Lucknow: A 90-year-old man was beaten to death by his son in Itaunja area for refusing to give money to buy liquor in Aramba village on Wednesday night. The accused was arrested on Thursday.Rakesh Kumar Gautam hit his father Ramdeen (90) with a stick, injuring him critically. Ramdeen was rushed to Ram Sagar Mishra Hospital…
Actor Vishnu Vishal, who plays the lead in director Praveen K’s investigative thriller Aaryan, revealed that a lip-lock scene from a song was removed after actress Maanasa Choudhary, who plays a pivotal role in the film, expressed discomfort with it.Speaking at an event organised by the makers, Vishal, whose production house Vishnu Vishal Studioz is…
SAFETY FIRST: Sandesh Jhingan clears the ball from onrushing Angelo Gabriel of Al-Nassr1 during their match at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Wednesday Margao: FC Goa promised to be competitive and they more than lived up to that with a fighting performance against Al-Nassr FC in the AFC Champions League Two clash at the Nehru Stadium,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has granted custody parole to a Popular Front of India member booked for terror funding to attend and participate in a Fatiha ceremony in honour of his deceased mother-in-law, underlining that the right to life includes the right to observe religious duties and personal obligations.“It is a well-settled principle of…
Lucknow: A 16-year-old girl from the Harouni area under Banthra police station died by suicide after first slitting her wrist and then hanging herself inside her room. The deceased succumbed to her injuries late on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. Police said that the girl engaged in an argument with a…
NEW DELHI: To deal with the upcoming Chhath rush, the railways is using real-time heat-mapping of 35 major stations to monitor heavy passenger movement, rushing standby unreserved trains close to these stations to clear the surge of travellers and creating holding areas for crowd control. These measures are based on passenger data from the festive…
Lucknow: A 42-year-old property dealer, identified as Abid Raza Naqvi, allegedly shot himself dead inside his apartment in Thakurganj in the wee hours of Thursday.His blood-soaked body was found lying in his first-floor flat number 106 at Panjtan Heights.Police recovered an illegal country-made pistol and several strips of anti-depressant medicines from the scene. According to…
KOLKATA: A JEE rank may not be mandatory for admissions to IIT Kharagpur in the future, as the institute is set to introduce alternative admission pathways apart from the usual JEE Advanced route from the next academic session for its BTech and BS programmes.Authorities pointed out that the move was aimed at attracting students from…
Lucknow: In a major administrative reshuffle following allegations of extortion from overloaded trucks, Banda police transferred around 150 constables and head constables posted across various police stations in the district. The action followed surfacing of a video that allegedly showed policemen collecting payments illegally for allowing overloaded vehicles to pass.According to police sources, the racket…
Lucknow: The state govt has initiated the scheme of giving a 40% to 50% rebate on buying equipment that could help in arresting the incidents of stubble burning by farmers this winter season.The subsidy will be applicable for buying equipment like mulchers and treaders, which allow farmers to cut, mix, or plough stubble into the…
