NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: In a breakthrough for Panjab University’s long-stalled governance process, Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan – in his capacity as the university’s chancellor – has approved the schedule for the senate elections, setting the stage for a full restoration of the institution’s decades-old democratic structure. The communication, issued by the VP’s Secretariat to PU vice-chancellor…
Lucknow: Basic Education department has uncovered what appears to be a systematic and multi-year embezzlement of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) funds to the tune of Rs 11 crore in Balrampur district.The FIR was lodged against district MDM coordinator Firoz Ahmad Khan late Wednesday night in Kotwali Balrampur. Khan, posted since 2008, has been booked for allegedly…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday lashed out at the governing BJP over Rajya Sabha Secretariat’s directive to MPs not to use slogans like ‘Vande Mataram‘ and ‘Jai Hind’ in Parliament in order to maintain decorum. In a veiled reference to RSS, the party alleged that the people who did not join the freedom movement and…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday carried out a detailed on-site inspection of the under-construction Noida International Airport at Jewar.During the visit, the CM reviewed real-time progress on key components, including the terminal building, inauguration venue, security systems, traffic arrangements, and ongoing construction activities.Calling the airport a “new identity of Uttar Pradesh’s development”, Yogi…
NEW DELHI: Amid indications of regime-opponents looking to enlist them for their challenge to the govt, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday sought to co-opt India’s Gen Z in his scheme of a developed India by praising them for driving entrepreneurship and technological innovations in a host of sectors, and saying they can serve as a…
Lucknow: Player of the World Cup Deepti Sharma expectedly fetched big bucks at the WPL auction in Delhi on Thursday, as UP Warriorz used the Right to Match card to buy back the Indian all-rounder for a whopping Rs 3.20 crore.UP Warriorz had surprisingly released their skipper before the auction, but showing faith in her…
Lucknow: Chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said on Thursday that the digitisation of voter forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is progressing rapidly across UP. So far, 7.34 crore voter forms — about 48% of the total — have been digitised.Rinwa urged all voters to fill out their forms and submit them with a…
NEW DELHI: In another major action against online gaming and betting companies, ED arrested WinZO founders Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda late on Wednesday and produced them before a special court in Bengaluru, which remanded them to 10 days of ED custody. The agency has already frozen Rs 500 crore of assets of the…
Lucknow: Akanksha Theatre Arts staged Jayavardhan’s celebrated play ‘Ghar Ka Na Ghat Ka’ at the International Buddhist Research Institute Auditorium on Thursday.The play, directed by Achala Bose, a social satire digs deep into the tension between personal desires and societal pressures. Its protagonist, Aman—played by Arun Kumar Vishwakarma—finds himself caught in the age-old obsession with…
Security forces in Pakistan have killed at least 22 militants linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a major intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Thursday. The raid was launched in Dera Ismail Khan after reports emerged about the presence of members of the group referred to by authorities as “Fitna Al-Khawarij”….
