Jaipur: Family members of the casualties in Tuesday’s bus fire in Manoharpura near Jaipur said most passengers aboard the ill-fated vehicle were migrant labourers travelling from Puranpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district to work at a brick kiln in Todi village.They barely got any time to escape after the bus hit the high-voltage power line,…
Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath‘s decision to rechristen Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri as ‘Kabir Dham’ has trained the arc-lights back on BJP’s move of blending religious-cultural identity with electoral calculus in a politically significant territory. Lakhimpur Kheri was one of the political turfs that slipped out of BJP hands during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections…
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India NEW DELHI: Days after Washington Post reported that the Centre had asked LIC to invest in Adani Group companies, the state-run player has said that it did not receive any instructions from the govt for investing in any entity of the conglomerate. “LIC categorically clarifies that the documents mentioned…
Lucknow: It was a crime plot straight out of a Bollywood flick. An innocent man, unfaithful wife and a lover ready to take the crime path for her sake.This dark plot unfolded when Lucknow Police on Tuesday cracked the murder of 27-year-old Pramod Gautam — whose blood-soaked body was recovered from Mamapur Bana village in…
Lucknow: Cloudy sky and intermittent drizzle led to drastic drop in mercury levels during the day in the city on Tuesday. The maximum temperature recorded at state met headquarters was 25.4 degrees Celsius, which was not only six degrees below normal, but also the lowest daytime temperature in the month of Oct in three years….
A 22-year-old grocery delivery agent was arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly sexually harassing a Brazilian model at her city flat BENGALURU: A 22-year-old delivery agent, working for an online grocery delivery firm, was arrested by RT Nagar police for allegedly sexually harassing a Brazilian woman in her city flat. Kumar Rao Pawar and a graduation…
Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar to withdraw the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, describing it as detrimental to farmers, consumers, and power sector employees.The Union power ministry had released the draft bill on Oct 9 and invited stakeholders’ feedback within a month. In response, AIPEF…
Which college is joining Trump HE compact: Will low fees outweigh diversity concerns? (Representative Image, Getty Images) New College of Florida has indicated it will be the first university to sign the Trump administration’s higher education (HE) compact. The agreement is designed to encourage institutions to adopt a range of policy changes, with potential financial…
Lucknow: In a bizarre case, a family in Lucknow’s Gomtinagar area has alleged that their 22-year-old son was driven to suicide on September 3 by an AI chatbot.The youth’s father has demanded through a letter to the police commissioner and integrated grievance redressal system, an independent grievance portal governed by the CM’s office, that an…
Lucknow: Lucknow University (LU) has extended the deadline for uploading first-semester student data on the Samarth portal to Oct 31. However, affiliated colleges are seeking further extension, citing a shortage of non-teaching staff and persistent technical glitches that have slowed the process. The Samarth portal is an e-governance platform for higher education institutions aimed at…
