A scientist built 200 hotels for bees. Three years later, the guests he found changed what we know about pollinators and biodiversity |

Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and conservationists have spent years creating these miniature refuges for wild bees in the form of small nesting structures fitted with narrow tunnels that mimic the hollow stems and cavities many solitary bee species naturally use to…

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‘Stuffed in sack, dumped in pond alive’: Autopsy reveals how Baruipur girl was gang-raped, brutalised to death; 3 held | Kolkata News

Police have charged three suspects with gang-rape, murder, and destruction of evidence. One suspect was lynched by a mob while another escaped custody. KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when…

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Security stepped up at Udupi court after hoax bomb threat emails | Mangaluru News

Udupi: After a series of hoax bomb threat emails over the past week, security has been stepped up at the Udupi district court following discussions with the principal district judge and members of the Bar.Measures are aimed at ensuring no disruption to court proceedings, said SP Hariram Shankar. “Routine anti-sabotage inspections will continue every morning…

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