RPF personnel test a drone camera at Lotapahar railway station in Jharkhand Jamshedpur: Officials of the Chakradharpur railway division have pressed drone cameras to carry out aerial surveillance of railway tracks and other assets as the Maoists observe Daman Virodhi Saptah (anti-oppression week) from June 25 to July 1.Drone cameras are being used to watch…
Ranchi: Tribal organisations on Monday resolved to launch a campaign from villages to the state capital to protect and conserve tribal culture. They also decided to organise an ‘Adivasiyat Bachao’ rally in Ranchi later this year against “social, political and cultural attempts to destroy the community’s unique identity”.Representatives of the tribal bodies said that describing…
Nagpur consumer panel holds NHAI liable for pothole damage A consumer commission in Maharashtra’s Nagpur has held that collecting toll fees without ensuring well-maintained roads amounts to a “deficiency in service”. It directed the National Highways Authority of India to compensate a motorist whose vehicle was damaged after hitting potholes, as cited by PTI.In an…
Midnapore: A police constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly assaulting and molesting a college student while she was returning home from a computer class in the Khirai area of West Midnapore district. The incident has triggered widespread public outrage.The accused has been identified as Biswajit Bhowmik, 30, a resident of Gobardhanpur village in…
Navi Mumbai: In a shocking case of animal cruelty, a pet dog’s head was completely blown off in Neral after he went towards a food bait that was attached to an illegal explosive.Bombay High Court-appointed honorary animal welfare officer, Soorraj Saha, helped lodge an FIR in the case and intimated the state forest department about…
A gleaming copper kalasam crowns the temple vimaanam, highlighting traditional South Indian Hindu architecture against a clear sky. Villupuram: Two copper kalasams, each about 1ft tall, were stolen by unidentified culprits from the century-old Arulmigu Sri Vadivambigai Samedha Chandramouleeswarar temple at Thiruvakkarai in Villupuram district.Police said miscreants targeted the vimana gopurams (tower domes) of the…
Patna: Three women were swept into deep water of the Ganga while bathing at Kachchi Dargah Ganga ghat on the Patna–Vaishali border on Monday morning. Locals rescued one of them, Ranjita Devi (32), who is undergoing treatment. Two others—Meena Devi (60) and Saraswati Devi (65)—went missing in the strong current. SDRF teams, local divers and…
Ranchi: Three children who went missing from Kadru basti here on Sunday were traced by police from Barauni in Bihar within 24 hours. Police said the children are aged between 10 and 12 years.SP (city) Paras Rana said that the children were rescued from the Muzaffarpur-Bhagalpur Jansewa Express. He added that police formed eight teams…
Price of a truckload of sand has gone up by Rs 10,000-15,000, builders & suppliers said Ranchi: Sand prices have surged across the city and other parts of the state after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restricted sand mining from June 10 to Oct 15, triggering a shortage that has slowed govt and private construction…
The NEET-UG examination, originally held on May 3, was cancelled after allegations of a paper leak surfaced. NEW DELHI: Top officials from the educatin ministry and the National Testing Agency (NTA) will brief a Parliamentary panel this week on the lessons learnt from the NEET-UG re-examination and the reforms being undertaken to strengthen the country’s…
