Kanpur: The family of Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi Saturday said India’s scheduled Asia Cup match against Pakistan on Sunday is an insult to those killed in the Baisaran Valley on April 22.Shubham’s wife, Aishanya, said, “BCCI has forgotten my husband’s sacrifice in just a few months. The board seems to lack empathy for…
JAMMU: Police seized a drone that was found entangled in a tree in the Akhnoor area on Jammu’s city’s outskirts Saturday.Personnel from Garkhal post on routine patrol discovered the drone in Fattu Kotli village around 8.45am. “The team brought the drone to the police post and, on checking, found a thermal payload attached to it,”…
Lucknow: Buying beer turned violent for a 20-year-old male in Lucknow who alleged he was assaulted in a bar for questioning the inflated price. In FIR lodged at Ghazipur police station, Vinay Kumar Awasthi, resident of Indiranagar, said he went to a beer bar in Munshipulia on Sept 10. He said beer priced Rs 185…
Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has expressed concern over the vanishing hangul, a critically endangered subspecies of Central Asian red deer, also known as the Kashmir stag, which is endemic to the Kashmir region. He fears they may go extinct.“I don’t want a situation tomorrow where our children and grandchildren…
Lucknow: A day after their dramatic rescue, the abducted boys, aged 8 and 12, recounted how their captor, a quack-turned-fake engineer, tried to win their trust by treating them like his own children to avoid suspicion.The accused, Vijay Sharma (22) of Sitapur, first lured the boys with a bizarre challenge: “Drink this soft drink bottle…
Mohit Suri’s romantic drama Saiyaara has had a dream run. After a blockbuster theatrical release in July that earned over Rs 570 crore worldwide, the Yash Raj Films-backed love story recently dropped on Netflix on September 12. Starring debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, the film continues to be the talk of the town—this time…
Jitendra Singh (File photo) JAMMU: Union minister Jitendra Singh Friday visited flood-affected villages along the international border in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, assessed the damage to crops and property, distributed relief material, and assured the affected people of early compensation.He also handed over domestic water-purifying units in the flooded areas to…
Lucknow: A case of bullying, kidnapping and extortion surfaced in Gomtinagar, in which a Class IX student was allegedly harassed by his seniors. The teenager was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and forced to part with money by group of Class X boys of his colony.Police said the incident occurred several days ago but remained unreported as…
Actress Mohini, who made her debut as a heroine in Eeramana Rojave (1991) directed by Kothanda Ramaiah, went on to act in several South Indian films across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. At the peak of her career, she tied the knot with Bharath in 1999 and later settled in the United States. The couple…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu will get an additional supply of 2,640MW of electricity by March next year to tackle the demand for power in summer, as construction of Ennore special economic zone (SEZ) thermal plant and the Udangudi thermal power plant is nearing completion. The construction of the 1,320MW (2×660 MW) Ennore SEZ thermal station in…
