Lucknow: The enforcement directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted multiple raids in Lucknow at premises linked to Nikant Jain, a close associate of suspended Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash, in connection with a money laundering probe related to alleged commission demands for approving a solar power project. According to officials, ED teams accompanied by paramilitary forces…
Every time a school shooting occurs in the United States, the country is gripped by grief. Public attention rightly focuses on the devastating human toll: The lives lost, the families shattered, and the communities plunged into mourning. But beyond the grief, another quieter consequence unfolds in parallel. A measurable, lasting disruption to local economic life.A…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces Thursday busted a terrorist hideout in J&K’s Kishtwar district and recovered an AK-47 rifle, one AK magazine, 30 rounds and a pair of binoculars. The seizure was made in the forests of Berighouth-Dugadda, Chatroo, during a routine surveillance operation ahead of the upcoming Independence Day, said officials.Kishtwar’s upper…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Having worked out a three-way split of 25% US reciprocal tariffs that kicked in on Thursday, Indian exporters are rushing shipments ahead of the Aug 27 deadline, when Donald Trump’s “secondary sanctions” on India will double the customs duty to 50%.“We are advancing the shipments and planning to ship goods for the four…
Lucknow: With the intensity and spread of rainfall reducing across the state, major rivers have also started showing a receding trend in several areas. However, the Ganga was still flowing above the danger mark in Badaun, Ballia, Ghazipur, and Varanasi; the Sharda in Lakhimpur; and the Ghagara in Barabanki, Ayodhya, and Ballia on Thursday.Eleven deaths…
Nagpur: Atop a gentle hill in Girad village in Wardha district, surrounded by lush greenery and revered equally by Hindu and Muslim devotees, stands the Sheikh Farid Dargah. A site known for harmony was used as a prominent plot in the Raj More-directed Marathi film, ‘Khalid Ka Shivaji’, which has now triggered statewide controversy over…
Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Thursday rejected Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi‘s claims that the names of Aditya Srivastava and Vishal Singh were there in the voters’ list of other states along with assembly constituencies in Varanasi and Lucknow.Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference on…
SRINAGAR: Amid an ongoing anti-terror operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district — which entered its seventh day Thursday — Army’s Northern Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma visited the region to review the counter-terrorism grid. Later that evening, DGP Nalin Prabhat visited the district and reviewed the security situation.During his visit, Lt Gen Sharma was briefed…
Lucknow: The state cabinet on Thursday approved the establishment of private universities in Barabanki, Muzaffarnagar, and Mathura.The cabinet sanctioned the allocation of 25.31 acres of land in Gadia village, Nawabganj tehsil of Barabanki, for the setting up of Bodhisattva University by the Bodhisattva Charitable Trust, Lucknow. The Trust has received a letter of intent following…
KENDRAPADA: A 20-year-old college student in the district allegedly set herself on fire on Wednesday after her former boyfriend (24) apparently threatened to leak their intimate photos and videos on social media following their breakup. The girl, a final-year political science student, was found dead at home by her father (60), who has blamed police…
