BJP counters Congress over Nitish Kumar’s burqa video PATNA: The Bihar unit of the BJP on Tuesday hit back at the Congress over its sharp attack on CM Nitish Kumar for pulling off a doctor’s hijab at a government event, accusing the party of “hypocrisy” and “selective outrage” on the issue of women’s dignity.Responding to…
Lucknow: A book highlighting work done under eight years of Yogi Adityanath‘s rule in UP, titled ‘Gatiman Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Sarkar Ke Bemisal 8 Saal’, was launched in Lucknow on Tuesday.UP Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, chief guest at the event, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were working continuously towards realising…
Lucknow: The mighty Himalayas, often seen as timeless and unchanging, are quietly undergoing transformations due to climate change that affect millions of people dependent on their rivers, forests, and farmland. Melting glaciers, unpredictable rainfall, water shortages, and gradual displacement are reshaping both the landscape and human lives downstream. These pressing issues were highlighted during the…
Lucknow: Five candidates from Lucknow made it to top 100 in the Common Law Aptitude Test (CLAT) Undergraduate course, whose results were declared by Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, on Tuesday. RMLNLU was the convening university for CLAT 2026. The highest score achieved in CLAT UG was 112.75.Among the five Lucknow candidates…
Lucknow: No sirens wailed, no handcuffs clicked, no officer knocked at the door. Yet for days, a 75-year-old woman in Lucknow lived the life of an undertrial—confined to her home, gripped by fear, monitored relentlessly through a mobile phone screen.In a typical textbook digital arrest case, cyber fraudsters impersonating senior CBI officers dialled an elderly…
BJP challenged Nitish Kumar’s criticism with similar video of Ashok Gehlot. NEW DELHI: A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s video went viral, showing him attempting to remove the hijab of a Muslim woman, Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday countered the criticism with an old footage of former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. The…
Lucknow: On the eve of the fourth T20I against India in Lucknow on Tuesday, right arm pacer Anrich Nortje said that the team is doing unbelievably well and said he was confident of a good show.He has made a return to T20 cricket with the hope that he will make the cut in the South…
Lucknow: Besides Amethi boy Prashant Veer, the most expensive uncapped player in the IPL auction history, four more players from Uttar Pradesh were sold at the mini auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.The players included Lucknow’s Naman Tiwari, Shivam Mavi, Kartik Tyagi and Vishal Nishad. Out of a total of 13 UP players in fray,…
Lucknow: Owners six pet dog were fined during a special checking drive by Lucknow Municipal Corporation against unlicensed dog keeping in Gomtinagar on Tuesday. The drive was carried out early morning around 6:30 am and was led by animal welfare department with support from enforcement team, dog-catching squad and municipal staff. Several localities of Gomtinagar…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Tuesday organised a one-day special awareness and capacity-building programme on transgender rights at the Reserve Police Lines. The focus was on rights-based and sensitive policing under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, and its Rules, 2020.The programme, facilitated by deputy commissioner of police (headquarters) Anil Kumar Yadav…
