New Delhi: The avian story involving an adult female Oriental Pied Hornbill and Grey Hornbills that has recently gripped birders at Lodhi Garden on Tuesday took an interesting turn. The Oriental Pied Hornbill, which has been feeding a Grey Hornbill family that is not her own, has been taking care of at least two such…
Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: Coempt Eduteck, the company entrusted by the CBSE with handling one of the most sensitive links in the examination chain, the digitisation of answer sheets and their onscreen marking (OSM), was recently disqualified from a similar contract by Kannur University in Kerala over what the university termed the non-disclosure…
In today’s time, cycling is not just about riding around but also about having proper accessories for it. What was once limited to a water bottle and a helmet has evolved into a growing ecosystem of gadgets, tools and add-ons designed to solve everyday cycling challenges. Whether it’s avoiding a flat tyre midway through a…
Justice Mohammed Shaffiq made the query, on a plea moved by P Vadivelu, a daily-wage labourer from Tondiarpet, seeking ₹50 lakh compensation for the death of his 14-year-old daughter Yuvasree in a stampede during a relief distribution program organised by AIADMK at R K Nagar, in Dec 2023 Chennai: Can the state govt be directed…
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan declared that his party will rebuild in Telangana and contest the 2028 assembly elections, setting the stage for a fresh political churn in the state.Addressing a press conference at his Hyderabad residence on Telangana Formation Day, he said: “This is India. No one…
Gurgaon: A district court on Tuesday denied bail to a woman arrested over a social media video in which she purportedly claimed she had cooked beef and wanted to offer it to West Bengal’s “Hindu chief minister”.The case, lodged after objections from local residents and social media users, centres on allegations that the clip was…
Kolkata: Leading her first protest on the streets of Kolkata since her party’s defeat in the assembly election, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, “If I survive, I will remove BJP from office in Centre.“Accusing Centre of orchestrating a “conspiracy” to break TMC and to stop her since the election, Banerjee took aim at…
Ghaziabad: A special Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes court on Monday convicted two brothers from Baghpat and sentenced them to life in prison for killing a neighbour 10 years ago over a delay in repayment of Rs 3,000.In July 2016, Narendra Kumar filed a complaint with the Sihanigate police station, accusing three persons — brothers Umesh Sharma…
Bhutan defender Sheuli Azim lost her mother on Tuesday Panaji: Bangladesh cancelled an early-morning training session after discovering that the mother of defender Sheuli Azim had passed away just hours earlier on Tuesday.Preparing for the crucial SAFF Women’s Championship semifinal against Nepal on Wednesday, the defending champions were scheduled to train at Athletics Stadium in…
Varanasi: An occultist from Aligarh, Imtiyaz Khan (48), who was on the run after robbing a woman of jewelleries was held in an encounter with the police in Azamgarh district late on Monday.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Tuesday said that on May 9, Imtiyaz misled a woman, Chanda Devi, of Rajapur after making her…
