Lucknow: The murder of Pramod Gautam, a contractual sanitation employee at the Police Lines in Lucknow, took a grim turn after the postmortem examination report confirmed he was shot twice — once in the head and once in the back — on the Kisan Path Outer Ring Road in Bakshi-ka-Talab (BKT) on Sunday.The police said…
University of Washington professor criticises mandatory DEI statement in faculty hiring. process (Getty Images) A University of Washington professor has criticised the institution’s mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement for new faculty, warning it could discourage highly qualified candidates from applying. Stuart Reges, a non-tenured teaching professor at UW’s Paul G. Allen School of…
Rohit Sharma led India to a commanding nine-wicket victory over Australia in the final ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, scoring an unbeaten 121. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma led India to a commanding nine-wicket victory over Australia in the final ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, scoring an unbeaten…
Lucknow: At least 18 people were injured, six of them seriously, when two rival groups clashed violently over the upcoming gram pradhan (village head) election in Madpauna village under Dhanghata police station limits late Saturday night. Armed with lathis and sticks, members of both factions attacked each other, leaving several injured from both sides. Elections…
Lucknow: SGPGIMS’s hepatology department will soon open a dedicated ‘Fatty Liver and Obesity Clinic’ to support patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity in UP.The announcement was made during the 25th “Current Perspectives in Liver Diseases (CPLD-2025)” conference, which concluded on Sunday.The two-day event brought together eminent hepatology and gastroenterology experts from across…
Lucknow: A four-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) reached Delhi on Sunday to question two alleged ISIS operatives arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell earlier this week.The suspects — Mohammed Adnan (19), a native of Etah, and Adnan Khan (20) from Bhopal — were nabbed from Sadiq Nagar in South Delhi…
Drunk drivers are terrorists, says VC Sajjanar NEW DELHI: ‘Drunk drivers are terrorists, I stand by my statement DRUNK DRIVERS ARE TERRORISTS’, said Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar, following the tragic bus fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district that killed 20 people. He described the incident as a preventable massacre caused by the reckless and…
Lucknow: Devotees observed fast on ‘Kharna’ (second day of Chhath festival) from sunrise to sunset and took dip in the water. On Kharna day, women observe ‘Nirjala Upvaas’ The fast was broken only after offering ‘arghya’ to sun in the evening. The devotees prepare ‘Kharna Prasad’ which includes ‘gur ki kheer’ and roti.A devotee, Tulsi…
Lucknow: The residence of former DGP of Karnataka, Mahendra Kumar Srivastava, was burgled in Aliganj, police said.According to cops, distant relatives of the former DGP had been staying in the house and they were in Oman when the incident took place.Burglars broke into the house and decamped with jewellery and cash worth several lakhs of…
Lucknow: A mentally unstable 42-year-old man allegedly murdered his 72-year-old mother in their home near Bilali Masjid, Pajawa, in the city’s Thakurganj area on Sunday.The accused, identified as Antendra Singh, also known as Thakur, reportedly also attacked neighbours with bricks when they attempted to intervene. The police managed to detain him after receiving a distress…
