image for representation | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah A 17-year-old student narrowly escaped a wild elephant attack in the Aralam rehabilitation area in Kannur, Kerala, on Friday. The student, identified as C.K. Adi, a trainee at Kakkayangad ITI, was on his way to the institute when he encountered the elephant. Witnesses said the animal, … Read more
Uttarkashi: Restoration work underway in Uttarkashi after recent flash floods. File | Photo Credit: PTI A cloudburst struck Yamuna Valley in Uttarakhand‘s Uttarkashi district on Saturday (September 6, 2025), causing heavy damage in Naugaon area, where debris buried a residential house and muddy waters of a stream entered more than half a dozen homes. The … Read more
Land pooling policy likely to involve enforcement instead of the existing consent-based approach. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF Transformational shifts are on the cards in the urban development approach in Telangana, with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority setting out to introduce Local Area Development Planning (LADP) coupled with a Comprehensive Land Pooling Policy for better … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP BSF and Punjab Police have recovered six pistols along with 14 magazines in the border area of Amritsar following an extensive search operation, an official said on Friday. The joint search operation carried out on Thursday led to the recovery of a large packet wrapped … Read more
Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region, including eight deaths. But in a … Read more
Members of various farmers associations staging demonstration at Lower Camp in Theni district on Sunday condemning the Kerala government’s announcement of converting Alavachal as car parking near Mullai Periyar dam. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A large number of farmers and farmers’ welfare associations in Theni district staged a demonstration at Lower Camp on Sunday … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) Chairman and former Minister Sujay Krishna Rangarao said that an action plan would be prepared very soon to improve the forest cover in the State. Mr. Rangarao, who was given the post recently, said that the corporation would put special efforts to improve the income sources for the tribals … Read more
A low-pressure area that formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Monday (October 14, 2024) would set the stage for widespread rainfall over north Tamil Nadu and herald the onset of the Northeast monsoon over the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast heavy rainspells, set to begin over … Read more
A view of the green cover in the Chintoor Agency area in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO CHINTOOR (ASR DISTRICT) The Kunavaram Forest Range officials on Monday (October 7, 2024) arrested two Muria tribal persons on charges of encroachment of land within the Uppanapalli Reserve Forest in Chintoor Agency area of Alluri Sitarama … Read more
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Energy and Finance, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Telangana Government has urged the Central Government to allot all the mining blocks in the coal belt area of the State to public sector miner Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of … Read more