Lucknow: On the occasion of Uttar Pradesh Volleyball Day, the Uttar Pradesh Volleyball Association felicitated several international players at the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Friday. During the event, the official website of the association was also launched.Deputy chief minister and president of the UP Volleyball Association, Brajesh Pathak, felicitated Apratim, Kartik, Shivam, Aryan, and…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has rejected the plea of alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam middleman Christian Michel James for release on the grounds that he has undergone the maximum seven years of incarceration over charges that led to his extradition from UAE in 2018.“Considering the allegations under Section 467 (forgery of valuable security, will,…
Lucknow: Old newspapers never lose their charm. And it’s a delight if you get to see a varied and treasured collection of them at one place. ‘Dastavez’ exhibition at Kokoro Art Gallery in the city is one such address. ‘Dastavez’ showcases a collection of old newspapers collected by Indian Revenue Service officer Suboor Usmani, who…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the ‘sedition’ provision in Section 152 of BNS and tagged the petition on this issue to pending petitions that challenged the validity of Section 124A of IPC.A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and justices K Vinod Chandran and N V…
Ayodhya/Lucknow: To ease movement of devotees and tourists coming to the temple town, Yogi Adityanath govt has set up another wide corridor. To be used primarily by pedestrians, the 225-metre long ‘Aastha Path’ (path of belief), has been commissioned with a budget of Rs 5 crore. The widened road corridor would facilitate movement of individuals…
Aamir Khan’s brother, Faissal Khan, has made explosive claims about a difficult phase in his life, alleging that the superstar kept him confined at home for over a year and gave him medicines against his will. In a recent interview, the Mela actor said his family believed he was mentally ill and posed a danger…
Lucknow: Intermittent rain continued in the city on Friday. People woke up to a cooler morning and experienced a pleasant evening, with maximum temperatures dropping to considerable level. According to the weatherman, similar conditions are likely to continue until Sunday. A rainfall of 9mm was recorded at Amausi airport observatory, while a rainfall of 42.6mm…
Atlanta Public Schools (APS), one of Georgia’s largest public school districts, is confronting a mounting crisis: steady enrolment declines have left the district with tens of thousands of empty seats and underused facilities. In response, APS is actively exploring options that include school closures, redistricting, consolidations, and potentially new construction. The district describes this comprehensive…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump engaged in a heated phone exchange over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, NBC News reported, citing multiple current and former US officials. The confrontation came after Netanyahu, speaking at an event in Jerusalem on July 27, denied that there was starvation in Gaza, insisting, “There is…
NEW DELHI: Expunging its earlier criticism of an Allahabad high court judge whose verdict it had listed among the “worst,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan on Friday clarified that it had no intention of embarrassing or casting aspersions on the judge.“We must clarify that our intention was not…
