Lucknow: In a major push to promote local artisans and entrepreneurs, the Uttar Pradesh govt is set to organise Swadeshi Melas across all 75 districts of the state from Oct 9 to 19 amid PM Narendra Modi’s push for ‘swadeshi’ mass movement in the wake of the high tariffs imposed by the US.Rakesh Sachan, minister…
NEW DELHI: The Army will roll out a new combined physical test (CPT) from April next year, under which even senior officers like Brigadiers, Major Generals and Lt Generals will have to prove fitness twice a year. CPT merges the existing battle physical efficiency test (BPET), for officers and soldiers up to the age of…
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked India’s central drug regulatory authority, CDSCO, if the cough syrups allegedly responsible for the deaths had been exported. “Based on the response, WHO may decide on whether to issue a medical product alert or not,” said a source. Source link
NAVI MUMBAI: PM Modi said here on Wednesday that Congress should tell the nation who had caved in to foreign pressure and prevented India from mounting a military response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Referring to a recent interview of P Chidambaram, PM Modi said, without naming him, “A Congress neta, who has been…
Lucknow: SP chief’s visit to Rampur to meet party veteran Azam Khan triggered sharp political reactions with state ministers accusing Akhilesh Yadav of indulging in “vote bank politics” and “political drama” to retain Muslim support.Minister of state for cooperation (independent charge) JPS Rathore said Akhilesh ignored Azam Khan for 23 months while he was in…
Chief minister Pramod Sawant held discussions with officials from Barca Academy Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant held discussions with officials from Barca Academy on the support required from the state govt for setting up an academy in Goa.The Barca Academy is operative in over 50 different countries, taking the famous FC Barcelona values to more…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the central government’s plea seeking victim- and society-centric guidelines for award of sentences, particularly death sentences, in place of the present system which is accused-centric and takes into consideration various mitigating factors relating to convicts.The central government also sought a directive for the introduction of a timeframe…
Lucknow: In a major step toward combating human trafficking and improving the investigation of missing children cases, DGP Rajeev Krishna has issued directives to all zonal additional DGPs, police commissioners, Range IGs/DIGs and district police chiefs emphasising the strengthening of anti-human trafficking (AHT) police stations across UP.The DGP said human trafficking is a global organised…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh deputy CM and health minister Rajendra Shukla on Wednesday visited the homes of two-year-old Nihal Dhurvey and four-year-old Kabir Yadav in Betul district, whose families said they died of renal failure after taking Coldrif cough syrup.TOI had reported how the boys’ fathers had been pleading with officials to acknowledge that their sons’…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the state govt and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation to file their replies on the plea filed by Sahara India Corporation Limited, challenging the LMC’s orders sealing its Sahara Shaher.The court has directed that the cattle, if there are any left inside the Sahara Shaher,…
