Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump engaged in a heated phone exchange over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, NBC News reported, citing multiple current and former US officials. The confrontation came after Netanyahu, speaking at an event in Jerusalem on July 27, denied that there was starvation in Gaza, insisting, “There is…
NEW DELHI: Expunging its earlier criticism of an Allahabad high court judge whose verdict it had listed among the “worst,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan on Friday clarified that it had no intention of embarrassing or casting aspersions on the judge.“We must clarify that our intention was not…
Lucknow: A woman, posing as a customer, was caught on CCTV stealing a pair of gold earrings from a jewellery showroom in the Bhoothnath market in Indiranagar. The CCTV footage of the theft went viral on Friday. The accused woman, Nisha Kumari, was arrested on Friday night. The incident took place around 6pm on Thursday…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday said it would give legal shape to its view that a committee headed by a retired high court judge should administer Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan until Allahabad HC decided the validity of UP govt’s ordinance for development of the temple and its surroundings.A bench of justices Surya Kant…
Lucknow: To commemorate the centenary of Kakori Train Action, Shaheed Krantikari Shatabdi Organising Committee, Lucknow, presented a play ‘Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna’ at the CMS auditorium in LDA Colony on Thursday.Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh, and regional ‘pracharak’ of RSS, Anil, honoured the descendants of the revolutionaries.Deputy chief minister Brajesh…
Almost a year after the National Medical Register was launched as “a comprehensive and dynamic database for all allopathic doctors”, only 996 of the 13.9 lakh allopathic doctors registered with state medical councils have got NMR registration. In response to an RTI query, National Medical Commission (NMC) stated that of the 11,200 applications for registration…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended greetings and best wishes to the people of the state on the occasion of Rakshabandhan to be celebrated on Saturday.In a message released on Friday, the Chief Minister said Rakshabandhan is a festival symbolising the mutual love, affection and trust between brothers and sisters. “It represents duty, sacrifice, social…
NEW DELHI: Holding that it would be a travesty of justice if a convict completes his jail term while his appeal remains pending, SC has said bail should be granted to convicts in cases where the sentence, unlike life imprisonment, is of limited duration. If bail cannot be granted, then the appeal must be decided…
Lucknow: The vice president of a private firm was arrested on Thursday for allegedly duping people of Rs 60 lakh on the pretext of securing MBBS seats.“The accused, Shahnawaz (32) of Mau, was wanted in multiple cases of cheating and criminal conspiracy. He was arrested by a joint team of the deputy commissioner of police…
As India’s ties with the US are thrown off kilter because of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented targeting of India for its trade with Russia, PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday, reaffirming their commitment to strengthen India-Russia relations. The conversation took place a day after Modi’s show of Global South solidarity with…
