Under SIRPI, officers will offer classes in physical fitness, sports and drills to inculcate discipline and social awareness among students from a young age.

In another case in the state capital a staffer of a private club, Sreenivasan, suffered serious injuries after a pack of dogs attacked him while he was travelling on a motorbike on Tuesday night.

A special court in Mannarkkad in Palakkad district, where tribal youth Madhu’s lynching case trial is progressing, on Wednesday witnessed interesting scenes after the court ordered to check the eyesight of a witnesses who turned hostile.

Forest officials said they suspect the 15-year-old female elephant could have been electrocuted from a trap laid to catch wild boars in Mundur area. Later, they recovered 350-metre long wire tied near the fence of the estate.

But Left Democratic Front convener EP Jayarajan failed to turn up citing ill health and later the court adjourned the case to Sept 26. The accused finally appeared before the court after the chief judicial magistrate issued an ultimatum to them.

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the inclusion of several communities in the Schedule Tribes list of the Constitution across 4 states, as part of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2022, tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda said

Raja on Tuesday spoke about how the Manusmriti insulted “shudras”. He has been facing the ire of BJP leaders who say he has insulted Hindus and Hinduism.

The project promoted by Muthoot and Kuwait-based Kapico groups had constructed 54 modern villas and other facilities in Nediyathuruth island in 2007.

The fire in a showroom for electric scooters in Secunderabad, which caused eight deaths, comes in the wake of several instances of e-scooters catching fire across the country. CCTV footage from the showroom showing a battery exploding in one of the scooters, which were reportedly being charged at the time, raises the question: how safe is an e-scooter or, for that matter, any electric vehicle?