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…
Lucknow: Pointing fingers at the BJP government in the state, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said farmers were spending days at a stretch in queues outside fertilizer outlets and even staking their life to get seeds and fertilizers.“Farmers are struggling across the state because of shortage and black-marketing of fertilizers but the…
Lucknow: In a significant push under the Mission Shakti campaign, Lucknow Police is rolling out a new initiative to strengthen support systems for women victims of crime.Every police station in the city will soon have a dedicated sub-inspector rank nodal officer, who will act as the single point of contact for women complainants, ensuring they…
Lucknow: “Relax, recognize, release, realign and focus on the present,” Manju Agrawal, professor emeritus at a private university and hypnotherapist, told a captivated audience at the Gomti Book Festival in Lucknow University on Saturday.She started writing on psychology during the Covid-19 outbreak as her clients requested her to give them positive self-talk in the negative…
Lucknow: Durga Puja festival organised by the Bondhu Mahal began on Saturday evening with a soulful ‘bhajan sandhya’ at Rajendra Park. The devotional programme, presented by Swar Sarita, set a spiritual tone for the five-day celebrations. The programme featured melodious performances by Saroj Khulbe, Geeta Singh, Sushma Agrawal, Reena Biswas, and Madhu Srivastava, who filled…
