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A tiger appeared without warning, gliding like a shadow along the forest edge as a boat drifted through the Periyar waters. For a 13-year-old boy visiting Kerala in 1957, the moment was electrifying. Wildlife then was not something confined to sanctuaries; it was visible, immediate, woven into everyday landscapes. That fleeting encounter stayed with Romulus…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR: Gold embedded in sacred structures of Sabarimala temple in central Kerala was allegedly stripped, diverted and converted through a planned operation involving temple officials, intermediaries and private jewellers, a state-appointed SIT told a vigilance court. In a report seeking police custody of key accused, SIT said gold-plated copper sheets forming part of the sanctum…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will flag off the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Guwahati and Howrah later this month, barely months before the assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal. The train, marking a major upgrade in overnight train travel running at 120-130 kmph, will also reduce the travel time between two…
Gujarat govt’s plea rejected AHMEDABAD: A sessions court refused to permit Gujarat govt to withdraw a criminal case against 19 Karni Sena activists, who were booked for vandalising a mall, torching vehicles and damaging property during their protest against the release of the film ‘Padmavat’ in 2018. The court said the alleged offence was committed…
Gangster Inderjit Singh Yadav. (Photo credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: ED searches continued for the third day Thursday on the premises of close associates of gangster Inderjeet Singh Yadav, in Delhi-NCR with the agency having recovered fresh unaccounted cash of Rs 1.2 crore from Westend Greens farmhouse of businessman Sunil Gupta, taking the total cash recoveries…
MP CM Mohan Yadav meets an affected person undergoing treatment after the consumption of contaminated water, at a hospital in Indore on Wednesday INDORE: Madhya Pradesh’s govt late Thursday evening confirmed nine deaths in Bhagirathpura following people falling ill after drinking contaminated water. People from the area had started pouring into hospitals across the city…
NEW DELHI: Canada has told Air India that one of its pilots was found tipsy just before operating a flight on Dec 23, 2025, violating the country’s laws, and that the airline should investigate the case and inform it of action taken by Jan 26, 2026.Transport Canada sent this communication to AI a day after…
JAMMU: In a major offensive against cross-border terrorism and its support networks, Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached property of a Pakistan-based terror handler under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Rafiq Nai is the launch commander of banned terror outfit Tahreek-ul-Mujahideen / Jammu Kashmir Ghaznavi Force.“The accused is actively involved in supervision of narcotics and…
NC chief Farooq Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: National Conference on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged assaults on Kashmiri shawl sellers in different parts of the country and said the Jammu and Kashmir government would take up the issue with the state governments concerned.NC chief Farooq Abdullah said, “It is unfortunate that some people want…
Union fertilizers minister J P Nadda on Thursday inaugurated an integrated e-bill system aimed at digitally processing fertilizer subsidies of about Rs 2 lakh crore. The move replaces manual, paper-based procedures with a fully digital workflow, eliminating the physical movement of bills, an official statement said.“This online system will play a significant role in strengthening…
