Representative image generated using AI CHIKKAMAGALURU: A 55-year-old woman was found dead at her residence in Chikkamagaluru on Wednesday after she shot herself with a licensed revolver owned by her, police said.The deceased, identified as Suma, was a homemaker and lived in Halenahalli Layout in the town.According to police, the incident took place when she…
Tamil Nadu’s food system relies a lot on a workforce that rarely gets noticed. Bees. The primary pollinators of crops such as mango, coconut, sunflower and cotton, without them yields could reduce by 40%, or in some cases, 90%. Yet across the state, from Kanyakumari, the honey capital of India, to the Nilgiris, these pollinators…
Hyderabad: To improve waste management, G Srijana, commissioner, Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC), ordered the effective implementation of four-way waste segregation, covering dry waste, wet waste, sanitary waste and special care waste. She also ordered the strict enforcement of the ‘No bin – no trade’ policy and called for greater accountability in waste disposal practices.During the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only GURGAON: A female doctor was allegedly harassed, abused, threatened, and her car was damaged by two men during an incident in Gurgaon’s South City-II area on Tuesday evening. Police have arrested one person in connection with the case and are making efforts to trace the second accused. The incident…
Kolkata: Officers from the New Alipore PS on Wednesday took arrested Trinamool functionary Swarup Biswas to the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) office at Tollygunge Technician Studio, where locks were broken in his presence to conduct a search. The office was the nerve centre of Biswas’s operations.Biswas, brother of former…
Noida International Airport hit a major milestone on by conducting a full-scale aircraft turnaround trial alongside IndiGo and its partners. NOIDA: Noida International Airport on Wednesday completed a full-scale aircraft turnaround trial as part of its operational readiness , activation and transition (ORAT) programme ahead of the commencement of commercial operations.The exercise, conducted on June…
Guwahati: The annual four-day Ambubachi Mela will begin at the Kamakhya temple, one of the 51 Shakti Peeths, on June 22, with the Kamrup (Metro) district administration and the temple management committee finalising preparations.Kabindra Prasad Sarma, bor doloi (head priest) at Kamakhya Temple, said the sanctum sanctorum will remain closed from “9.08 pm on June…
LUCKNOW: Seventeen passengers were injured, two of them critically, after a Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus collided head-on with a truck on the Bahraich-Sitapur route in the early hours of Wednesday. The accident took place near Gadamaar village under the Hardi police station area, triggering a major rescue operation by police and emergency services. According to…
NEW DELHI: A day after Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha was rejected, the Congress is set to file a petition on the Election Commission’s portal on Wednesday.In the event of no response from the poll panel, the party is preparing to move the Supreme Court challenging the decision, news agency ANI reported, citing…
An Indian-origin financier is accused of running a $100 million bank fraud scheme in California. He lived a double life of luxury, intimidation and blackmail, including hosting parties with sex workers and later using those events to pressure attendees, reports the New York Post.44-year-old Mahender Makhijani was arrested on Wednesday after armed federal agents raided…
