Lucknow: CSIR Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), after receiving the prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 for the aroma mission, is all geared up to work on Aroma 4.0 Mission. Phase four of the mission is set to begin in April this year.“In Aroma Mission 4.0, the focus is mainly on those crops…
MUMBAI: Insurance regulations to prevent mis-selling are set to tighten with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) set to frame stricter norms on commission disclosure and conflicts of interest, enabled by amendments cleared in the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025.The amendments give the regulator explicit powers to…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against the international shooter Vartika Singh in connection with a case of allegedly preparing forged letters at the behest of a central cabinet minister.Passing the order, a bench of Justice Rajeev Singh observed: “There is no evidence of cheating against applicant Vatika…
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘Akhanda 2: Thaandavam’ enjoyed a strong Christmas day, collecting approximately Rs 1.65 crore on its fourteenth day. The holiday surge pushed the film’s total earnings to around Rs 89.25 crore. The movie maintained a steady performance throughout its second week, with occupancy remaining decent on the festive occasion. Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘Akhanda 2: Thaandavam’…
Ayodhya: The second anniversary of Ram temple’s consecration ceremony will be celebrated on Dec 31.Ram temple consecration ceremony was performed on Jan 22, 2024, but the anniversary is determined according to the Hindu calendar. The first anniversary fell on Jan 11, 2025. Religious rituals for the second anniversary will begin on Dec 27, while the…
Lucknow: A man and his son were shot dead in Sitapur on Friday night, allegedly due to an old enmity.Chhote Khan alias Akhtar, 65, and his son Maisar Khan, 45, were rushed to the district hospital but doctors declared them dead on arrival.Police said the killings were the result of an old rivalry between Akhtar…
Bihar man arrested after wives allege dowry harassment (Pintu Barnwal, two wives) PATNA: Pintu Barnwal, a resident of Gopalganj district, Bihar, was arrested for allegedly marrying three women over a span of three years without divorcing his previous wives. The arrests came after complaints from his first and second wives, who accused him of domestic…
GWALIOR: A 26-year-old engineer died after allegedly consuming poison at his uncle’s house in Gwalior on Saturday. The man was facing a rape case under the POCSO Act in Dabra involving a 2-year-and-11-month-old girl. His family alleged that he was being blackmailed for money to “settle” the case. The deceased, identified as Love, also known…
AI-generated representational image. KANPUR: A woman allegedly slashed her husband 26 times with an axe at their home in a Kanpur village late Wednesday after a drunken brawl. The woman, Veerangana (35), was arrested Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Ravishankar Savita (45) alias Pappu, who worked in a tile and stone laying firm. Police…
Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja (AP/PTI) On this day in 2020, December 27, Ajinkya Rahane played an innings that quietly altered the course of Indian Test cricket. It did not come wrapped in noise or bravado. It arrived in the aftermath of trauma. India had been bundled out for their lowest-ever total in the previous…
