CUTTACK: Alleged large-scale felling of trees for a proposed Rs 28-crore urban development project in Odisha’s Baripada municipality area has landed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), with a Kendrapada based petitioner seeking immediate intervention.Seeking relief, Pratap Chandra Mohanty has urged the tribunal to declare the tree felling illegal under the Van Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan…
Guwahati: A rare butterfly species has been discovered in the semi-evergreen forests of the Basar region in central Arunachal Pradesh’s Lepa Rada district and named after Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg by its discoverers.The butterfly, scientifically christened Euthalia (Limbusa) zubeengargi and given the common name ‘Basar Duke’, is distinguished by olive-brown wings with white markings…
NEW DELHI: A team comprising CBI officials and legal experts is learnt to have reached London in connection with the final formalities in the Nirav Modi case. Sources said the team had gone there for discussions with the counsels as the fugitive diamantaire has exhausted all his legal options in the UK.The move comes in…
Kolkata: A passenger arriving from Bangkok, was arrested on Thursday by the customs officials, for carrying hydroponic ganja worth Rs 3.5 crore. Airport officials said that the marijuana was ingeniously concealed inside decorative items. The passenger was intercepted after he crossed the Green Channel and was heading towards the exit. Officials said the passenger was…
Chennai: There are clear signs of an electoral churn in Tamil Nadu’s two biggest urban hubs — Chennai and Coimbatore. Seats in Chennai, once seen as a comfortable terrain for DMK, have turned competitive, while in Coimbatore, long considered an AIADMK bastion, the ruling party is mounting a serious challenge in some segments.DMK won all…
Bengaluru: Yulu, a Bengaluru-based shared electric vehicle mobility platform, has crossed 1 billion kilometres of rides in the city, the company claimed Friday. It said it had a fleet of 22,500 EVs providing short-distance mobility for deliveries, daily commutes, and leisure rides.Amit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Yulu, said the platform plans to expand its…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A Bombay high court lawyer, 49-year-old Mithun Bhaskar, was stabbed to death late on Wednesday night on the Beed Bypass Road in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and the police on Thursday arrested a transgender person and two accomplices in connection with the murder.“Our teams detected the case within hours of the incident coming to light….
Jasprit Bumrah (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) Nothing seems to be working for star pacer Jasprit Bumrah in IPL 2026. In five matches so far, Bumrah has conceded 164 runs without taking a single wicket. He has leaked runs at an economy rate of 8.63.The right-arm fast bowler, known for dominating the powerplay, rattling stumps and producing…
Pune: The Chandannagar police on Friday arrested a lawyer, his wife and daughter on the charge of bludgeoning the lawyer’s secretary to death.The wife had suspected that the lawyer was in an illicit relationship with his secretary. When the secretary did not return home and her number was not reachable, her husband began searching for…
MUMBAI: A 400-tonne mobile crane engaged in the construction of Metro Line 2B toppled near the Asian Heart Hospital junction in BKC during overnight work in the early hours of Wednesday, prompting traffic diversions in the area.The crane was lifting a pre-cast beam when a mechanical failure led to the mishap at the work site…
