Engineer robbed at knifepoint after accepting lift in Bhopal
An engineer was allegedly robbed of his gold chain and mobile phone after three youths offered him a lift and took him to an isolated stretch near a bridge on Aerocity Road…
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Cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty marks World Elephant Day and vanishing pastoralists
Cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty, through his series 'Green Humour', has published two new works on India's environmental challenges. One marks World Elephant Day on August 12, highlighting elephant conservation. The other addresses the…
ABVP and NSUI clash at EFLU, counter FIRs filed
A clash between Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) at the English and Foreign Languages University campus in Hyderabad early on August 14 left several…
Ex-serviceman preserves rare 1947 ‘Jai Hind’ stamps in Kozhikode
Ex-serviceman Sarin Kumar Nair from Kozhikode owns a rare complete set of Independent India's first postage stamps, the 1947 'Jai Hind' series, Mathrubhumi English reports. The set of three stamps, the National…
6 Arrested in Occultist Murder in Uttar Pradesh
NDTV reports that the Varanasi Police have arrested six people in connection with the murder of occultist Anish Upadhyay. The victim was reportedly called to perform rituals after the family faced financial…
22-year-old dies, one injured in Greater Noida furniture shop fire
A 22-year-old man died and another was injured when a fire broke out at a furniture shop in Shahberi, Greater Noida, early Friday, Hindustan Times reports. The fire started around 2.30am due…
Two separate Delhi e-rickshaw accidents kill three
On Thursday, a 28-year-old man died of electric shock while charging his e-rickshaw at a station in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area, Hindustan Times reports. The man, identified as Yograj Gautam, was…
Delhi gets 227mm August rain; humidity spike pushes heat index to 46°C
Delhi's heat index shot up to 46.1°C on Saturday as humidity surged, even as the city has logged 227.2mm of rain so far in August, the Times of India and Hindustan Times…
Modi Pays Tribute to Freedom Fighters on 80th Independence Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted citizens on Saturday and paid tribute to freedom fighters on India’s Independence Day. In a post on X, he said their courage and sacrifice ended colonial rule…
Rameswaram women free-dive for seaweed, earn Rs 50 a kilo
Women in Rameswaram are diving up to six feet deep without professional gear to harvest seaweed, Deccan Herald reports. They stay in the water for four to five hours at a time,…
