Lucknow: After securing the top spot in the country under the INSPIRE Award MANAK scheme with 2.8 lakh nominations, Uttar Pradesh is now working to ensure the highest student registration in the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025. The Buildathon is an initiative to promote innovation, creativity, and problem-solving by bringing together students, educators, and innovators to…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over deaths of children in parts of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of sub-standard cough syrup, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Sunday asked states/UTs to ensure strict compliance with Revised Schedule M – updated Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — by all drug manufacturers.Srivastava, at a meeting with…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police, which has expanded and upgraded its Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 to combat online financial fraud in July, has helped save over Rs 30 crore from being siphoned off by cybercriminals within just two months (August–September).Launched as a dedicated 30-member cyber control room on July 30, the helpline received an overwhelming…
Mumbai: Redevelopment is widely celebrated in Mumbai by residents, developers, officials approving building plans, and authorities like the BMC, which earn thousands of crores annually through premiums and construction charges. However, some genuinely fear the redevelopment frenzy. They are senior citizens, in particular, who are concerned about disruptions to their lives caused by vacating their…
Lucknow: Preparations have begun for the grand Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya which will be organised on Oct 19 by Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University.A total of 56 ghats have been selected for celebrations, where lakhs of lamps will be lit.Under the supervision of vice-chancellor Colonel Bijendra Singh, the university team is working to organise and…
CEC says rolls ‘purified’ but stays mum on ‘infiltrators’ PATNA: Claiming that the special intensive revision (SIR) carried out after 22 years in the poll-bound Bihar has “purified” the electoral rolls, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday announced that 17 new initiatives launched for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar would later be replicated across…
Lucknow: Sports Network India, a leading organization in the field of sports facility management, bagged third prize for excellence in sports facility management at Indian Entrepreneurship Festival 2025 in New Delhi recently. Founder and director of SNI, Anand Kishor Pandey, represented the organization at the event. The awards were presented by chief guest Swami Avdheshanand…
File photo: Congress spokesperson Alka Lamba NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday alleged that the names of 23 lakh women have been removed from the voters’ list of Bihar, with a bulk of them being from dalit and Muslim segments and in seats that witnessed a close contest in the 2020 assembly election.The Election Commission is…
Lucknow: Cultural programmes, devotionals songs and recitations of episodes from the Ramayana will mark statewide celebrations of Valmiki Jayanti on Oct 7.State govt has invited local artists, spiritual leaders and artists registered with the cultural department at the Valmiki meditation site in Chitrakoot.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives to administration to invite local representatives…
Filmmaker Boney Kapoor and his late wife Mona Shourie’s daughter Anshula Kapoor had a fairytale engagement recently in the presence of only close friends and family. Anshula Kapoor unfolded a new chapter of her life as she got engaged to her boyfriend Rohan Thakkar. Celebrating one of the most joyous moments of her life and…
