Lucknow: The depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar has posed significant financial challenges for Indian students studying in the United States. However, professionals who send money home shared that this is benefitting them as now whatever money they send to their loved ones has more value in Indian currency.Nitya Pandey, a student of…
Lucknow: The UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad (UPRVUP) has approached the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) demanding an immediate public clarification that smart prepaid meters remain optional and cannot be imposed on consumers. In a formal representation submitted to UPERC chairman Arvind Kumar and member Sanjay Kumar Singh, consumer advocacy group chairman Avadhesh Kumar Verma,…
Asasa-e-Awadh, a cultural and literary organisation dedicated to reviving the heritage of the Awadh region, was launched on Sunday. Founder Zeba Siddiqui said the initiative aims to restore the fading legacy of Awadh through meaningful dialogues, discussions and cultural festivals. “By focusing on the region’s history, language, food, culture and traditions, the organisation seeks to…
Goa nightclub fire tragedy PANAJI: Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took for Bhavana Joshi to lose her husband and three sisters inside a nightclub that was supposed to crown a holiday in Goa with music and laughter for the family of five from Ghaziabad and Delhi. Flames tore through the club moments after they had…
Varanasi: The Sonbhadra police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has unearthed a Rs 425 crore financial trail linked to the illegal diversion, stockpiling and interstate smuggling of codeine-based cough syrup, exposing one of the largest organised drug-trade networks operating out of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The racket, investigators said, was allegedly controlled by Shubham Jaiswal, whose network…
Lucknow: A woman allegedly stole the one-month-old baby of her sister-in-law (sister of her second husband) and fled to her first husband’s house, in Hardoi, police said.Cops arrested the woman and her first husband, and recovered the baby.Police said that after five years of childlessness, the accused woman left her husband and married a daily…
Lucknow: Besides caste factor and organisational experience, strong synchronisation with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his govt will be one of the key parameters for appointment of new UP BJP chief.Sources in the BJP said that the party was treading cautiously before finalising the candidate who could strike the right balance between the organisation and…
Kanpur: In the ongoing probe into the Rs 970-crore international Ponzi scam that trapped hundreds of investors in India and Dubai, Kanpur Police have unearthed 26 bank accounts linked to arrested Delhi-based businessman Ravindra Nath Soni. His arrest has revealed extensive fund transfers routed through his divorced wife, father-in-law and relatives.Soni, accused of running one…
Bengaluru: A decade ago, Persistent Systems founder Anand Deshpande’s net worth was under $200 million. Quietly riding the company’s steady rise, his fortune has since surged to about $3.4 billion. The unassuming billionaire built Persistent into a brand that clients now reckon with. The promoter group holds a 30% stake in the company, of which…
Lucknow: General secretary of All India Shia Personal Law Board Maulana Yasoob Abbas on Monday defended the singing of the national song declaring that Islam does not oppose love for the nation and patriotism stands above sectarian rigidity in Islam. Speaking on the parliamentary debate on ‘Vande Mataram‘, he said: “Muslims believe in the absolute…
