LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has reiterated that Aadhaar cards cannot be accepted as proof of date of birth in any official process. The Planning Department has issued fresh instructions to all state departments, clarifying that Aadhaar is not an official birth certificate and should not be treated as one.The directive follows a communication from…
JHANSI: A tragic accident occurred on the Jhansi-Kanpur highway in Jhansi district on Thursday evening, resulting in the deaths of two individuals, including a woman, and leaving two others with serious injuries. The incident took place when a roadways bus lost control and crashed into a highway divider where victims were engaged in routine NHAI…
Lucknow: The arrest of Abhinav Sharma — a Mathura-trained engineer who astonishingly travelled to more than 110 countries while allegedly running a Rs 100 crore NEET admission racket — has left investigators reeling.What police initially thought was just another examination fraud exploded into a story of unimaginable scale: a BTech (Mechanical) graduate from an obscure…
Lucknow: It’s a myth that Qawwali is related to a particular religion or language and is only sung in Arabic and Persian. In fact, it is sung in Hindi, Awadhi, and many more languages, said Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi during her session on ‘Qawwali: The Call of Hearts in Love’ on the first day of…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India’s spiritual tradition that has been upheld for centuries by seers and sages continues to guide humanity even today.He said this after inaugurating a cave temple in the Tarun Sagaram Tirth in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar. “Country’s spiritual tradition is a timeless saga of sacrifice and renunciation demonstrated by…
Lucknow: Charging the BJP government of setting unrealistic Special Intensive Revision (SIR) targets for booth level officers (BLOs), Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday described such assignments as “inhumane”. He said what was all the more surprising was that the BJP government was subjecting public servants to such a scenario for political benefits…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt is moving towards implementing a comprehensive strategy focused on infrastructure and industrial expansion, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.“The development of the vision document for ‘Viksit Uttar Pradesh 2047’ is ongoing, and the govt has received suggestions from over 98 lakh citizens and stakeholders so far. The majority of these…
Lucknow: World Junior Championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma and Uganda International Challenge winner Manraj Singh pulled off major upsets at the Syed Modi International Super 300 at the UP Badminton Academy on Thursday.The 16-year-old Tanvi defeated former world champion Nozomi Okuhara 13-21, 21-16, 21-19, while Manraj got the better of third seed and 2023 World…
Lucknow: A colourful venue, adorned with fairy lights leading way to a stage where literature, culture and academia took centrestage.The event was inaugurated by academician Nishi Pandey, theatre personality Sandeep Yadav, entrepreneur and movie producer Ajay Jain and founder of the festival, Prashant Kumar Singh.Pandey said, “As an academician, I often observed that I taught…
Lucknow: Basic Education department has uncovered what appears to be a systematic and multi-year embezzlement of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) funds to the tune of Rs 11 crore in Balrampur district.The FIR was lodged against district MDM coordinator Firoz Ahmad Khan late Wednesday night in Kotwali Balrampur. Khan, posted since 2008, has been booked for allegedly…
