A male elephant was found dead in Theppakkadu coming under the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Nilgiris district on Saturday, officials said. An autopsy revealed that the 15-year-old elephant was very weak and there was an infection in its tongue and teeth. There was also no food material in the intestine and maggots were found …
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When asked to choose the sexiest man in Russia, 18 per cent of men and 17 per cent of women surveyed named President Vladimir Putin as Russia’s most handsome man. After all these years, Russians are still thirsty for “someone like Putin”. Getty Images According to a poll by the Superjob.ru job board published Friday, the 68-year-old bachelor is the …
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As many as 14 bodies of security personnel have been recovered today from the site of the gunfight that broke out between security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. According to a report by Hindustan Times, 5 soldiers are confirmed dead and 30 others injured on Saturday, while 21 soldiers were reported missing. Today’s count took the toll to …
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A special CBI court in Ahmedabad discharged three police officers in the 2004 extrajudicial killing of Ishrat Jahan and four others stating there was “no question of any fake encounter” and there was “nothing on record to suggest that the victims were not terrorists”. The two former police officers filed discharge applications after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanction to …
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April 1 was set to mark an array of significant changes that were to directly impact the lives of millions of Indians. The government had earlier issued an order to make changes to the wage code that would have impacted crores of salaried employees. Apart from that, announcements were made for changing the interest rates on small savings and mandatory …
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In the past 24 hours India has reported over 62,000 new cases of COVID-19 infections across the country taking the toll so far 11,971,624, the Union health ministry data showed on Sunday morning. This is the highest single-day rise in the number of new COVD-19 infections in India in 2021. During the same time, a total of 312 COVID-19 deaths …
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The phrase ‘Kaavalthurai Ungal Nanban’ means ‘police is your friend’. For a 27-year-old pregnant lady who was abandoned by her family, inspector Rajeshwari proved to be the good samaritan, as per a report in The New Indian Express. This happened in Chennai. A month back, the woman in question was abandoned by her parents, husband and brothers. An auto driver …
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A disturbing video has surfaced from Gujarat showing the destruction of a nesting colony of Slender-Billed Gulls. The video was shot from Greater Rann of Kutch near Khavda village of Kutch district and was posted on Twitter by Anish Andheria, CEO-Wildlife Conservation Trust. Heart Wrenching – contractor bulldozed nesting colony of Slender-billed Gull in Greater Rann of Kuchh- destroying ~5000 …
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Concerns are being raised after over two dozen migratory birds were found dead in the Pong wetlands of Himachal Pradesh in the past few days. According to forest officials, 14 Bar Headed Geese were found dead on Thursday, eight on Friday and five on Saturday in the Pong Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary in Kangra. BCCL Divisional forest officer (wildlife) of Pong …
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A daring case of kidnapping for ransom was solved by the out-of-the-box thinking of the Bengaluru police. Rabeez Arafat, a resident of Shivaramaiah Layout, HBR Layout in Bengaluru went missing on March 25 after he left home to a nearby fruits shop to buy some juice. While he was on his way, Arafat came across a group of men, on …
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