Author: xorance@gmail.com

Image for the representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The police have come up with stringent enforcement actions against the illegal single digit lottery business by deploying dedicated squads for flash inspections in Kozhikode district of Kerala. This move follows confidential reports from the State Lottery Department and licensed lottery agents, who raised protests against the growing number of unregulated lottery activities in the region.One such squad formed under the leadership of Thamarassery Deputy SP Chandramohan, has exposed two shops at Ambayathode. During the flash inspection, the squad managed to seize ₹23, 020 from two shops suspected of…

Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu account for 59.29% of the estimated 22,466 elephants in India, a report released by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) has revealed.Seven north-eastern States and a part of West Bengal support 6,559 elephants, underscoring the region’s critical role as an elephant stronghold, the report titled Status of Elephants in India: DNA-based Synchronous All-India Population Estimation of Elephants, said.WII officials said the estimate for 2021 to 2025 was conducted using the DNA-based mark-recapture method – similar to that used for tiger, co-predator, and prey monitoring – for the first time…

Christians have been facing increasing opposition in the free practice of their religious customs in the Bastar region in recent times. Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In yet another episode of violence over the burial rights of Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a mob in Kanker district vandalised a prayer hall on Thursday (December 18, 2025). Several people, including police personnel, sustained injuries in intermittent clashes over the past three days.According to eyewitnesses, tensions had been building over the past few days in Bade Teoda village in Antagarh tehsil of Kanker after the…

A first-person account of the chaos and confusion as passengers across India struggled to board their IndiGo flights at Chennai airport Source link

iCongress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Monday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t pay tributes to Assam’s cultural icon, Zubeen Garg, during his recent trip to the State.Mr. Modi was in Assam on December 20 and 21 to inaugurate key developmental projects, including the new airport terminal in Guwahati and a fertilizer plant in Namrup in Upper Assam.“The PM was in Assam for two days, and addressed the people on several occasions. As expected, the speeches focused on attacking the Congress party and presenting a distorted version of Indian history,” Mr. Gogoi, who is also the Assam Congress chief, said in a post on X.“However, it is deeply…

An IndiGo aircraft makes a landing at Navi Mumbai International Airport on December 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s new greenfield airport, Navi Mumbai (NMI), will be airlinked with Tamil Nadu from December 29, 2025, with Indigo beginning direct and daily flights from Chennai and Coimbatore.An aviation source said the 186-seat all-economy class Airbus A320 services will be linked to the first phase of the airport’s operational hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. NMI is to have round-the-clock operations by February 2026. The source said that Mumbai is operationally challenging given the high volume of air traffic, and…

Bollineni Hillside, a 1295-unit gated community in Perumbakkam off Old Mahabalipuram Road, has bagged an award for the biggest solar rooftop installation in Tamil Nadu in the category for resident welfare associations Source link

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Malaysia for his two-day official visit (February 7-8), setting the stage to bring greater synergy to the consequential India-Malaysia relationship. The visit is expected to reaffirm India’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties to even greater heights. It follows Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to India in August 2024, which elevated the relationship from an ‘Enhanced Strategic Partnership’ to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.’ PM Modi’s visit also highlights India’s remarkable soft power outreach, coinciding with celebrations with the vibrant Indian diaspora in Malaysia during the Thaipusam festival, underscoring India’s cultural diversity and…

The Science Quiz: The science hidden in proverbs and idioms 1 / 6 | Name this hydrocarbon. It’s the reason “one bad apple spoils the bunch”: as an apple ripens, it releases more of this compound, which causes nearby fruit to ripen faster. 2 / 6 | What’s the proverb based on the following fact? Fresh-cut grass is mostly water, and if you bale it while it’s still too wet, the bale can grow mould, lose nutrients, and sometimes become warm enough to catch on fire. So before it is baled, it’s typically dried under sun and dry air. 3…

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during the Budget session of the Legislative Assembly, in Jammu, on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday (February 20, 2026) defended an order regulating collection of zakat (charity) during Ramzan in Kishtwar district, amid growing criticism from political parties.Speaking in the J&K assembly, Mr. Abdullah said the order was issued following “requests of local Muslim religious leaders, who had pointed out misuse of zakat ”. “Ahead of Ramzan, directions were issued to all Deputy Commissioners to consult local stakeholders. In Kishtwar, religious leaders themselves raised…