Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday addressed two election rallies in support of INDIA bloc candidates in Bihar assembly elections.Yadav campaigned at Rafiganj in Aurangabad district for Ghulam Shahid and at Nokha in Rohtas district for Anita Devi. Describing the ongoing Bihar elections as an “election of transformation”, Akhilesh…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Tourism has opened doors for AYUSH practitioners and entrepreneurs to establish wellness centres and resorts across the state.“The move aims at integrating Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy into the state’s tourism ecosystem,” said tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh on Friday. He added that UP has immense potential to become…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: India on Friday inked an over $1 billion (Rs 8,900 crore) deal with US major General Electric (GE) for another 113 jet engines to power the much-delayed indigenous Tejas Mark-1A fighters. This may to some extent assuage the Donald Trump administration amid tariff tensions. The delivery of the 113 new GE-F404 engines to…
Lucknow: A special court on Friday acquitted former SP minister Azam Khan in a case related to allegedly spreading enmity, misusing an official govt letterhead and seal, and making defamatory remarks against the BJP, RSS, and Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad.Delivering the verdict, Special ACJM (MP/MLA Court) Alok Verma held that the prosecution failed to…
BUDGAM: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Friday attacked the PDP, accusing it of betraying people’s trust in 2014 by joining hands with the BJP after the assembly polls to form the govt in the state.He was addressing a gathering in Budgam, the assembly constituency going to vote in the bypoll on November 11. Omar had vacated…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk celebrated shareholder approval of his record-breaking $1 trillion compensation package with a flurry of ambitious promises, from humanoid robots performing surgery to building vehicles for missions to the Moon and Mars.The vote, which saw over 75% of investors back the deal, clears the path for Musk to expand his stake in…
Lucknow: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram‘, over 5,000 students sang this immortal composition by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at an event organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at SR Group of Institutions on Friday.The campus reverberated with devotion and pride as thousands of students sang the song in harmony. The…
National Board for Wildlife – a panel that takes decisions on projects in areas near wildlife protected zones – has given its approval to 13 defence and paramilitary projects, most in Ladakh and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Clearances have been given on conditions of following environmental safeguards and mitigation plans to protect Himalayan ecosystems. The…
A quiet but significant policy change in the US immigration system, announced on 20 October 2025, is sending a wave of relief and optimism through international student circles. Starting with the 2026 H-1B visa filing cycle, employers will face a new $100,000 fee when sponsoring workers from abroad. But there’s an important exception: Students already…
JUMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court will hear the habeas corpus petition of detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik on November 20.Malik, who is AAP’s Jammu & Kashmir unit president, was detained on Sept 8 under the stringent Public Safety Act for allegedly disturbing public order. Ever since, he has…
