New Delhi: The conviction of two persons in the 2012 rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl in UP was overturned by Supreme Court on Tuesday, after the duo had spent 13 years in jail. One of them was sentenced to death and the other life imprisonment. The apex court pulled up police for a shabby investigation….
Lucknow: Expelled Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal on Tuesday said she was initially drawn to SP after considering party chief Akhilesh Yadav‘s “hard stance” against mafia-turned-politicians, including Atiq Ahmad, Mukhtar Ansari, and DP Yadav, during his tenure as CM between 2012 and 2017. Elected twice on a BSP ticket from the Allahabad West assembly seat—in…
The Trump administration is planning a major overhaul of the United States’ H-1B visa and green card systems, signalling a shift towards wage-based immigration and merit-driven selection. US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday said he is involved in the proposed reforms, which aim to replace the current lottery-based system with a more selective model….
Lucknow: Opposition’s vice-president nominee V Sudarshan Reddy on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to MPs from outside the opposition’s INDIA bloc who are coming forward to support him. A retired Supreme Court judge, Reddy, who was in town to seek support of MPs from UP to his candidature, appealed to all the Members of Parliament cutting…
New Delhi: Recalling PM Narendra Modi’s 2025 I-Day speech that flagged demographic changes in border villages caused by illegal immigration “as part of a deliberate design”, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday urged the collectors of districts covered under the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP), chief secretaries of border states and central armed police forces (CAPFs)…
Astronaut and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla inaugurated the newly built ‘Shux Courtyard’ at CMS Aliganj Campus I on Tuesday. The courtyard, named in his honour, is a state-of-the-art hub designed to inspire innovation and creativity among students of all standards. Equipped with a makerspace, robotics lab, studiopod, and amphitheatre, Shux Courtyard reflects CMS’s commitment to…
Lucknow: The body of Atul Kumar Tiwari, a 42-year-old nephew of a former BJP MLA from Raniganj, was found under suspicious circumstances at his residence in Gomtinagar on Tuesday with multiple wounds on his wrists, police said. The body was found on the first floor of the house by his mother, Sudha, who lives on…
Lucknow: The Lucknow police have sought permission from the state govt to travel to Thailand to carry out investigations into the mysterious death of a doctor’s wife in Pattaya earlier this year.According to police records, the woman travelled to Pattaya with her husband, a doctor in Lucknow, and son, in Jan. The family checked into…
Harish Salve (File photo); Supreme court building New Delhi: Maharashtra, through senior lawyer Harish Salve, told Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Constitution empowers a governor or the President, not an assembly, to have the final say on a state bill. It made a five-judge bench led by CJI B R Gavai ask: “Is this…
Lucknow: Governor Anandiben Patel on Tuesday met Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and enquired about his well-being, training, Space Centre and scientific experiments in space.Shubhanshu shared his experiences related to his training, research work in space, food arrangements, yoga practice, and future space missions. He also shared memories of his communication with children from space. He…
