MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi’s Thursday announcement about govt moving towards opening up nuclear sector to private players has been welcomed, though with a fair degree of scepticism.According to Modi, privatisation would help in development of small modular reactors (SMRs), advanced reactors and innovation. “This reform will give new strength to India’s energy security and technological…
Lucknow: Insisting that in an age of global turmoil, distrust and moral decline, meditation is indispensable for establishing lasting world peace, governor Anandiben Patel on Friday said that inner peace is a critical solution to worldwide upheaval and distrust.Speaking at an event to mark the inauguration of the Brahma Kumaris’ year-long campaign, Patel recalled that…
Veteran filmmaker Ramesh Sippy paid an emotional tribute to Dharmendra at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Thursday during a special session titled 50 Years of Sholay: Why Sholay Still Resonates. Speaking about the late legend, Sippy reflected on their five-decade bond and Dharmendra’s irreplaceable legacy in Indian cinema.When an audience member…
JAMMU: J&K Police arrested a man in Doda district on Friday for allegedly uploading communally sensitive and provocative content on social media that promoted enmity and disturbed public harmony.The action followed a complaint filed by Hassan Babur Nehru at Doda PS against Amreek Singh, a resident of Doda’s Beoli area. Nehru alleged that Singh was…
Lucknow: Police on Friday claimed to have uncovered a meticulously fabricated kidnapping plot by a local bike mechanic who wanted to “escape” from his pregnant wife.The man, identified as Furqan, not only switched off his phone and disappeared for two days but also paid a minor boy to deliver a false abduction story to his…
Addressing the 60th all-India DGP/IGP conference in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Shah said the security forces and the police are delivering strong blows to extremism, radicalisation and narcotics NEW DELHI: Stating that the Narendra Modi govt has provided permanent solutions to the three hotspots that had become a festering wound for the nation — Left-wing extremism-hit areas,…
Lucknow: UP Congress president Ajay Rai visited the family of Lekhpal Sudhir Kumar of Fatehpur on Friday. Kumar allegedly committed suicide due to job pressure caused by duty in the SIR exercise.“Kumar committed suicide by hanging himself on Tuesday due to excessive SIR work and pressure from senior officials,” Rai said in a press statement.Adding…
A visa refusal can feel abrupt. After months of applications, document checks and interviews, a decision arrives that closes the door you have worked to open. For many international students, the refusal is not only disappointing but confusing. The notice often cites a broad category, not the specific points that shaped the decision. Yet most…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s National Conference on Friday passed a resolution condemning what it termed “selective targeting” of Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Delhi car blast involving a terror module that allegedly includes several doctors from the Union territory.Stating that “the people of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be stereotyped” based on the heinous…
Lucknow/Dehradun: In a breakthrough in the ongoing probe into alleged paper leak of the graduate level recruitment examination conducted by Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) on Sept 25, CBI on Friday arrested a woman assistant professor of a Tehri Garhwal-based government college for her alleged involvement in the crime.The arrest was made in the…
