Honeybees have long depended entirely on flower pollen for a group of essential fats called sterols, nutrients they cannot produce inside their own bodies and cannot get from any other natural food source. As climate change and modern farming reduce the variety of flowers available to bees, access to these sterols has become increasingly scarce,…
Kolkata police commissioner Ajay Nand and transport minister Arjun Singh during the closing ceremony of the Road Safety Week on Sunday Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand has directed all traffic guards to identify motorists who repeatedly violate traffic rules, signalling a tougher approach towards habitual offenders.“Let us identify repeat offenders… . Three traffic violations…
Mumbai: Two men were arrested from Raipur in Chhattisgarh by a Vanrai Police team in connection with a case of cheating a logistics firm to the tune of Rs 94 lakh. Police said the accused were on the run for the past year. More arrests are likely.Last year, the vice-president of a logistics firm registered…
CHENNAI: Going harder on overcharging liquor buyers beyond the maximum retail price (MRP), the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) has revised its penal action to dismiss personnel at retail vending shops if they are caught violating the MRP norms for a third time.The revised disciplinary guidelines, issued through a circular by Tasmac on Friday,…
The sandbox tree does not look dangerous at first glance, but it has earned a frightening reputation for a reason. Native to tropical regions of Central and South America, this towering tree is often described as one of the most dangerous in the world because nearly every part of it has a way of warning…
The helper took keys to the house from the neighbours Ahmedabad: A domestic help allegedly stole cash and jewellery worth Rs 27.5 lakh from a house in Chandkheda on Monday after obtaining the house keys from a neighbour on the pretext of cleaning the premises. The entire theft at the house in Serenity Space Society…
This is the third time in two months that a corporator from the Opposition has lost membership Mumbai: In another setback for the Opposition in the BMC, AIMIM corporator Roshan Shaikh has been disqualified after her Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate was declared invalid by the District Caste Certificate Verification Committee. This is the third…
Ahmedabad: Fake love gurus, a bogus yoga guru, and men hiding behind women’s online identities have come under the scanner of Ahmedabad’s cybercrime unit. They allegedly slipped into women’s inboxes, sending obscene clips, messages and threats. But their digital trails eventually led cybercops to their doors.Ahmedabad police have arrested eight people from Gujarat and Rajasthan…
Kolkata: A Salt Lake court on Saturday remanded a 27-year-old man to six days of police custody, a day after his arrest for allegedly raping his six-year-old cousin for nearly a year at their Lake Town residence.The horrific ordeal came to light during a medical check-up at RG Kar Medical College, where the class 2…
New Delhi: More than two weeks after a taxi driver was robbed of his Maruti Ertiga and mobile phone near the Bhopura Border in northeast Delhi, police have arrested three men in connection with the case.According to police, Parvez, a taxi driver from Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district, was waiting for passengers near Lakdi Market Puliya…
