Lucknow: The Khadi Bhawan in Lucknow came alive on Friday with the inauguration of the Mati Kala Mahotsav 2025, a 10-day celebration of Uttar Pradesh’s traditional pottery and terracotta craftsmanship. The festival was inaugurated by Rakesh Sachan, minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Khadi, Handloom, and Textiles, who described it as a “confluence of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court appears set to allow the sale and bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region for Diwali, Gurupurav and Christmas celebrations.While reserving orders on multiple pleas of firecracker manufacturers for allowing manufacture and sale of green crackers, which was supported by Centre and Haryana government, a bench of Chief…
Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has strongly opposed the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, released by the ministry of power, govt of India, which proposes privatisation of the entire power distribution sector.AIPEF has urged UP CM Yogi Adityanath to immediately withdraw the decision to privatise Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Dakshinanchal Vidyut…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said infiltration was the main reason for disparity in the rates of growth of numbers of different religious communities, and said that the changes in demography were a threat to country’s culture and democratic ethos while vowing that govt would pursue a “detect, delete and deport” strategy…
Lucknow: A day after setting the political tone for the 2027 UP elections through her massive rally in Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said that, given the record-breaking turnout, the people’s enthusiasm, and their resolve to make “their Behenji’s govt” in Uttar Pradesh for the fifth time, it was natural for opposition parties, organisations,…
BENGALURU: A group of six minors was booked for assaulting one of their friends by stripping him and allegedly forcing him to smoke a narcotic substance. The boys were sent to the govt observation home and were released later.The boys, aged 16 and 17, recorded the incident on their mobile phones and circulated the video…
US agencies have imposed sanctions against eight Indian nationals and 10 companies for links with Iranian oil trade. As part of the latest round of global sanctions, the US state department’s actions were against 40 individuals, entities and vessels, while the US treasury acted against 60 entities. On the US treasury’s office of foreign assets…
Lucknow: In a move that could redefine regional travel in Uttar Pradesh, the state govt has given the green signal to a feasibility study for a high-speed rail corridor between Lucknow and Kanpur, modelled after the successful Meerut-Delhi Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). If realised, this ambitious project could cut the current travel time from…
NEW DELHI: In a Rs 100-crore extortion case linked to digital arrest, illegal forex trading and threatening people sending fake notices in the name of ED and Supreme Court, the ED has arrested four persons in Ahmedabad- Makbul Abdul Rehman Doctor, Kaashif Makbul Doctor, Mahesh Mafatlal Desai and Om Rajendra Pandya.The four accused were produced…
The National Students’ Union of India protested at Lucknow University on Friday against Rs 10,000 fee glitch in the university’s portal for BVA/BFA students. The hour-long demonstration saw students raising slogans and blocking the corridor outside the vice-chancellor’s office, alleging that the portal continues to display pending dues from previous semesters despite full payment. Following…