Lucknow: Indian Railways’ Rail Madad grievance redressal system received 15,028 complaints about pests and rodents in train coaches during 2022-23, a CAG performance audit report has said.Out of the total complaints reported, 79% (11,844) were from AC class passengers, indicating higher expectations in premium segments. The worst-affected zones were South Central Railway (13%), Western Railway…
Lucknow: Two teachers from UP have been selected for this year’s National Teachers Awards (NTA). The duo will be honoured for their efforts in improving enrolment, motivating students to attend school regularly and bringing innovation to classrooms. In all, 45 teachers from across the country will be honoured on the eve of Teachers’ Day on…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP govt of adopting a ‘use and throw’ policy towards members of the PDA community, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the govt ‘used’ the family of jailed Gayatri Prajapati in the Lok Sabha elections to reach out to the community and later dumped them.The former UP CM also accused the govt…
Lucknow: A sub-inspector, stationed at Kakadeo police station in Kanpur, was booked in a dowry harassment case following a complaint lodged by his wife with Sarojininagar police station here on Monday.The allegations, which also implicate the officer’s mother, paint a grim picture of domestic abuse. The victim accused her husband of physically assaulting her for…
Shiv Sena UBT “will not” participate in JPC on 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill New Delhi: With Sena UBT becoming the fourth opposition party to announce a boycott of the JPC on the controversial bills about dismissal of jailed ministers and CMs, Congress is mulling the way forward on the parliamentary panel. While Sena UBT announced…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana on Monday urged public representatives to focus on serving the people who reposed faith in them, rather than merely striving to secure victory in the next election. He said the essence of politics must lie in giving back to society, not extracting from it.He was speaking at the…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday called CBI probes “a gallery show right now” while turning down a plea for an investigation by the central agency into an East Midnapore murder in July. It, instead, said it would hand over the probe to the Bengal CID after taking the case out of the local…
Lucknow: To promote academics, research and artistic cooperation on various dimensions of Indian culture, drama and theatre, Bhartendu Natya Akademi (BNA) has signed an MoU for three years with Nalanda University on Monday. Director Bipin Kumar said, “As part of the MoU, we are planning a theatre festival in Oct in Nalanda University, while in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday stayed proceedings on two FIRs lodged by Maharashtra Police against psephologist Sanjay Kumar, who set off a political slugfest by his Aug 17 social media posts claiming irregular increase or decrease in voters in state constituencies but a day later deleted them with an apology.Giving a long description of…
Lucknow: Gonda’s much-publicised Anamika Shukla case — in which Shukla herself emerged as a whistleblower to expose a racket involving the appointment of teachers in govt schools using forged documents — took a dramatic turn on Monday. The court directed police to register an FIR against Anamika herself, along with Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Atul…
