Villagers taking an oath to save the Ambarappar hills from the neutrino project In the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, an ambitious plan to build a neutrino observatory (INO) once promised to place the country at the forefront of particle physics. After more than two decades of scientific preparation, political pushback, environmental concerns, and institutional…
File photo (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: J&K Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted extensive searches at eight locations across seven districts in the Union Territory on Wednesday. The agency stated that the raids were related to a “sleeper cell module operating in the valley at the behest of terrorist commanders of proscribed outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and…
Lucknow: A brigade of about 100 children dressed as Vanar Sena will walk alongside the grand chariot of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita at the Ayodhya Deepotsav.The special attraction is expected to create a strong local connection as the children will be selected from Ayodhya city. These details were shared with tourism and culture minister…
BHOPAL: The first cases of children’s deaths in Madhya Pradesh after consuming cough syrup were reported on September 3, but it was only on September 16 that the administration recognised the severity of the situation and began a survey to check children’s health in Parasia block of Chhindwara district.The exercise gained pace two days later,…
Lucknow: UP govt officials on Wednesday said draft layout was ready for PM Mitra Park, coming up in Lucknow and Hardoi districts, to benefit industries and locals. Officials said the project sough to balance industrial progress with ecological preservation. According to the draft layout plan, 55% land of the park will be allocated for industrial…
JAMMU: A sessions court in Bhaderwah on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a terrorist involved in the murder of a sarpanch in J&K’s Doda district in July 2002.The convict, Irfan Ali from Doda’s Kilhotran-Gandoh area, was sentenced under RPC Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention), and Section 7/27 of Arms Act, police said.Irfan and…
Lucknow: If Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan is known for his inimitable oratory laced with Urdu couplets striking emotional chords, then his meeting with Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday saw all that in abundance. So much so that it overshadowed the political symbolism that took place in Rampur on the day.To begin with, Akhilesh reached Bareilly…
Ladakh unrest (Picture credit: AP) SRINAGAR: The Leh Bar Association on Wednesday demanded Rs 1-crore compensation each for the families of four people killed in the September 24 firing in Leh and called for an impartial judicial inquiry headed by a retired Supreme Court judge into the incident.“All four victims belonged to poor families. Three…
Lucknow: Mayor Sushma Kharakwal has sought an explanation from Namrita Singh, additional municipal commissioner and officer-in-charge (property), over delay in granting permission for religious events at Jhulelal Vatika.Rajesh Raj Gupta, chief manager of Rainyo Seva Trust, applied on July 4, 2025, to hold Sharadiya Navratri and Ramotsav from Sept 30 to Oct 2. The application…
Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar — known as an outspoken IPS officer who flagged irregularities, including alleged caste bias, in his own department —was found dead from a gunshot to the head at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday afternoon, a day before he was to take up his new…