Two additional suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena division chief Pradeep Purnekar. THANE: The Thane Crime Branch has arrested two more accused in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) division chief Pradeep alias Balu Purnekar, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three.The arrested accused…
Thiruvananthapuram: The transport department will allow seven categories of modifications in vehicles, including colour, engine, chassis and body structure changes, subject to prior approval from the registering authority.Transport commissioner G Sparjan Kumar issued the order under Section 52 of MV Act and Rule 112 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules which said that only modifications permitted…
Two policemen killed in suicide blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: At least two policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured in a suicide blast in northwest Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night, an official said. SSP Masood Bangash said the suicide bomber attacked a police mobile van near the cattle market…
Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary emergency…
Representative Image of key moments in ZSL history, from royal openings to animal exhibits ( AI Generrated Image) A royal visit to London Zoo in 2016 completed a circle that had begun 40 years earlier. According to the Zoological Society of London, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Lion Terraces at London Zoo in 1976, then…
A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000/Image: Reuters In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be…
Representative Image of the Yellow River Basin with expanding planted forests across dryland regions, viewed from above (AI Generated Image) China’s Yellow River Basin has gained roughly 35,000 square kilometres of planted forest over the past three decades, but a study of nearly 20 years of monitoring data suggests some of those forests begin losing…
CHENNAI: A car plunged into a sinkhole after a section of Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) caved in near Tidel Park on Thursday morning, disrupting traffic on the busy stretch. The two occupants escaped unhurt. The incident occurred close to an underground Metro construction site near Tidel Park.The white car was travelling along OMR near Thiruvanmiyur…
Gujarat’s plastic manufacturing units are facing challenges after a steep rise in raw material costs, driven by higher crude oil prices linked to the Israel-Iran war. Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s plastic manufacturing units are facing challenges after a steep rise in raw material costs, driven by higher crude oil prices linked to the Israel-Iran war. Industry representatives…
Prayagraj: A driver and a cleaner of a DCM truck were mowed down by a speeding SUV near Athsarai overbridge road within the limits of Saini police station of Kaushambi district late on Tuesday night. The incident, according to police, took place when both were checking a technical snag in the vehicle and a speeding…
