Vetiver grass being planted on hill slopes of Karjat-Lonavla section As Nepal counts the cost of its recent disaster, a humble grass, with roots in India, is drawing fresh attention as a low-cost line of defence against floods and landslides.Vetiver, known for its essential oils and herbal remedies, is being revived today for another application…
File picture of parched land Bengaluru/Mysuru: Karnataka will submit a memorandum to the Centre seeking drought relief by the first week of Sept, deputy CM and revenue minister G Parameshwara said Saturday.Parameshwara said govt had so far declared 101 taluks as drought-affected and will continue assessing the situation for another 15 days. More taluks could…
Chennai: The state govt has decided to study the feasibility to connect the proposed satellite terminal at the wide-end of the intersecting runways at Chennai international airport with the Tambaram-Maduravoyal bypass without affecting the natural flow of Adyar river as well as the residential pockets in the locality.Senior officials at the secretary level held a…
Hyderabad: A 25-year feud over a neem tree ended in a chilling double murder in Suryapet on Saturday, with police alleging that a man hacked his neighbour to death and then killed his own father in a desperate attempt to pass off the crime as a clash between rival groups.The incident took place at Erragadda…
Gurgaon: A 23-year-old labourer died after an unidentified vehicle hit his bicycle from behind near on Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway near Naharpur Rupa on Saturday.The accident took place around 4am. The deceased, Akash Basor, was on his way to work when he was hit, his brother said in a police complaint.Police said Akash was rushed to Govt…
Security Breach at Presidency Correctional Home Kolkata: Three smartphones, Wi-Fi equipment, multiple storage devices and Rs 31,000 in cash were sized from the high-security Presidency Correctional Home’s Cell No. 14, occupied by life convict Aftab Ahmed Ansari, the mastermind behind the 2002 terror attack on the American Center, prompting an investigation into the security breach.Investigators…
Grill outlet at Noida’s Sector 29, also known for its jhol momos Nehru Nagar sweet shop owned by Sagar Yadav Inside the warehouse of a Nehru Nagar sweet shop owned by Sagar Yadav Samosa shop at Nehru Nagar Noida Sector 62 outlet selling samosas and jalebis Grill outlet at Noida’s Sector 29, also known for…
Police have recovered two live rounds from the crime scene. Panaji: Goa police on Saturday detained two suspects in connection with Friday night’s firing at Srinivas Nayak, director of Majestic Pride Group, in Porvorim. The shooters, caught on CCTV cameras, remained at large more than 24 hours after the incident.Police have ruled out an extortion…
Gorakhpur: Washed downstream from flood-hit Nepal, three unidentified bodies were recovered from Gandak river in Kushinagar district, officials said on Saturday.The bodies were spotted near pier number 3 of the Gandak barrage in the Madanpur-Sukrauli area of Khadda on Friday. Police and administrative officials rushed to the spot and launched efforts to establish identities of…
Ahmedabad: Dry Gujarat processed 1.89 lakh samples in the past year in cases linked to illegal liquor consumption under the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, according to home department figures. That averages 518 samples a day—about one sample every three minutes!The data is significant as prohibition enforcement faces renewed scrutiny following the death of 13 people…
