AGRA: A 19-year-old woman from Aligarh was allegedly killed and beheaded by her father, stepmother, and step-grandfather in Hathras for what police describe as an “honour killing” on suspicion of “disgracing” the family. The three were arrested on Wednesday.Hathras SP Chiranjeev Natha Singh said, “On Aug 10, residents of Bahradoi village discovered a sack with…
Lucknow: A week of monsoon showers left roads across the state capital battered, with potholes, loose stones and dust visible in areas such as Gomtinagar, Mahanagar, Nishatganj, Hazratganj and several other localities, even in heritage areas like Hussainabad. In many places, the damage appeared on stretches that were re-laid barely 15 days to a month…
LUCKNOW: UP vaccinated against rabies and sterilised 2.8 lakh stray dogs under its animal birth control (ABC) programme in 2023-24 and 2024-25. It also established 17 permanent ABC centres, with two additional ones approved for Lucknow and Ghaziabad on a comprehensive budget of Rs 34 crore.Taking note of SC’s latest directive on managing dog bite…
Zeeshan Ayyub, who was last seen in the latest season of Criminal Justice: A Family Matter alongside Pankaj Tripathi, Surveen Chawla and Asha Negi, recently opened up about filming a high-pressure scene with Salman Khan in Kabir Khan’s 2017 film Tubelight. Speaking to Digital Commentary, Zeeshan revealed that his very first scene on set in…
NEW DELHI: Two nine-year-old girls were allegedly gang-raped late last week by two men, a contractor and a caretaker, near an under-construction swimming pool on a private property in outer Delhi’s Narela. Both men have been arrested.Police said the girls, who are neighbours, were lured to an area near the pool on some pretexts. Anil…
NEW DELHI: Sharpening his criticism of the SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday remarked that he had had the unique experience of having tea with some “dead” voters from Bihar. Rahul and other INDIA bloc netas are all set to embark on a ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’ starting Aug 17,…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh horticulture minister Dinesh Pratap Singh has issued a stern directive to senior officials, instructing them to maintain respectful and responsive communication with elected public representatives.In a letter addressed to the additional chief secretary and principal secretary of the horticulture and agricultural marketing departments, Singh expressed concern over officials not saving contact numbers…
PATNA: Minta Devi, a 35-year-old from Bihar, who unexpectedly became the INDIA bloc’s “vote chori” mascot after a data entry error pegged her age at 124, on Wednesday objected to the opposition using her name and photo on T-shirts to target the Union govt.“Politics is being done in my name. Who gave Priyanka Gandhi and…
Lucknow: English and Foreign Languages University, regional campus welcomed its Chancellor Prof N Nagaraju, on his first visit to the campus following the UP govt’s transfer of 5.5 acre land to Lucknow Campus. Director of the regional campus, Prof Rajneesh Arora, expressed gratitude to UP govt, especially chief minister Yogi Adityanath and MLA (Sarojini Nagar)…
KOLKATA: Election Commission Wednesday gave Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant time till August 21 to comply with its directions to suspend four state officers and lodge FIRs against them and a data entry officer. The officers, working in Baruipur East and Moyna assembly segments, are facing allegations of lapses in voter inclusions in local electoral…
