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Kolhapur residents hold 45-km silent march for elephant's return

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar,... Read More


Nigerian held with mephedrone in umbrella

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- In a dramatic bust that peeled back the layers of an international drug-smuggling operation, the Tulinj police in Nalasopara arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian national with high-grade ... Read More


Nair hosp hostel canteen shut; students suffer

Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- The canteen at the Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital hostel at Haji Ali has been non-functional for nearly two months, forcing over 400 student resid... Read More


'Animal quarantine centre needed at airport'

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- Following reports of multiple seizures of illegally smuggled exotic animals from the city's airport, the Plant and Animal Welfare Society (PAWS - Mumbai) wrote a letter addressed to ... Read More


9 yrs on, school guard accused of rape acquitted

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- Nine years on, the Bombay High Court has acquitted the watchman of a municipal corporation school in Kopri, who was allegedly accused of raping two girl students and showing obscene ... Read More


CISF strength to reach 220K as govt approves 30% increase

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Centre has approved a significant increase of over 30% in the strength of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), raising its total sanctioned personnel to 220,000, offi... Read More


3 held for poisoning water in K'taka school

Belagavi, Aug. 4 -- Three people, including the leader of a Hindu right-wing group, have been arrested for allegedly poisoning the drinking water tank of a government school in Belagavi district of Ka... Read More


Anti-terror operation in J&K's Kulgam continues for third day

Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- The anti-terrorist operation in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the third day on Sunday as security forces tightened the noose around the terrorists engaged in the gun... Read More


b'desh tribunal COMMENCES trial AGAINST Hasina

Dhaka, Aug. 4 -- Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday began the trial of deposed PM Sheikh Hasina in absentia over crimes against humanity related to the violent suppression of the 202... Read More


3 ARRESTED for poisoning school water to OUST Muslim principal

Belagavi, Aug. 4 -- Three people, including the leader of a Hindu right-wing group, were arrested for allegedly poisoning drinking water in the tank of a government school in Belagavi district of Kana... Read More