On Española, one of the smaller islands in the Galápagos, the landscape is being reshaped by animals that spend much of their time moving slowly through it. Giant tortoises push through grasses, knock down vegetation and leave broad paths behind them as they travel. Their effect is easy to miss if viewed as ordinary grazing….
New Delhi: Police arrested 193 people and registered 154 cases during a 72-hour crackdown under Operation Chakra conducted across various areas of north Delhi last week.The operation, carried out from Aug 24 to 27, focused on cases related to illicit liquor, drug peddling, illegal possession of arms and gambling. Police teams from different police stations…
Mumbai: The Kalachowki police have registered a case against operators of three Instagram accounts for allegedly circulating a video related to a clash during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi celebrations, claiming that the footage could create communal tension.The complaint was filed by police constable Vikram Khaire attached to the Cyber Squad of Kalachowki police station. According to his…
Protesters at Lalbagh in Bengaluru Sunday Bengaluru: A massive crowd, including senior citizens and children, walked through Lalbagh Sunday, opposing the proposed tunnel road and the recent amendment allowing up to 5% of park land to be diverted for other uses.Led by environmentalist AN Yellappa Reddy, the walk was joined by all four Bengaluru MPs,…
Amid talks of possibility of Vijay as next PM Kanyakumari: Amidst TVK propaganda projecting chief minister C Joseph Vijay as a prospective prime minister, Congress leader and Tamil Nadu tourism minister S Rajesh Kumar on Sunday said he would quit the cabinet if TVK refuses to accept Rahul Gandhi as the PM candidate in the…
Hyd publisher hit by ransomware, €20m ransom sought Hyderabad: A book publishing house sought the assistance of Hyderabad cybercrime police after its systems were allegedly hijacked by unknown hackers, who demanded a ransom of €20 million.Police said the company’s employees detected unauthorised encryption of business data on the night of Aug 27. The compromised systems…
Citizens have been advised to check their names and details in the voter list without waiting for the deadline Gurgaon: Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the deadline for filing claims and objections under special intensive revision (SIR) of Haryana’s electoral rolls to Sept 30, giving eligible citizens more time to seek inclusion or…
Kolkata: A group of BJP workers were allegedly assaulted and robbed of Rs 50,000 by an armed gang of nearly 20 miscreants in the Tiljala area late on Wednesday.The incident took place around 11 pm near premises 168 on Tiljala Road, as the victims were returning home from their local party office. According to a…
The programme will connect students with researchers through a structured, three-phase programme Panaji: The directorate of higher education (DHE) has launched a programme to improve the quality of undergraduate projects and postgraduate dissertations by connecting students with 40 research mentors from institutions including NCPOR, IIT Goa, BITS Pilani–Goa Campus, GIM and Goa University.The initiative, PRAYoG…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Institute of Prisons and Correctional Administration (GIPCA) campus in Ahmedabad is set to get modern sports grounds, with the state police department planning the facilities keeping in mind the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, and the Olympics for which India has made a formal bid to host.Quoting DGP crime K L N…
