Cash box stolen from temple
Firozabad (UP), Feb 12: A cash box was stolen from a temple here with a 70-year-old seer living there found dead, police said on Friday.
However, SP (City) M C Mishra said it is suspected that the seer, Deen Dayal, died following prolonged illness and there was no injury mark on the body that has been sent for a post-mortem.
The SP said unidentified thieves stole the cash box containing thousands of rupees from the Gopal Ashram temple on Thursday night. (PTI)
Killer-elephant tranquilised
Udhagamandalam, Feb 12: A wild elephant, which had killed three people, was on Friday tranquilised near Cherampadi, about 85 km from here, sources in the Forest Department said.
The elephant with a single tusk and nicknamed Shankar had killed the three between December 11 and 13 last in the area.
In the wake of the deaths, the villagers demanded the department to catch the animal and take it into camps. The forest personnel decided to trap Shankar with the help of tamed elephants, they said. (PTI)
Bengal schools reopen
Kolkata, Feb 12: Schools in West Bengal reopened on Friday after a gap of 11 months for classes 9-12, with strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol. The educational institutions were shut in March last year in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Though most educational institutions registered good attendance, students who take local trains to reach their schools faced problems due to railway blockades as part of the 12-hour state-wide bandh called by the Left Front.
The administration has asked the school authorities to ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines to prevent a surge in fresh cases. (PTI)
