NEW DELHI: In a rare decision aimed at facilitating the education of a minor girl, Supreme Court on Monday approved issuance of an SC certificate based on the ‘Adi Dravida’ caste of her mother, who is married to a non-SC person, even though it is yet to adjudicate a bunch of petitions challenging the norm…
Lucknow: An inter-state gangster wanted in seven active cases and named in 28 serious offences across five states was killed in a police encounter in Shamli district on Monday morning. The accused, Samaydin alias Sama, was a history-sheeter from Kairana–Kandhla region and operated in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Haryana.ADG, Meerut Zone, Bhanu Bhaskar,…
Lucknow: A play ‘The Pillars of Society’ staged at Bhartendu Natya Academy on Tuesday, exposing the hidden hypocrisies of the ruling class.The play, originally written by a Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, was translated and directed by Asif Ali. The plot revolves around a respectable entrepreneur Consul Karsten Bernick who is seen as an honest man…
Lucknow: To address the chronic parking chaos in Aminabad, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) opened a new parking facility at Ghantaghar park on Tuesday. The facility was inaugurated by UP finance and parliamentary affairs minister and Lucknow district in-charge, Suresh Khanna, with mayor Sushma Kharkwal as the special guest.The newly developed parking lot can accommodate…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt on Tuesday constituted a three-member high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an IG-rank officer to probe the illegal sale, storage, and trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup — misused for intoxication and smuggling — after multiple districts reported organised criminal activity linked to the racket. The SIT has been given…
AHMEDABAD: Onion and garlic caused such a pungent discord between an Ahmedabad couple that the husband filed for divorce, finding the wife’s gastronomical restrictions to be unpalatable. Now, the Gujarat high court has dismissed the wife’s appeal challenging the dissolution of the marriage.The wife, an adherent of the Swaminarayan sect, strictly refrained from eating onion…
Lucknow: Even as the ongoing Rabi cropping season reaches its peak, the state govt has introduced a unique measure to curb irregularities in the distribution of fertiliser.The agriculture department has initiated the installation of special L1 POS machines at fertiliser distribution centres, allowing the govt to monitor the distribution of fertiliser to every farmer during…
Lucknow: Dismissed constable Alok Singh and Amit Tamta, involved in the cough syrup scandal, were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday.After the hearing, the court extended their judicial remand and sent them to jail till Dec 22.Earlier, the accused were brought from jail to the court, where several lawyers arrived upon hearing…
Federal student loan borrowers face rising default risk as Trump-era repayment changes increase financial pressure (Getty Images) A new survey shows that 42% of federal student loan borrowers say their monthly payments make it harder to cover basic needs such as food and housing, CNBC has reported. The survey, conducted by Data for Progress and…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo may have its schedule cut by 5% and the same – roughly about 110 daily flights – could be given to other airlines that have the resources to add capacity. A livid government is mulling incremental cuts to the schedule starting with 5%, followed by another 5% in coming days if need…
