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Chennai Customs officers have rescued five exotic animals smuggled from Bangkok in the check-in baggage of a passenger. The Customs Department has shared a video of the five animals comprising …

Call it a belief or superstition but during the festive season especially Deepavali, a small stationery shop in Bengaluru is thronged by customers so much so that a queue forms …

Determined to save the world’s most-trafficked pangolin species in the Nallamala Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve located in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the forest department officials have joined hands with a …

Autorickshaws are going places and now e-autos made in India are going to be part of the law-enforcement agency in the United Kingdom. Yes, Gwent, a county located in south …

The universal theme of victory of good over evil has made the epic Ramayana popular across the globe. It was evident at Ayodhya when 120 artists from eight countries performed …

When one is in the right, it is important that the response is conveyed promptly too. This was demonstrated by the Bengaluru Traffic Police when it replied to a traffic …

A hen in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur grabbed the headlines as she laid a 210-gram egg –the largest and heaviest ever in India breaking the national record. Usually, eggs weigh between 54 …

The Coimbatore Police in Tamil Nadu has come up with an initiative to foster trust and friendliness between police officials and college girls to help the latter deal with cybercrimes, …

To make driving in the city of Chennai comfortable and easy, the Greater Chennai Traffic Police has launched roadEase. Inaugurated on Thursday, this android app will provide real time traffic …

The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park which is located in Kamalapur, Hampi in Karnataka is adding new attractions regularly to make it enjoyable and engaging for the visitors. Following the …

Going beyond her line of duty, a courageous bank manager in Rajasthan successfully averted a robbery. In a video which has gone viral, she can be seen single-handedly confronting the …

Officials of the Tamil Nadu Police’s Idol Wing CID seized three antique sculptures from a handicrafts shop in Madurai on Monday. These include a stone carving figure of Shiva Parvati, …

With a view to expand its business and boost its revenue, the Kerala State Road Transportation Corporation is coming up with new ideas and packages. The PSU is in talks …

In a bizarre incident on a US flight, a snake suddenly appeared in the business class of the aircraft creating a scare among passengers on Monday at the end of …

Nothing can be a deterrent if one is determined. Demonstrating this in a video on Instagram are the hearing and speech impaired couple in Nashik who run a stall selling …

No more will the visually-challenged be deprived of reading and enjoying the renowned and classical Tamil literary works. Doing this extraordinary and remarkable job is the Central Institute of Classical …

With the aim to minimise the human-animal conflict involving elephants, the Tripura Forest Department has decided to fit radio collars around these creatures. The use of global positioning system devices …

The spate of incidents involving pet dogs biting and mauling grown ups and children has made the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation decide to ban the domestication of dogs belonging to three …

Taking the off beaten path, several youngsters pursuing professional courses and degrees have taken to unconventional careers. Meet one such engineering student, Vartika Singh from Bihar, pursuing B.Tech from a …

It is rare to see people honour their word. A sterling example of this is a doctor from Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool who has been rendering medical services to the needy …

Given the precarious situation of cheetahs in the world, any addition in their number anywhere in the world is welcome. The news that the four-year-old female cheetah Amani gave birth …