Lucknow: City’s Sachin Agrawal of PTC Industries has emerged as the city’s wealthiest person, ranking third among Uttar Pradesh’s richest with a net worth of Rs 11,320 crore according to the Hurun India Rich List 2025.In all, there are 41 billionaires from UP in the list, reflecting the state’s growing economic influence across industries.From Lucknow,…
File photo: Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh JAMMU: A Delhi-Udhampur airfare may soon be considerably cheaper with Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh Saturday announcing that Udhampur airport operationalisation had been finalised. Also, the proposed Kishtwar airport was included in the UDAN scheme, he added.The minister said the Udhampur airport could initially begin operations with ATR…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed senior officials not to stay stuck in files and office and undertake regular ground reviews of ongoing projects, moving forward with transparency while keeping public convenience in mind.In a discussion on master plans, Yogi said these should be practical to implement and added that officials should focus…
JAMMU: A suspected Pakistani drone hovering over a border village in Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district was noticed on Friday night, prompting security forces to launch a massive search operation.“Acting on the information, BSF and police rushed to the area and launched a combing operation to check whether narcotics or weapons had…
Three women died and a man was critically injured after being struck by a speeding car on Rakesh Marg, GT Road, early Saturday morning GHAZIABAD: Three women lost their lives while a man was critically injured after being hit by a speeding car on Rakesh Marg, GT Road, under Sihani Gate police station limits on…
File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Governing National Conference (NC) has decided to contest all four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, and is not in a mood to concede even one seat to ally Congress.BJP, too, announced to contest all seats, which NC described as “posturing”, and said the party would face…
File photo: Vaishno Devi temple JAMMU: Vaishno Devi temple in J&K’s Reasi district will be closed to devotees for three days from Sunday (October 5-7) following the forecast of heavy rain in several areas of Jammu and south Kashmir.The closure comes less than a month after the shrine reopened following a 22-day shutdown since Aug…
SRINAGAR: The Ladakh government said on Saturday that the Centre “stands committed to holding a dialogue and addressing the aspirations of the people of Ladakh, especially of the younger generation, and would be keen to start the dialogue process soon”.Talks between a high-powered Union home ministry committee and Ladakhi groups, including Leh Apex Body (LAB)…
A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, went missing from a merchant navy vessel DEHRADUN: A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, from Uttarakhand has gone missing from aboard a merchant navy vessel on its way to China from Iraq, said his family on Friday.According to his father, Narendra Rana, the last contact…
AI image used for representative purposes The potential free trade agreement (FTA) and investment protection pact between India and the EU could be a “game changer” amid rising tariffs and market access restrictions in other regions, said EU Ambassador Herve Delphin. Speaking ahead of the 14th round of FTA negotiations in Brussels, Delphin acknowledged that…