Civil Services (Main) as per schedule: UPSC

New Delhi: The Civil Services (Main) Examination will be conducted as per schedule from Friday, the Union Public Service Commission said on Wednesday amid the Centre’s fresh Covid curbs. TNS

17 die as bus collides with truck in J’khand

Pakur: Seventeen persons were killed and 26 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck transporting gas cylinders in Jharkhand’s Pakur district on Wednesday morning. The accident happened on the Govindpur-Sahibganj state highway at Paderkola village. PTI

Bid to smuggle 1K star tortoises foiled

Chennai: The air cargo customs department at the airport foiled a bid to smuggle over 1,000 live star tortoises to Malaysia. Acting on tip-off that an export consignment with wildlife was destined for the Southeast Asian country, the officers examined the cargo which were declared as 230 kg of live crab. PTI