Swiggy food delivery executive caught with five kg ganja  

Swiggy food delivery executive caught with five kg ganja  

  The Central Zone Task Force Police arrested a 27-year-old Swiggy food delivery executive with five kilograms of ganja in Secunderabad on Tuesday evening. The police arrested Jitendra Nahak, a native of Odisha, when he came to sell the contraband to customers near Secunderabad Railway Station. A native of Kodala in Odisha, Nahak moved to … Read more

Seven students from top institutes caught cheating on Duolingo English Test in Hyderabad

Seven students from top institutes caught cheating on Duolingo English Test in Hyderabad

The L.B. Nagar Zone Special Operation Team (SOT) on Monday arrested seven individuals at a lodge for cheating while taking Duolingo Exam, an online English eligibility test for admissions to international universities in the USA, Ireland and Australia. The suspected organisers allegedly collected ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 from each student to ensure they pass the exam, … Read more

Two traffic policemen caught by Lokayukta in Mandya

Two traffic policemen caught by Lokayukta in Mandya

The Lokayukta officials on Saturday arrested a head constable and his junior colleague while they were accepting a bribe from a man for an official favour. The accused, Rajkumar and Mahadev, attached to the Mandya City traffic police station, had demanded ₹8,000 from Sayyad Sadath, to release his vehicle which had been seized in an … Read more

Caught between the stars and the sea

Caught between the stars and the sea

Carrying a big bag on his shoulders and armed with a battery-operated torch, K. Sadasivam, 63, boards a State-run bus on the less travelled route between Sullurpeta and Rayadoruvu in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. The bus winds its way through a desolate 40-minute stretch to reach the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary even as the … Read more

Umpteen U-turns, gridlocks galore: Hyderabad commuters caught in stop-and-go traffic

Umpteen U-turns, gridlocks galore: Hyderabad commuters caught in stop-and-go traffic

Commuters exploring alternative routes in lanes and bylanes of Punjagutta, to circumvent the traffic jam caused by the security arrangements for President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL More red than orange or green. That’s been the story of traffic movement in the city over the … Read more

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary

Wild elephant Arikompan is blindfolded before being loaded into a truck at Chinnakkanal in Idukki on April 29, 2023.. | Photo Credit: Jomon Pampavalley A day after they set out to capture and translocate wild tusker Arikompan, the members of the special task force of the Forest department succeeded in the mission after a gruelling … Read more

Caught Your Kid Masturbating?

Caught Your Kid Masturbating?

Masturbation is a very natural and healthy part of childhood. And it can start at a younger age than you might think. “It’s the beginning of a lifelong learning experience about their bodies and, later, about sex and sexuality,” says David Swanson, PsyD, a child and family psychologist practicing in Los Angelesand author of HELP — My … Read more

Coronavirus doctor’s diary: Karen caught Covid from the hospital – and took it home

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As she cleaned the hospital in April, Karen was scared not for herself, but for her family. She and her husband, Mal, had moved into a caravan in Mal’s parents’ garden, while his mother was ill with cancer – and they stayed on after she died, to support Mal’s 80-year-old father, Malcolm. Mal, a hospital … Read more