Lucknow: In a significant move aligning with National Education Policy 2020, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University has announced introduction of a diverse range of subjects as minor and elective courses for BTech, management and pharmacy students. This initiative, set to commence in 2025-26 academic session, will impact over 750 govt and private engineering colleges…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court has commuted the death sentence of a 34-year-old woman and her 37-year-old boyfriend, convicted of killing her one-and-a-half-year-old son in 2016, observing that their crime did not fall under the category of “rarest of rare”. On Thursday, the court sentenced them to life imprisonment without remission for 40 years, reports Srishti…
Lucknow: The city is likely to receive one or two spells of rain on Monday. According to weatherman, due to a western disturbance, rain is likely in western part of UP, while one or two spells of light to moderate rain are likely in some parts of eastern UP. On Sunday, some parts of the…
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party has sent a letter to the Union home minister urging him to investigate expelled MLA Pooja Pal’s claim of threat to her life from the party, so that the facts behind the allegations could be known. Dismissing her claims of threat from unidentified SP functionaries as “baseless”, the letter demands that…
Lucknow: The income tax department unearthed a massive Rs 5,000 crore scam involving the diversion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds through non-profit organisations (NPOs).Acting on directives of the principal director of Income Tax (Investigation), Kanpur, the IT Investigation Unit, Agra, carried out searches on Aug 19 at over 30 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,…
NEW DELHI: Vipin Bhati, husband of Nikki Bhati who died after being assaulted and set ablaze at her in-laws’ home, was injured in a police encounter on Sunday.Police said Vipin attempted to escape from custody following his arrest in the dowry murder case. Officers opened fire when he tried to flee, leaving him with a…
NEW DELHI: India does not see space only as a field of research but as the future of tomorrow’s economy, security, energy and humanity, and cannot afford to stay behind in the journey, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.“We’re steadily advancing beyond the earth’s surface into new frontiers of space. We’ve already marked our…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Saturday visited Narni village in Sitapur to offer condolences to the family of Saurabh alias Ravi Dixit, who was killed in a tiger attack while cutting grass in the fields.According to the post-mortem report, the tiger first clamped down on Saurabh’s neck, breaking his spinal cord and…
NEW DELHI: Ukraine ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk has said that India and Ukraine remain in touch about a possible visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited the president to visit India when he travelled to Kyiv last year and Zelensky had accepted the same.“In relation to the declaration about the…
Lucknow: Residents of Jankipuram Extension Sector-7 were promised enhanced water safety and sanitation measures after two more cases of diarrhoea were reported on Sunday. Both the patients were admitted to a local community health centre (CHC).Municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar along with CMO Dr NB Singh and the municipal cleaning team inspected the area and assured…
