Lucknow: The Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested Aman Pandey, a fugitive who escaped from Deoria district jail in December 2022, from Surat, Gujarat.According to SSP, STF, Ghule Shushil Chandrabhan, Pandey, son of Upendra Pandey and a resident of Baraipur village under Rampur police station, Deoria, was lodged in Deoria jail since December 16,…
PUNE: A 39-year-old voter’s name was found appearing six times in the electoral roll of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, prompting collector Indu Jakhar to order a probe.The name appeared five times in one polling booth and once in another booth in the same assembly constituency.The duplication, flagged by activists on social media, led the state chief…
Lucknow: A history-sheeter, who recently walked out of jail, was accused of demanding Rs 1 lakh as extortion from the son of a woman restaurateur in the Vibhuti Khand police station area on Monday.A case was registered on Wednesday.As per reports, victim Shiva Sharma of Aliganj went to a café in Kisan Bazaar on Monday…
Karan Johar has opened up about the commercial disappointment of Jigra, the 2024 action drama starring Alia Bhatt. Directed by Vasan Bala, the film failed to meet expectations at the box office despite strong faith from the cast and crew. In a recent conversation with Suchin Mehrotra, Karan admitted the team was “disappointed, dejected and…
KANPUR: A 33-year-old man sexually assaulted and killed his 14-year-old cousin just hours after she had tied a rakhi on his wrist in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The police cracked the case and apprehended the suspect, who was jailed on Tuesday.The incident occurred when the accused, Surjeet, visited his uncle’s home on Saturday morning and later…
NEW DELHI: Nearly four out of every 10 diabetics in India are unaware they have the disease, a new study published in Lancet Global Health has claimed.The study is based on an analysis of a survey carried out among 57,810 adults aged 45 years and older from 2017 to 2019. It found that 20% of…
Lucknow: To dispel myths around organ donation and urge people to pledge their organs for those in need, Aastha Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care Hospital, Hospice & Social Welfare Society organised an awareness drive to mark Organ Donation Day on Wednesday.Doctors, healthcare professionals, social activists and community members highlighted the importance of organ donation….
NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has suggested prioritising women in allocation of deceased donor organs.In a letter to the states/UTs, the apex authority for regulating organ donations and transplants in the country, has said a provision should be made to mark additional points for women recipients of donor organs, to…
Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at eight premises — six in Lucknow and two in Delhi — in connection with the multi-crore Rohtas Projects fraud.The searches continued until the last reports came in. The ED also seized documents and papers, for which a forensic audit will be conducted. The probe…
NEW DELHI: Bringing down the curtain on the proceedings initiated against misleading advertisements for medicinal products, the Supreme Court has closed the case filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan said no further hearing was needed as the court…
