In what the government on Wednesday called a Diwali gift, the GST Council has approved sweeping rate cuts across key sectors. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that daily-use items like hair oil, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, toothbrushes, and shaving cream will now attract just 5% GST, down from 18%. GST on individual health and life insurance…
Lucknow: If Scissors and Beldanda tigresses have made themselves recognisable to tourists over a period of time in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of UP, males like Chhota Charger, Rocket, and Bajrang are no less popular either. Though giving tigers a name and identity is something the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and officials at tiger reserves…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday undertook a one-day visit to the temple town of Ayodhya, where he offered prayers at the revered Hanumangarhi temple and later paid obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of Ram Lalla. The CM began his visit with rituals at the historic Sankat Mochan Hanumangarhi shrine, where he performed special…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday reached the Ayodhya Raj Sadan to pay homage to Raja Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, head of the Ayodhya royal family and member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, during his trayodashi sanskar ritual. He offered floral tributes before his portrait and extended condolences to the bereaved…
Veteran actress Soni Razdan, who essays the role of legendary Kashmiri singer Raj Begum in the recently released streaming film Songs of Paradise, recently opened up about the way women are still perceived in the industry.In an interview with Screen, she was asked about privileged women in cinema still being defined by their husbands’ names,…
Lucknow: The Viksit UP-2047 vision plan is based on three themes: economic strength, innovation, and vitality. The project is divided into 12 priority sectors, which include all major departments and sectors through which govt hopes to realise its target of making UP a USD 6 trillion economy by 2047.The details were shared by principal secretary,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal on Wednesday warned that vesting governors with discretion to decide the fate of bills would jeopardise states’ legislative functions, while Supreme Court-prescribed timeline for governors and the President would expedite transforming people’s will into laws. This would not amount to amending the Constitution, it told the court. The TMC govt, through…
Lucknow: At a workshop for the over 400 intellectuals who have been tasked with taking the plan for Viksit UP-2047 among people, key suggestions that were made included a focus on the ‘One District One Product’ scheme, strengthening the primary health sector, ensuring availability of clean drinking disaster, disaster relief and threat protection plans, control…
Lucknow: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla offered an insightful glimpse into the extraordinary challenges of daily life aboard the International Space Station. In his latest Instagram post, Lucknow native Shubhanshu captioned a video saying, “Food in space. Never thought I would have to learn to eat again.” The video shows him in weightless environment, sipping coffee…
Lucknow: Your ride from Hazratganj Crossing towards Raj Bhavan road and vice-versa will take a little longer as the traffic police has introduced U-turns to ease snarls on the city’s main and busiest intersection. The new diversions came into effect on Aug 27, with the traffic department claiming that it is the only effective way…
