Varanasi has announced a ban on the sale of meat, fish and other non-vegetarian food during Shravan VARANASI: Non-vegetarian food will not be available in Kashi and along the kanwariya routes leading to the city from the outskirts during the auspicious month of Shrawan, commencing Thursday.Elaborate traffic restrictions have also been announced to ensure the…
Elephants being driven back into the forest Madikeri: The forest department conducted a rescue operation to drive a herd of wild elephants straying into coffee plantations back to forest areas in Kodagu district.The operation was carried out in and around Chettalli, Irale Velamudi, Cherala, Horuru, Moduru and Mathi forest areas under the jurisdiction of the…
CM Mohan Charan Majhi during Rath Yatra review meeting in Puri on Monday Bhubaneswar: In the run-up to the upcoming Rath Yatra in Puri on July 16, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday issued a 10-point directive to govt officials and police, stressing flawless management of the annual festival.The govt’s emphasis on zero-error arrangements…
Varanasi: A district-level peace committee meeting to ensure peaceful conduct of the mourning month of Muharram was held on Wednesday at the Traffic Police Line auditorium. The meeting was presided over by police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and attended by was district magistrate Satyendra Kumar, along with religious leaders/imams/taziadars and members of Civil Defence. The police…
The forest department during the elephant rescue operation in a Kodagu village Madikeri: A wild elephant attempted to attack a forest department team during an elephant operation in a Kodagu village on Thursday. The operation was carried out after villagers demanded to chase the wild elephants that have been camping in coffee plantations in the…
Madikeri: The forest department has continued its efforts to capture a wild elephant that is believed to have trampled to death the wife of a senior IPS officer recently at Konanakatte village in South Kodagu.The department is using drone cameras with little success. A group of elephants was fitted with radio collars, and the movement…
