NEW DELHI: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, a seasoned BJP campaigner and prominent OBC neta with extensive organisational experience, will be in charge of the party’s campaign for the Bihar elections likely in November. He will be assisted by Union water resources minister and Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil and UP deputy chief minister Keshav…
Lucknow: Over 40 lakh devotees visited Goddess Durga temples across the state in just four days of Navratri. At Vindhyavasini Dham in Mirzapur alone, 12 lakh devotees performed ‘darshan’, with numbers expected to exceed one crore on Saptami, Ashtami, and Navami.The recently constructed Vindhyachal Corridor has enhanced convenience, and on the festival’s last three days,…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu energy secretary Beela Venkatesan died of cancer in Chennai on Wednesday. She was 56.Beela was state health secretary during the Covid pandemic. A doctor by profession, Beela was a 1997 batch IAS officer. Her father Venkatesan was a retired IPS officer, and her mother Rani Venkatesan was a former MLA from Sathankulam…
Bengal has the highest proportion of children aged 5-9 years with high triglycerides, a whopping 67%, followed by northeastern states of Sikkim (64.6%), Assam (57%), Nagaland (55.5%) and Manipur (54.7%), as per a report, Children in India, 2025, released on Thursday. Interestingly, the state with the lowest proportion of 5-9-year-old children with high triglycerides was…
Lucknow: Prominent colleges of the city have closed their admission window, but seats at a majority of private and non-aided colleges affiliated with LU are still vacant. On the request of principals of such colleges, Lucknow University has opened its LURN portal again for colleges to fill their vacant seats.“We received several applications from various…
NEW DELHI: Dubbing India’s “silence” on the issue of Palestine as abdication of humanity and morality, Congress’ Sonia Gandhi said Modi govt’s actions in the wake of Israel’s “genocide” are dictated by “personal friendship” between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PM Modi, and not by India’s constitutional values or strategic interests.In a media article, Sonia…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority announced that Sahara Bazaar Complex in Gomtinagar will go under the hammer through an e-auction scheduled for Nov 10. An LDA official said reserve price was yet to be finalised. It was earlier set at Rs 85 crore, but with the recent hike in circle rates, figure will be revised. LDA…
NEW DELHI: Poverty or poor financial condition is the most dominant driver of child marriage, according to a new report, citing responses by 91% respondents. It, however, noted that there has been a decline in cases at village level over past three years. Out of 757 villages across 15 districts in Bihar, Rajasthan, Assam, Karnataka…
Lucknow: Visiting the UP ITS 2025 on the inaugural day, industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ met investors and highlighted UP’s conducive environment, robust incentives, and investor-friendly policies ensuring safe and profitable investments. Invest UP CEO Vijay Kiran Anand and ACEO Shashank Chaudhry held a focused meeting with the US delegation, presenting at the…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: After aggressive advocacy of caste census, removal of 50% ceiling on reservations and private sector quota, Congress has asserted its new branding as a “social justice” platform by slamming UP govt’s ban on caste-based political rallies.In a little-noticed statement, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, at a CWC meet in Patna,…