Rajendra G

Three months after the four-lane balanced cantilever bridge connecting to Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway near Thane’s Ghodbunder junction was opened for traffic, it has developed potholes following continuous rain spells the past few days. On Saturday, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) began filling the potholes on the bridge over Varsova creek.

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday announced Rs 2 crore aid for development of Bahanaga locality where a train accident took place on June 2 in which 292 people were killed and more than 1,200 were injured.

Once again a trap camera picture of a Nilgai (blue bull) from the Phalodi range, which broke a wire fence set up by villagers to stop wild animals from entering their farms, has raised an alarm in and around Ranthambore National Park (RNP) as a metal noose got stuck in its neck.

Taking cognisance of a complaint against the Uttarakhand forest department's approval for plying buses through the core area of Corbett reserve, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Wednesday sought a ‘factual status report’ from chief wildlife warden JS Suhag on granting permission to Garhwal Motors Union Limited to operate bus service on the Pakhro-Morghatti-Kalagarh-Ramnagar (Kandi Road) stretch.

everal activists have appealed to the railways to extend the Jagdalpur-Visakhapatnam Express up to Bhubaneswar for the benefit of Jeypore residents.

Three poachers, who would lace venison with highly toxic pesticides to prevent putrefaction and committed a host of other wildlife crime at the Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve, were convicted by a district court recently.

The State Transport (ST) has started a special conductor-less non-stop bus service between Panvel and Alibaug, scheduled every half an hour. As many as 32 trips have been scheduled everyday starting from 6am

Vadodara, Aug 6 () Sardar Sarovar Dam across Narmada river has started overflowing at Kevadia in Gujarat's Narmada district, following the release of water from Omkareshwar dam in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, officials said. "Water level at Sardar Sarovar dam has reached 122.

During the recently concluded annual congress of British Indian Orthopaedic Society two doctors from the city, one who is working in UK and the other a renowned practitioner in Nagpur, made important contributions.

The proposed airstrip at Satram near Vandiperiyar in Idukki will be causing a huge environmental impact and it will destroy Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR), said the letters by the forest department to the chief wildlife warden.

Shrinking grasslands have become a cause of concern for the 344-sq km Nameri Tiger Reserve (NTR) in Sonitpur district.

Rajkummar Rao's latest film, ‘Maalik’, also starring Manushi Chhillar and Prosenjit Chatterjee, has had a modest box office performance since its release last Friday. Despite Rao's praised portrayal of a gangster, the film has earned Rs 18 crore domestically after five days. ‘Maalik’ faced competition from the Hollywood release ‘Superman’, impacting its initial momentum.

The death of a lioness in Chennai zoo due to suspected Covid-19 had triggered closure of all wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, and tiger reserves in the country. Even as they remain shut, the opening of zoo safari by district and civic authorities as part of allowed indoor and outdoor activities has raised a controversy.