Lucknow: Hailing the release of Samajwadi Party founding member Azam Khan from jail, Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the development has reaffirmed people’s faith in the justice system and thanked the judiciary. He said every lie has a lifespan after which only truth prevails.Akhilesh said all criminal cases lodged against Azam will be withdrawn after…
NHRC had directed a criminal and financial probe with focus on alleged illegal recruitments and fraudulent use of madrassa land grants PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has stayed an inquiry by the economic offences wing (EOW) of Uttar Pradesh Police against 558 govt-aided madrassas in the state.The probe was being conducted in compliance with directions…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) organised a series of programmes across all zones on Tuesday as part of the ongoing ‘Swachchta Utsav’. The initiatives aimed to promote health, hygiene and environmental awareness among citizens in the city.A health camp and PPE kit distribution programme was held at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation’s (LMC) premises in…
HYDERABAD: The banned CPI (Maoist)’s central committee has ordered senior neta Mallojula Venugopal, 69, to immediately surrender his weapons, warning that People’s Guerrilla Army would forcibly seize them if he failed to comply.Venugopal, also known as Sonu and Bhupati, recently expressed readiness to lay down arms. Party netas dismissed his remarks as false propaganda aimed…
Jojari’s water is used for drinking and farming in parts of Thar NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of media reports about lives and livelihood of two million people being adversely impacted by severe pollution of Jojari river near Jodhpur because of discharge of untreated waste water by more than 400…
NEW DELHI: An expert appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has granted clearance to the 2,220MW Oju hydroelectric project located in a strategically important region in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-river hydro projects in India, it will cost around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to take…
Lucknow: In an apparent attack on the opposition, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday compared “some people” to “foreign invaders”, accusing them of dividing the country along the lines of caste and religion and obstructing its progress for centuries.Speaking at a state-level workshop on Atmanirbhar Bharat–Swadeshi Sankalp organised by the BJP in Lucknow, the CM…
The eruption on Barren Island India’s only active volcano located on the uninhabited Barren Island in Andaman Sea erupted on Sept 20, presenting a visual extravaganza rare for south Asia. The episode was in fact the result of an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 that hit the region two days before the event.Though the eruption was…
Members of Rampur’s Team Leonine in action MEERUT: In Rampur, a city better known for its royal past, a group of young men has turned remnants of that history into something else. Disused courtyards, locked playgrounds and Nawabi-era structures aren’t tourist spots – they’re practice grounds. For nearly two decades, a group of self-taught athletes…
Anupam Kher’s entry into Bollywood was anything but ordinary. His debut in Mahesh Bhatt’s Saaransh (1984) saw him play a 65-year-old grieving father at just 28, but the role nearly slipped out of his hands when the film’s producer insisted on replacing him with superstar Sanjeev Kumar. Months of preparation almost wasted In an interview…
