Bengaluru: With little over a month left in the kharif window, Karnataka has managed to sow just 36.5 lakh hectares against a targeted 84.1 lakh hectares — a coverage of only 43% — agriculture department data for up to July 3 shows.The season’s uneven start, widely attributed to patchy and delayed monsoon across the state’s…
Ninth arrest in ₹35 crore bribery case Chennai: Triplicane police on Sunday arrested one more person in connection with the alleged ₹35 crore bribery and intimidation case involving Uthangarai TVK MLA Dr N Ilaiyaraja, taking the total number of arrests to nine. The arrested person was identified as Krishnan, 33, who worked as a driver…
Forensic audit finds 22K anomalies in Dharani transactions Hyderabad: Nearly 22,000 ‘anomalies’ were reportedly found during a forensic audit of eight lakh Dharani (land) transactions between Oct 2020 and Dec 2024. However, the state govt is clueless about the officers and the persons behind those transactions, which involved nearly 10,000 acres.Kerala Security Audit and Assurance…
Psychiatrist says body image issues get especially aggravated around a wedding Kartik Ahuja has everything a 30-year-old could hope for – independence, professional success, decent salary, and a soul mate. And yet he needed to belong. In conversations, so he would not be singled out. In photos, so he would not stand out. In jokes…
Kolkata: In a move designed to prioritise student safety and prevent substance abuse, IIT Kharagpur is introducing a help-seeking policy where any student who seeks medical assistance in good faith — whether for themselves or a peer — will be protected from disciplinary action. This is part of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for substance…
Panaji: Dams in Goa have started rejuvenating following heavy rainfall across the state over the last couple of weeks. However, the dams are far from reaching their capacity.Selaulim reservoir, for instance, is just 37% full. The usual date for the dam to reach full level is July 7. Last year, all the reservoirs in the…
Varanasi: The mutilated body of an unidentified woman, believed to be around 25 years old, was found wrapped in a black plastic sheet and dumped in bushes along the national highway near the Ranipur tri-junction under the Madiyahu police station limits on Sunday morning.Police suspect the woman was brutally murdered and are awaiting the postmortem…
Ahmedabad: A 19-year-old woman on Saturday night lodged a complaint with Vatva police alleging that her month-old daughter was taken away and sold by a woman to recover a Rs 1 lakh debt, forcing her to approach the police after the infant was returned nearly 10 days later.According to the FIR, the complainant and her…
Panoramic coach, DHMU train set clear final trials on Kalka–Shimla route Shimla: The final trial run of the panoramic coach and the diesel hydraulic Multiple Unit (DHMU) train set was successfully completed on the UNESCO‑listed Kalka–Shimla railway. This was a crucial step before their introduction into commercial service. The inspection was carried out by the…
The AI-generated illustration shows police constables demand a Rs 2,000 bribe from three friends Pune: Two constables attached to the Faraskhana police station have been booked for allegedly extorting Rs 2,000 from a technician (24) employed at an eatery on the Pune-Solapur Highway by threatening to implicate him, and his two friends, in a criminal…
