B.Sridhar | TNNJamshedpur: The city police on Tuesday arrested a couple and rescued a three-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped by them from Sakchi market on May 26, it said on Wednesday. Police said the couple who hailed from Purulia district in West Bengal have confessed to have kidnapped the child because they had been…
Urban forestry: Asif Sait kicks off Miyawaki mini-forest project in Srinagar Belagavi: The district plans to plant over 2 lakh saplings under the Miyawaki model mini forest development scheme through local bodies, including the Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) and municipal councils of Gokak, Nippani, Bailhongal, Savadatti, Ramdurg and Athani. The Belagavi zilla panchayat has set…
Varanasi: The UP govt has set a target to plant more than 1.85 crore saplings this year under Vriksharopan Abhiyan-2026.During the drive, large-scale plantation will be carried out in the four districts of Varanasi division—Varanasi, Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Chandauli— with public participation.The highest plantation target under this campaign, aimed at promoting environmental conservation and green…
The accused in police custody Jamshedpur: Two persons were officially arrested on Monday, a day after they were detained, for the murder of 24-year-old Vikas Singh, whose body was found on Sunday near Adivasi Club under the jurisdiction of Ulidih police station in Mango.Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Piyush Pandey said that Vikas was killed…
Jamshedpur: The body of a 24-year-old person was recovered from bushes near the Adivasi Club in Mango on Sunday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Vikas Singh, a resident of Sankosai in Mango police station limits and painter by occupation., police added.The brother of the deceased, Akash, said, “Vikas had left home on Saturday…
A farmer from Odisha’s Malkangiri district is drawing attention after successfully growing the rare Japanese Miyazaki mango, a fruit considered among the world’s most expensive varieties and valued at nearly Rs 3 lakh per kilogram internationally. (Image-Instagram/@thetrendingindian) The farmer, Deba Padhiami from Tamasa village, reportedly received the mango sapling from a social worker almost four…
More than 50 per cent of mango farmers are now selling directly to consumers Slice one open, and your neighbour will guess, correctly, what you have brought home from the market. The Kesar mango has always announced itself this way. It is a scent that travels farther than the fruit, and has, for nine decades,…
More than 50 per cent of mango farmers are now selling directly to consumers Slice one open, and your neighbour will guess, correctly, what you have brought home from the market. The Kesar mango has always announced itself this way. It is a scent that travels farther than the fruit, and has, for nine decades,…
The most expensive mango in the world, Miyazaki mango, is a rare Japanese variety that can fetch prices as high as Rs 2.5 to 3 lakh per kilogram. Cultivating this variety is a challenge, outside Japan, where the climate is not conducive to mango farming. Joseph Lobo, a farmer from Udupi, India, grew this rare…
