Lucknow: After holding an impressive rally in Lucknow on Oct 9, BSP president Mayawati will now hold the review meeting of party’s UP unit on Oct 16.The party leadership is upbeat over the rally gaining a lot of traction in the state and elsewhere. Given that, those who did their job well to make it…
The Education Department is facing another round of massive layoffs. The agency is still reeling from previous firings under the Trump administration. This round could cut nearly a fifth of its staff. Millions of students, especially those with disabilities and from low-income families, could feel the impact. Civil rights enforcement, after-school programmes, and K-12 initiatives…
National Commission for Women (NCW) has termed the gang rape of the medical student as a case of “brutality” enabled by “administrative and security lapses”, while recommending her transfer to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar or Kalyani for treatment and relocation to another college to continue her studies, if she felt unsafe. It has also recommended trial in fast-track…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is embarking on a fundamental transformation of its education and skill development landscape, driven by a consensus that industry must invest more heavily in training and academic institutions must prioritise practical, employable skills, said experts at UP EduCon-2025, organised by ASSOCHAM on Monday.Addressing chronically low placement rates and the critical mismatch between…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court framed Monday charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, and 11 others in the alleged IRCTC scam that rigged railway hotel contracts for favoured private players.Rabri and Tejashwi prima facie emerge as participants in the criminal conspiracy of which Lalu Prasad was seemingly…
Lucknow: To cover up rising incidents of caste atrocities, the BJP is trying to gag the PDA community, said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday.“The govt is nurturing a feudal mindset under which crime victims and their families are being forced to settle disputes and not to pursue their complaints against the accused,” Akhilesh…
There’s a new update in the ongoing legal battle between ‘It Ends With Us’ co-stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. This time, it is the director’s former agent, Danny Greenberg, who described Lively’s behaviour as feeling like “extortion.” Deposition transcript reveals Blake’s behaviour In a deposition transcript obtained by TMZ, Greenberg detailed his experience with…
NEW DELHI: Amid China’s expansion of dams on the Brahmaputra, India on Monday unveiled a Rs 6.4-lakh crore ‘Master Plan’ to wheel 76 gigawatt (GW) of power from ongoing and proposed projects on the mighty river’s 12 sub-basins across the North-East.The plan prepared by Central Electricity Authority, power ministry’s technical planning arm, envisages building a…
Lucknow: Adding a green touch to Diwali celebrations, the LMC will sell over 30,000 eco-friendly Gomai (cow dung) diyas and Ganesh-Lakshmi idols made from cow dung this festive season.The diyas, crafted at Kanha Upvan, will be available in packs of 4, 10, 20, and 300 from Oct 15. According to LMC’s animal welfare officer Abhinav…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has identified more than 31 lakh beneficiaries of the income support scheme (PM-Kisan) as suspected cases where both husband and wife had received cash simultaneously against the rule of getting the benefit by only one member of the landholder family.Finding such cases during scrutiny, the agriculture ministry has asked states and…