Calling the death of 26 BLOs over the last 20 days “murder” by BJP brass and CEC, Congress on Thursday alleged that the governing party is seeking to divert attention from “blatant vote chori” by peddling lies about the location of social media ‘X’ handles linked to Congress, arguing that BJP handles too are shown…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India’s spiritual tradition that has been upheld for centuries by seers and sages continues to guide humanity even today.He said this after inaugurating a cave temple in the Tarun Sagaram Tirth in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar. “Country’s spiritual tradition is a timeless saga of sacrifice and renunciation demonstrated by…
Pentala Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, and Vidit Gujrathi (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: Chess-wise, Wednesday was a day of celebration. Edging toward its final month, the year produced its second 19-year-old, and youngest-ever, World Cup winner. The first, of course, was India’s own Divya Deshmukh, who brought home the women’s title earlier this year. The…
Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) ‘They Should Live & Grow Together’ Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) ‘They Should Live & Grow Together’ Child welfare to the fore (Representative image) NEW DELHI: It’s common that when a couple who have two children start living separately due to any matrimonial dispute, the children…
Lucknow: Charging the BJP government of setting unrealistic Special Intensive Revision (SIR) targets for booth level officers (BLOs), Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday described such assignments as “inhumane”. He said what was all the more surprising was that the BJP government was subjecting public servants to such a scenario for political benefits…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and RJD MP Manoj Jha on Thursday told Supreme Court that the Election Commission has no power to determine citizenship of a voter, yet through an “unconstitutional” pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of state electoral rolls is seeking proof of Indian citizenship from voters.Jha’s counsel Kapil Sibal…
NEW DELHI: Some of the most common infections – urinary tract, pneumonia, sepsis and diarrhoeal illnesses – are becoming increasingly harder to treat in India as widely used antibiotics continue to fail at alarming rates.ICMR’s annual report 2024 ‘Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Surveillance Network (AMRSN)’, showed that routine drugs like fluoroquinolones, third-generation cephalosporins, carbapenems and…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt is moving towards implementing a comprehensive strategy focused on infrastructure and industrial expansion, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.“The development of the vision document for ‘Viksit Uttar Pradesh 2047’ is ongoing, and the govt has received suggestions from over 98 lakh citizens and stakeholders so far. The majority of these…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ (PTI) NEW DELHI: Disproportionate focus on SIR/vote chori at the cost of crucial local issues of cost of living, migration and corruption was cited by some senior functionaries as a reason for the decimation of Congress in…
Lucknow: World Junior Championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma and Uganda International Challenge winner Manraj Singh pulled off major upsets at the Syed Modi International Super 300 at the UP Badminton Academy on Thursday.The 16-year-old Tanvi defeated former world champion Nozomi Okuhara 13-21, 21-16, 21-19, while Manraj got the better of third seed and 2023 World…
