Lucknow: How ordinary people lose their identity amid politics, power struggles and personal ambitions was depicted through powerful dialogues and symbolic storytelling in the play ‘Do Aadmi Do Kursiyan’ staged at Sant Gadge Auditorium by Gorakhpur’s Roopantar Natya Manch, as part of their Rang-e-Aawargi Festival, on Saturday. Written and directed by Vinay Varma, the plot…
NEW DELHI: With the BJP planning a nationwide outreach programme to apprise people, including traders, of the latest GST reforms brought in by the Modi govt, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday shared key features of the reforms with party’s media department and other senior functionaries from the organisation.While Sitharaman spoke about the reforms to…
Lucknow: Lack of sunlight exposure and physical activity are emerging as major threats to bone and muscle health in children and youngsters, warned experts at the IOA–YOWA Conclave organised in Lucknow on Saturday by the Lucknow Orthopaedic Association in collaboration with the Indian Orthopaedic Association.Doctors noted that children spending long hours indoors on gadgets are…
NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all medical colleges across the country to deploy post-graduate medical students in flood-affected areas. The deployment would be a part of the district residency programme, according to its recent directive.The directive states: “In view of recent floods/disaster-like situations in northern states/UTs, there is an urgent requirement…
Lucknow: A dramatic incident unfolded near a prominent boys college near Golf Club on Saturday afternoon, when a young actor from Hapur attempted to set herself ablaze by pouring an inflammable liquid on her body. Thankfully, alert police personnel stationed at the barricades sprang into action and prevented the tragedy. According to the police, the…
A Delhi court Saturday permitted Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid to visit Parliament in custody on Sept 9 to cast his vote in the vice-president’s election, scheduled on Sept 9.Rashid, who has been lodged in Tihar since 2019 after NIA arrested him under UAPA in a terror-funding case, was previously granted parole between July 24 and…
Thumri, like Kathak, found its poetic soul in Lucknow. Derived from the verb ‘thumakana’ (to move gracefully to rhythm), Thumri became the expressive heart of Nawabi culture.Popularised in the 19th century under Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Awadh, the Lucknow (Purab) gharana of Thumri emphasised ‘bol-banav’ — slow, improvised elaborations of lyrics…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate has started gathering information related to a petition pending before Allahabad high court on the alleged UK citizenship of Congress functionary Rahul Gandhi.The agency has summoned petitioner Vignesh Shishir, a BJP member, who had approached the court demanding cancellation of Gandhi’s Indian citizenship on the alleged ground that the Lok Sabha…
Lucknow: A young man ended his life in Sarojininagar, on Saturday. The deceased was Virendra Kumar (24), resident of Gauri Vihar, employed at an electronics shop on Kanpur Road.Virendra returned home drunk from his friend’s birthday party on Friday night, for which, his mother, Sunita, scolded him. He went to his room and shut himself…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp reminder to SC Collegium and Centre about gender diversity in constitutional courts, former CJI N V Ramana on Saturday said making a noise about gender without giving proper representation to women in constitutional courts would amount to nothing but tokenism.Speaking at a symposium at SRM School of Law, Justice Ramana…
