Jairam Ramesh slams PM Modi NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his Bihar poll campaign by visiting the ancestral village of socialist icon and former CM Karpoori Thakur, Congress on Friday took a swipe at Modi asking is it not an acknowledged fact that Jan Sangh – from which BJP emerged – brought…
Lucknow: Remember the reel of a 70-year-old elderly patient singing ‘ghazal’ while doctors performed surgery on his brain in Raipur?Similar was the case of a nine-year-old girl singing patriotic songs while doctors in Bhopal conducted brain surgery to relieve her of life-threatening seizures.The procedure called ‘awake craniotomy’ undertaken by neurosurgeons would not have been possible…
Victim Manisha Yadav (left) and attacker Sonu Barai MUMBAI: A 24-year-old Parel resident repeatedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend with a knife in the middle of a road in full public view, chased her into a nursing home 50m away, and kept stabbing her there till she collapsed near Chinchpokli in central Mumbai on Friday morning. He…
Bhopal/Gwalior: Could Madhya Pradesh’s carbide gun-triggered tragedy have been avoided if early action of two alert cops in Gwalior and Bhopal were taken seriously and replicated across the state? On Oct 18 – days before Diwali – a cop in Gwalior, alarmed by the open sale of carbide guns, had on his own lodged an…
Chandigarh: A Hisar court has denied bail to social media influencer Jyoti Malhotra, arrested on suspicion of espionage, observing there was reasonable apprehension that her release might impede investigation.Jyoti, 33, was arrested by Hisar police on May 26. After five days in police custody, she was remanded in jail, where she remains. In its detailed…
NEW DELHI: The fire on a bus in Andhra on Friday and that in Rajasthan on Oct 14, that cl-aimed over 40 lives, have bro-ught focus back on passenger safety. Officials said govt has notified several standards that bus body builders are required to follow. For instance, specifications for exits, door dimensions and gangway width…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said BJP‘s double engine (govts) only propel falsehood and have failed to deliver on promises made in manifestos for state and Lok Sabha elections.“All claims of BJP offering double engine govts are untrue. These double engines only propel falsehood,” Akhilesh, who is on a two-day visit to…
Lucknow: Students will now get an option to study in engineering courses in Hindi medium in Lucknow University from the next session.Aligning with the objectives of the National Education Policy, the move aims to make technical education more inclusive and easier for students who face challenges with English. Starting from the 2026–27 academic session, programs…
Lucknow: Facing a shortage of drug inspectors in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration to double the number of drug inspectors. He also instructed the creation of a post of District Drug Control Officer to strengthen inspection work at the district level.Currently, UP has…
The McKinleyville Union School District has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that the abrupt termination of its federal mental health grant was unlawful. The district joins a growing number of schools confronting sudden funding withdrawals, though it is the first in California to take legal action independently, EdSource reports.The dispute…