What would have been the reaction of a young Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on seeing a Rs 2,000 currency note? Actor Pratik Gandhi, who has made it to record books performing his mono act ‘Mohan’s Masala’ in Hindi, English and Gujarati in a single day, posed this query in his performance during Repertwahr on Thursday. The…
Lucknow: Police in Balrampur arrested a man accused of attempting to rape his minor daughter and trying to murder his minor son when the boy intervened to save his sister. The incident took place in the Maharajganj Tarai police station area on Wednesday night and the arrest on Thursday.The accused is 40 and was arrested…
NEW DELHI: How did Beijing go from being the ‘smog capital of the world’ to footnotes in research papers on tackling air pollution? China has lessons for India.In a series of posts on X, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, Yu Jing laid out the path that Beijing followed to drastically improve air quality….
NEW DELHI: A day after photos of Vijay Mallya‘s pre-birthday celebration in London surfaced, ED Thursday announced it had restituted Rs 312 crore of Kingfisher Airlines to its former employees towards long-pending dues.The amount was transf-erred to the official liquidator for disbursement to former employees of Kingfisher Airlines after the restitution was approved by Debt…
Lucknow: A day after a woman was found murdered, Police on Thursday registered a case against the person under whose influence the deceased travelled from Gorakhpur to Barabanki to meet him.The police also booked seven members of the family of the accused and arrested five of them on Thursday. Mamta (30), a resident of the…
Lucknow: In yet another wild animal attack, a seven-year-old girl was mauled by a leopard in Bahraich late Thursday evening after the wild animal lifted her from outside her house and dragged her into a nearby sugarcane field.The girl’s mutilated body was recovered around 500 metres from her home, with deep claw marks on her…
Lucknow: The autonomous state medical college located in Tiloi tehsil of Amethi is set to expand into a 550-bed modern medical facility by the end of Jan 2026, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.“The project, being developed at a cost of around Rs 300 crore, is nearing completion and is expected to significantly strengthen medical…
Lucknow: A high-level conference of senior officers and commandants was organised on the occasion of PAC Foundation Day held at the PAC headquarters on Thursday. The focus was on strengthening training, technology adoption, infrastructure, welfare, and operational efficiency of the force.The conference was held under the chairmanship of R K Swarnkar, additional director general (PAC),…
‘What If Orders Are Palpably Dishonest?’ New Delhi: In a surprise public acknowledgement of corruption in judiciary, a Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Wednesday said there is a growing trend of judges passing a series of orders for extraneous considerations on the eve of their retirements.While hearing a petition filed by…
Lucknow: A heated discussion over smart prepaid meter pricing took center stage at the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (UPERC) electricity supply code review panel sub-committee meeting on Thursday, pitting consumer advocacy side against the state power utility who demanded rates as high as Rs 8,000 for single-phase and Rs 13,000 for three-phase meters, arguing…