Palghar: A woman was arrested in Palghar district for allegedly securing a Zilla Parishad job using a fake disability certificate, a police official said on Sunday.Rupali Tengle, a resident of Daund in Pune, applied for a Group C Laboratory Technician post under the Aug 2023 direct-recruitment advertisement and submitted a disability certificate purportedly issued by…
Bengaluru: Four Ugandan women, detained in a private ashram at Kothanur owing to a lack of space in the detention centre, escaped after breaking the window grills, police said.Topista, Nagawa, Safinah, and Fitina had been arrested from Hennur, Puttenahalli, and Parappana Agrahara police station limits a few months ago on various charges, including drug peddling…
Madhavaram lake front has been converted into a landscaped, priced attraction G AnanthakrishnanChennai is a crowded metro with few large green and blue spaces, but it has progressively commodified many of its small public parks and open spaces, turning some into gaudy, manicured, ticketed amusement parks. One must pay to enter and again buy tickets…
Hyderabad: Women accounted for nearly six out of every 10 cancer patients treated in Telangana over the last five years, according to the state’s first-ever Cancer Atlas prepared using data from the Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Care Trust.The report — titled Cancer Incidence and Prevalence Mapping Across Telangana — analysed cancer cases recorded between April 2020…
Residents added that damaged drains with broken covers and clogged channels at several locations have further worsened the situation Residents added that damaged drains with broken covers and clogged channels at several locations have further worsened the situation Residents added that damaged drains with broken covers and clogged channels at several locations have further worsened…
Asansol: The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate has arrested 26 people in connection with brick-batting and vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost. Seven of the accused were remanded to police custody after being produced in court on Sunday, while 19 others were sent to judicial custody, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the…
Noida: Two more FIRs have been registered over Facebook posts that police said were designed to malign the image of the force after the April 13 labour unrest in the city.The FIRs accused the users of two accounts of circulating “false” and “defamatory” claims that police had illegally picked up workers, “kidnapped” them and used…
Panaji: In a first, state govt has drafted a policy to set up a unit to convert used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel, reducing Goa’s dependence on imported fuel. Over the last four-and-a-half years, Goa generated 9 lakh kg of UCO, which was exported to Australia for conversion into biodiesel.UCO, which is also known as…
Gorakhpur: Yashita Rai, a student of The Pillars Public School, has secured a place among the top 35 students selected nationwide for the Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) under the Indian National Biology Olympiad (INBO), bringing laurels to the city.The selection process is conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, one of India’s premier scientific…
The Unesco MoW register calls the Jain manuscript “an example of the finest expression in the art of miniature paintings. The ink used in the manuscript is gum lamp black and white paint made from mineral silver”. The Shantinatha Charita, a 14th century Jain manuscript, made its public debut at Ahmedabad’s LD Museum on May…
