Guwahati: A range forest officer has been placed under suspension with immediate effect following allegations of involvement in corrupt practices. A departmental inquiry is underway.The suspension order signed by Sandeep Kumar, principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) and heads of forest force, states, “… Imtiaz Ahmed, forester-I, office of the divisional forest officer, North Kamrup…
Lucknow: During a special three-day crackdown by Lucknow Traffic Police on vehicles plying without registration number plates, most violators were owners/drivers of four-wheelers. Traffic police booked 105 four-wheeler vehicles and 12 two-wheelers without registration number plates.“Vehicles without registration plates pose a serious challenge as they are difficult to trace in cases of accidents, hit-and-run incidents,…
Palanpur: Two men were killed after a speeding car allegedly rammed into their motorcycle near Dholwani village in Aravalli district’s Bhiloda taluka on Sunday. The car driver fled the scene after the accident, police said.According to police, the accident occurred near Maniba petrol pump on the Bhiloda-Dholwani road when a car driving out of a…
Jhunjhunu: Sikar police, in a breakthrough in a recent burglary involving lakhs of rupees from a house in Khichdon Ka Bas under the Gokulpura police station area, arrested four members of inter-state gang from Punjab. Sharing details Sunday, Additional SP Tejpal Singh told the media that the main accused came on the pretext of visiting…
NEW DELHI: India’s rapid renewable energy expansion is running into a serious bottleneck, with delays in transmission infrastructure forcing large-scale curtailment of green power.According to Ember, an energy think-tank, transmission constraints accounted for nearly two-thirds of the 470 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy curtailed in first quarter of 2026. The problem has become particularly acute in…
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has blamed anti-Muslim rhetoric from politicians and public figures, including Elon Musk, following a series of attacks in Edinburgh that left five Muslim men injured.In a post on X, Polanski said: “Let’s be very clear that vicious anti-Muslim hatred by politicians and their trillionaire mate @elonmusk create the conditions for…
‘Toy Story 5’, the fifth instalment in the Pixar series debuted with USD 160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year.Internationally, it was just as successful, with USD 152 million in opening-weekend sales, for a worldwide haul…
Some days carry a little polish, and this is one of them for you, Virgo. Honor, respect, and social goodwill are easier to attract now because Jupiter supports your public image, while the Moon helps others notice your effort. Doors open with less pushing. Nice change, isn’t it?Still, there’s an odd undercurrent. You may feel…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday said yoga is not merely a form of exercise but an Indian way of life that connects the body, mind and soul, as she joined International Yoga Day celebrations at Neeli Jheel in Asola Bhatti.The event was part of a series of programmes organised across the capital,…
Thane: Poor route planning, long travel time and limited operating hours appear to have derailed the Thane Municipal Transport’s (TMT) much-publicised AC double-decker bus service, with the city’s first such bus drawing barely a quarter of its carrying capacity during its first week of launch.Introduced last Tuesday, the lone bus service modelled on Mumbai’s popular…
