REDUCE AND REUSE: Sumrux offers parents a free platform to sell, swap, lend, or borrow children’s books online, aiming to conserve resources and reduce waste. Parents looking to dispose of children’s old textbooks after exams can list them free of cost for sale or donation at www.sumrux.com. “Listing takes about a minute only and could…
Chennai: Police seized 400kg of red sandalwood logs from a vehicle in Parry’s Corner and arrested three men in connection with the bid to smuggle, sources said.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the North Beach police station inspected an SUV parked at Fourth Beach Lane in Clive Battery. During the search, officers found red…
Hyderabad: A 74-year-old retired professor from the University of Hyderabad lost Rs 3.2 crore in a cryptocurrency investment scam, prompting the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) to register a case on Monday.According to the complaint, the complainant, a resident of Hyderguda was first contacted on Facebook in Aug 2025 by a woman identifying herself as…
Gurgaon: As many as 73 bottles of illicit liquor, concealed inside shipment boxes labelled as “electric items”, were seized at a delivery company godown on Tawadu Road, police said.A case has been registered under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act at Bilaspur police station against unidentified persons for illegally transporting liquor through a courier shipment….
West Bengal polls: Violence, vandalism reported during early hours of voting KOLKATA: Incidents of violence and vandalism were reported from parts of West Bengal in the early hours of voting in the second phase of the assembly elections on Wednesday, police said. According to news agency PTI, the incidents were reported from multiple locations, including…
Panaji: Goa is in the grip of unusually warm nights this summer, with minimum temperatures above 28°C for the second consecutive night, marking the warmest nights of the season so far. According to the India Meteorological Department, Panaji recorded a minimum temperature of 28.3°C, which is 2°C above normal, while Mormugao recorded 28.4°C on Tuesday,…
Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old schoolteacher from the Raipur area has approached Khadia police alleging misuse of her identity through a fake Instagram account that used her photographs to contact others and seek personal information.According to the complaint filed on Monday, the woman, who teaches English and social science at a school near Kankaria, said she was…
Ludhiana: A three-year-old child died in a road accident near Ladowal Chowk on Tuesday. The child and her family members were travelling in an e-rickshaw from Khajoor Chowk towards Phillaur when an allegedly speeding bus rammed into the e-rickshaw, causing it to overturn.The child and her grandmother sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital….
Chandigarh: The Punjab council of ministers on Tuesday decided to convene a special session of the state’s legislative assembly on May 1 to “pay homage to the working class of the state”,.The session will be closely watched as it comes close on the heels of defection of AAP’s seven Rajya Sabha members to the BJP…
Pune: A three-hour rescue operation ended successfully on Monday night after a youth dubbed as ‘mentally unstable’ by the police climbed a 132 kV high-tension transmission tower in Nigdi’s Yamunanagar area.Besides bringing the unidentified youth down safely, authorities managed to avert a major power disruption event. Traffic had to be diverted onto the Bhakti Shakti-Talawade…
