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Six deer escape mangrove forest in Bengal amid cyclone

10:40 pm May 26, 2021

Kolkata: Six deer that strayed into residential areas from the Sundarbans, amid Cyclone ‘Yaas’, were rescued and sent back to their habitat by the forest department, a senior official said. The herbivores might have panicked amid the rough weather conditions and escaped the mangrove forest, when the cyclone struck, Chief Wildlife Warden V K Yadav […]

Kalyan civic body closes garbage dumping ground

10:37 pm May 26, 2021

Thane: The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has said it has permanently closed down a waste dumping ground, bringing relief to the nearby residents a year after launching its ‘zero garbage programme’. The dumping ground at Aadharwadi, which faced perennial problems and caused pollution affecting the health of local residents, has been closed down permanently, […]

Kalyan civic body closes garbage dumping ground

10:33 pm May 26, 2021

Koo raises USD 30 mn in funding led by Tiger Global

10:27 pm May 26, 2021

New Delhi: Twitter-rival Koo has raised USD 30 million (about Rs 218 crore) in a funding round led by Tiger Global, according to a statement. Existing investors Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital, 3one4 Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream Incubator also took part in the latest funding round, Koo said in a statement. IIFL and Mirae Assets […]

Maha: Man kills one-year-old son after quarrel with wife

10:06 pm May 26, 2021

Nagpur: A 40-year-old daily-wage labourer allegedly killed his one-year-old son, following a quarrel with his wife in a village in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the accused Bhajan Metab Kawreti, a resident of Wakodi village, asked his wife for money to buy alcohol and she […]