerns over tourists and influencers getting too close to them. Alex Birch, a cattle farmer from Derbyshire, said the decision came after repeated incidents of…
Ludhiana dreams of building a European-style road corridor but is saddled with dirt tracks Ludhiana: A central money-laundering investigation against a prominent state politician has stalled an overhaul of the industrial city’s infrastructure, exposing internal fractures over privatization and inflated project costs.Essential municipal services, from modern waste management to high-tech street cleaning, have ground to…
Image used for representational purpose only NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old Class 9 student was found dead in a forested area near Bhatti Mines on Wednesday, officials said. The body of the teenager was discovered in the national capital, following which police launched an investigation into the incident, according to news agency ANI. According to police,…
Hyderabad: Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI’s) epigraphy division has decoded a 5th century CE Sanskrit inscription in Brahmi characters on a seal from Pakistan, identifying it as belonging to a Saiva temple dedicated to Svami Kotesvara at Devadaruvana, the forest of Himalayan cedar trees.ASI epigraphy wing head K Muniratnam Reddy said the inscription, incised on…
NEW DELHI: Speculation is rife over a possible reshuffle in Union Cabinet after a rejig in BJP’s state units and Rajya Sabha ticket allotments.With the completion of 12 years of the BJP-led NDA government and the second year of its third term, Prime Minister Modi may effect a reshuffle in his ministry sometime soon, news…
Two suspects arrested from Jaipur for being part of the Virendra Charan and Rohit Godara gang Two suspects arrested from Jaipur for being part of the Virendra Charan and Rohit Godara gang Two suspects arrested from Jaipur for being part of the Virendra Charan and Rohit Godara gang Two suspects arrested from Jaipur for being…
Kolkata: Of the 1,478 candidates contesting the first phase of the Bengal elections, almost one-fifth are crorepatis, most of them being Trinamool contenders. The poorest candidate, with assets of Rs 500, is from the new Aam Janata Unnayan Party. The figures were revealed in an analysis by Association for Democratic Rights (ADR) and West Bengal…
Guwahati: Assam Congress legal cell general secretary, advocate Reetam Singh, has filed an official complaint to Bar Council of Assam to suspend and initiate disciplinary proceedings against advocate general Devajit Saikia for repeatedly violating constitutional impartiality and code of conduct that an advocate is required to adhere to.Referring to the defamation case against Congress’s state…
Sanjay Thakkar, whose real name was Satish Ruparelia, beheaded a textile trader 31 years back Ahmedabad: For more than a decade, neighbours in New Ranip allegedly knew him as a soft-spoken spiritual speaker and worked as a financial consultant. Few suspected that the man living quietly under the name Sanjay Thakkar was actually Satish Ruparelia,…
Chennai: Affan Shehroz Umer, from Alwin Memorial Public School in Tambaram, is one among the one lakh-plus students who has been preparing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exam scheduled for Sunday. Having studied for the past two years, he exuded confidence of scoring more than 600 marks in the test and securing a seat…
