Lucknow: Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) pipped Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) 3-1 to clinch the All-India KD Singh ‘Babu’ Men’s Hockey Tournament at the Mohd Shahid Hockey Stadium on Sunday. Vishwas opened PSPB’s account with a well-executed field goal in the 20th minute. Sushil Dhanwar equalised for SSCB by converting a penalty corner in…
Lucknow: Former Indian left-arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh has been inducted into the men’s selection panel, becoming only the fourth person from Uttar Pradesh to achieve this distinction. At the BCCI AGM in Mumbai, he, along with Pragyan Ojha, was inducted into the panel. He follows in the footsteps of Anand Shukla, Gopal Sharma (2004–05),…
Lucknow: Speaking about the roadmap for USD 6 trillion economy goal by 2047, Easwaran Subramanian, Partner at Deloitte India, said the focus will be on the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors to achieve growth.Subramanian emphasised that efforts are underway to include all the 75 districts of the state on the path of growth. “We must…
Lucknow: Daily commuters travelling from Gole Market to Kapoorthala are facing severe inconvenience as the road dug up in Jan for renovation under the chief minister’s (CM) Grid Scheme is far from completion even after seven months.The slow pace of work carried out by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has left the residents and motorists…
Lucknow: Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, the chairman of the Islamic Centre of India and Shahi Imam of Lucknow, has called recent street protests with “I Love Mohammed (PBUH)” banners inappropriate and lacking civility. He urged the Muslim community to uphold peace, mutual respect, and the rule of law.In his statement, Maulana emphasized that love…
Lucknow: Issuing a stern warning to those trying to disrupt peace during the festive season, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that people creating anarchy in the name of Ghazwa-e-Hind will create a path for a ticket to hell.“Ghazwa-e-Hind will not happen on the soil of Hindustan. Even imagining ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ or dreaming of it…
Varanasi: Kashi, one of the world’s oldest cities, has preserved sculptures of Goddess Durga as ‘Mahishasur Mardini’ since the 8th century. As devotees celebrate her triumph over the demon Mahishasura, TOI traces the oldest surviving image of Shakti in the city of Lord Vishwanath. According to art historian Prof Maruti Nandan Tiwari, over a dozen…
Lucknow: Nigohan police arrested Malkhan (46), a local pastor accused of running illegal religious conversion activities under the guise of “healing prayer meetings.” A resident of Chakhtiri Khera Majra Mehdauli village under Nigohan police station limits, Malkhan allegedly constructed a hall-like structure on his farmland and used it as a makeshift church to conduct gatherings…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that “denting-painting must be done” for people who habitually break the law.The comments seemed directed at cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan, chief of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council, who had initially called for a protest in support of the “I Love Muhammad” campaign in Bareilly, a situation that…
Bahraich/Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday visited villages in Bahraich affected by recent wolf attacks, assuring residents that the government stands firmly with them in their distress. “The double-engine government is always with you and will provide all possible support,” he said during interactions with villagers in Manjhara, Taukli, and Kaiserganj. Emphasising the urgency…
