Elephant corridor | File photo Chennai: The southern bench of National Green Tribunal has ordered forests department and the Nilgiris collector to ensure that resort buildings within the Segur elephant plateau that have been sealed following court orders, continue to remain so. They should not used for commercial or residential purposes, the bench ordered.Stressing the…
T’puram: A 48-year-old lineman died after suffering an electric shock while carrying out repair work at a residential property in Puthur, Kollam, on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Altaf, of Peedika, Cholathara. According to police, while climbing a nearby electric post to restore the service wire, Altaf reportedly suffered a severe electric shock from a…
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old student playing a spinning top on the premises of a govt school in Tumakuru district was allegedly electrocuted Friday evening.R Puneeth, of Borappanahatti in Tovinakere in Koratagere taluk, was studying in PU first year.His father Ravikumar, a daily wage worker, lodged the complaint with Koratagere police, accusing Bescom officials of causing the…
Noida: A 27-year-old engineer who slipped into an open drain along a flooded stretch in Sector 58 earlier this week may have been electrocuted before he collapsed. His body was recovered from the 2.5-foot-deep drain filled with rainwater on July 9, when the city received a spell of intense showers.A 51-second CCTV footage that surfaced…
A six-year-old boy drowned in a rainwater-filled pit at a slum in the Ankur Vihar area Ghaziabad: Three more people, two of them minors, died in rain-related incidents in the city on Thursday as the city’s civic infrastructure collapsed following the season’s first bout of heavy rain, taking the toll to five. Earlier, a three-year-old…
Salem: Two workers died of electrocution while carrying out side-bore drilling work inside an 80-foot-deep well near Thalaivasal in Salem district in the early hours of Friday. Police said they were electrocuted following a short circuit in a motor inside the well.The deceased have been identified as Narayanan, 50, of Kallakurichi, and Somu, 35, from…
A 24-year-old security guard died after touching a live transformer. The incident occurred due to severe waterlogging outside a park in Indirapuram GHAZIABAD: A 24-year-old security guard was electrocuted after coming into contact with water electrified by a nearby transformer during waterlogging in Indirapuram on Thursday.Bablu alias Narendra Kachhi of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur worked as…
Contract worker Huligeppa who died on an electricity pole Ballari/Koppal: A 22-year-old contract worker was electrocuted while carrying out repair work on an electricity pole in Ballari district on Thursday, while a Gescom meter reader allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison during a reconciliation meeting at the utility’s Karatagi sub-division office in Koppal district.The two…
The peacock was cremated by the staff of the forest department of Byadagi in Haveri district on June 25, 2026 Haveri: A major controversy has erupted in Haveri district following allegations of a coordinated cover-up, gross administrative negligence and statutory violations of wildlife protection norms by senior forest officials over the death of an Indian…
Buxar: Tension prevailed in Bagen Gola police station area of Buxar district on Monday after the family and villagers of a worker blocked the main road for nearly one-and-a-half hour, alleging that he was murdered.The deceased was identified as Pravesh Musahar (40), son of Prema Musahar and a resident of Ekarasi village. He worked as…
