File pic of security at Aksa beach Mumbai: A 17-year-old collegian, Mazid Khan, was feared drowned off Aksa beach on Friday afternoon.The search-and-rescue operation, which continued for several hours, was suspended around 8pm; it will resume on Saturday. A fire brigade team, led by station officer Ashish Kesarkar, was involved in the search operation.Khan, a…
Cauvery wildlife sanctuary split for Kanakapura Bengaluru: The battle for Kanakapura, the home turf of chief minister DK Shivakumar, is no longer confined to politics. It is unfolding across the taluk’s farms and plantations, where frequent elephant incursions have intensified human-wildlife conflict. Struggling to contain the crisis through conventional measures, the forest department has turned…
V Srimalini at the rock shelter at Ayilam village in Ranipet district Chennai: A student from the University of Madras has found a new prehistoric site with rock shelter, rock art, stone tools and pottery fragments at Ayilam village in Ranipet district, some 127 km from Chennai.The rock shelter was situated on the elevated hillock…
U.Sudhakarreddy@timesofindia.comHyderabad: Skeletal remains recovered from a cave in Ladakh have yielded the first ancient DNA evidence of the varied populations that moved through the high-altitude region during the Middle Ages, revealing maternal genetic links to East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.Scientists from city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Birbal Sahni Institute of…
Kolkata: The El Nino effect has started showing in Kolkata this monsoon, with heavy rain happening in clusters interspersed with dry and warm periods. Severe disruptions like the ones triggered by Thursday’s deluge could continue as the monsoon progresses, warned meteorologists.While Kolkata was lashed by a severe thunderstorm and 59 mm of rainfall on Tuesday,…
Noida: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Reliance Digital to refund Rs 49,990 — the cost of an LED TV purchased in 2018 that repeatedly malfunctioned — along with a fine of Rs 2,000.Commission president Anil Kumar Pundir and member Anju Sharma passed the order on Monday, directing the company to pay the amount…
Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer and former secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), Pardeep Kumar, on Friday moved a special CBI court in Panchkula seeking anticipatory bail in the Rs 593-crore IDFC First Bank–AU Small Finance Bank fraud case, as investigations into the alleged diversion of govt funds intensify.Special CBI judge Vijayant Sehgal…
Ketan Agarwal (L) and his fiancée, Siya Goyal (R); CCTV footage captures the final moments of Ketan. PUNE: Investigators probing the Lohagad Fort murder case have found that Siya Goyal’s family decided to arrange her marriage with realtor Ketan Agarwal after learning about her relationship with co-accused Chetan Chaudhary and concluding that there was a…
Aizawl: Mizoram has recorded an estimated Rs 656.76 crore in damages from various disasters over the past five years, while the economic loss was assessed at Rs 634.35 crore. The total requirement for recovery and reconstruction has been pegged at Rs 879.82 crore, according to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment report covering the period 2021-2025.The…
The road links the Nandpuri Underpass with the interior colonies of Jagatpura Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has begun a fresh survey to remove encroachments from a sector road running parallel to Bharu Marg, with the aim of restoring its planned width of 80 feet.The road links the Nandpuri Underpass with the interior colonies…
