NEW DELHI: An investigation by ED, assisted by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and its foreign missions and embassies, has unearthed a massive NRI admission racket, in which private medical colleges were found offering admissions on about 18,000 reserved MBBS UG and PG seats under the quota by using forged documents of non-resident Indians.India’s…
Lucknow: Senior IPS officer K Satya Narayan, a 1998-batch officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and currently serving as additional director general in the Traffic Directorate, has applied for voluntary retirement from service (VRS), citing personal reasons. He is set to retire in Oct 2027.A native of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh, Narayan was counted…
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused activist Harsh Mander, Congress, Jamaat-e-Islami-Hind, a senior advocate, and “people from Pakistan and Bangladesh” of attempting to destabilise the state.“Some people have been visiting different parts of the state since Saturday to spread unrest. Their movements are under strict watch to ensure they do not succeed the…
Lucknow: Ayodhya will get a grand wax museum on the occasion of Deepotsav this year.Coming up under the initiative of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the 10,000 sq. ft. museum on the Parikrama Path of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir will be inaugurated for devotees and tourists, offering them a unique cultural and historical experience.Nearly Rs 7.5 crore…
NEW DELHI: India will continue purchasing oil “from wherever it gets the best deal,” even as Washington imposes punitive tariffs in retaliation for New Delhi’s imports of Russian crude, India’s ambassador to Moscow, Vinay Kumar, told Russian news agency TASS on Sunday.The remarks come days after the United States slapped an additional 25% duty on…
NEW DELHI: The seven-day deadline set by Election Commission (EC) for Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to submit an affidavit along with evidence to back his ‘vote chori’ allegations with respect to Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana and Bihar has ended, with no sign of any signed declaration from the Congress functionary.Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had,…
Lucknow: A thief was apprehended while attempting to steal from a residence near VVIP Dalibagh colony in the early hours of Sunday. The accused, Pankaj Kumar, entered a house in Hydel Field Hostel area and made good with a mobile phone, earbuds and a charger. He donned a neighbor’s T-shirt and attempted to flee unnoticed…
PATNA: RJD‘s Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday alleged that EC’s credibility had been largely eroded due to controversies surrounding the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar. “At each booth, the names of at least 50 living electors have been deleted on grounds that they are dead. We have proof,” Tejashwi told reporters in Araria during INDIA…
Lucknow: Panic gripped Ravindrapalli area of the city on Sunday evening after a 90-year-old woman and her 65-year-old son were found dead under suspicious circumstances inside their residence. Police sent the bodies for post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death, while neighbours raised suspicions of property-related foul play.The deceased were identified as Bela Chakraborty…
BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Sunday brought Congress MLA K C Veerendra to Bengaluru for further investigation into a money laundering case linked to illegal betting, with sources saying that he will be also questioned in matters related to casinos in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Georgia linked to the politicians.According to the sources, the…
