Lucknow:The city’s integrated traffic management system has thrown up an alarming pattern of repeated traffic violations, with some two-wheeler riders amassing over 100 challans in under a year. Traffic police have confirmed that cancellation of vehicle registrations and suspension of driving licences is now on the cards.“Top offenders have crossed the 100-mark, showing fines are…
Indian-origin foreign nationals holding an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card could now lose it if they face serious criminal charges or convictions, the government has announced.In a fresh gazette notification, the ministry of home affairs said that the OCI registration will be cancelled if the holder is sentenced to imprisonment for two years or…
Representative image (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The joint parliamentary committee examining two bills to implement the system of simultaneously holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections was on Tuesday granted an extension till the first day of the last week of Parliament’s winter session for presenting its report. A motion to grant extension to the panel…
Lucknow: The UP Assembly proceedings on Tuesday witnessed an acrimonious moment when Jalshakti minister Swatantra Deo Singh, while responding to a question, asked SP MLA Faheen Irfan to swear by his wife’s name.“Faheem Tum Apni Biwi ki Kasam Khao Ki Tumhari Vidhan Sabha Mein Maam Poora Nahin Ho Gaya Hai (Swear by your wife if…
JALANDHAR: Punjab Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module by arresting two alleged operatives and detaining three juvenile suspects from Rajasthan’s Tonk and Jaipur districts. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the module was operated by foreign-based handlers Mannu Agwan, Gopi Nawanshehria and Zeeshan Akhtar, under the directions of Pak-based…
Lucknow: The UP STF on Tuesday dismantled an inter-state racket involved in adulterating petrol and diesel by mixing ethanol and solvent chemicals, and arrested five members of the gang.Those arrested were identified as Ramu Yadav, Sukhbir Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Rinku Singh, and Deenu. The police seized nine 200-litre drums of ethanol/solvent, three drums of petrol,…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has welcomed an international court’s ruling interpreting design criteria for new run-of-river hydropower projects on the Western Rivers (Chenab, Jhelum and Indus), to be built by India, saying it vindicates its position on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which India put in abeyance after the Pahalgam attack.India, however, has never recognised the…
Lucknow: The performance audit of the Central Road Fund, a corpus managed by the public works department (PWD) to strengthen road network, has revealed multiple gaps. The audit, conducted between April 2016 and March 2022, examined the expenditure of Rs 7,258 crore spent under the funds. It was found that some civil works were carried…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation is moving ahead with plans to set up vending zones across the city to organise handcart operations and provide designated spaces for vendors.Municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar inspected multiple sites in different zones on Tuesday. Accompanying him were additional municipal commissioner Namrata Singh, vending zone in-charge Vineet Kumar Singh, zonal officer…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta says the stray dog menace has “assumed gigantic proportion” and has assured that the government will soon implement a policy in line with a Supreme Court order. On Monday, the court directed authorities to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR localities and place them in shelters, ruling that…
