NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said a candidate, whose name is registered as a voter in multiple constituencies, can’t contest polls. It dismissed Uttarakhand state election commission’s appeal challenging HC’s interim order that had stayed its circular permitting such persons to take part in panchayat polls. “How can you issue a circular that is contrary…
Lucknow: The higher education department on Friday issued a notice inviting applications for the post of chairperson, UP Education Service Selection Commission after its first chief, Prof Kirti Pandey, tendered her resignation. The ‘all in one commission’ was formed in 2023 to handle all recruitments and was responsible for hiring teachers in govt-run and aided…
Congress called the arrest Modi govt’s action to “divert attention and responsibility” from BJP‘s “abysmal failure” to maintain law and order in Ladakh. AAP accused the govt of “persecuting” Wangchuk through the state machinery, while CPI (ML) Liberation described the arrest as an “outrageous move”. Source link
Lucknow: A heart patient, Ram Prakash (name changed), from Hardoi was being rushed to the Lari Cardiology Department of KGMU when he got stuck in a traffic jam.The ambulance, with its siren wailing, was trapped between Charak Chauraha and the hospital gate, a stretch of barely 500 metres. It took almost 20 minutes to cover…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged that the BJP conned people in the name of “GST Reforms”, particularly to hoodwink the poor. He said the BJP has reduced GST on finished goods but has increased it on raw material; as a result, the price burden on the common man will not…
Lucknow: In a meeting with all the ministers on Friday evening, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reportedly gave a “pep talk”, urging them to ensure proper implementation of govt schemes, especially with Assembly elections barely 15 months away.A minister, who attended the meeting, said that the CM discussed various ongoing schemes, asking ministers to set examples….
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday dismissed as incorrect, baseless and unacceptable Nato chief Mark Rutte’s claims that PM Modi, under pressure from the US tariffs on India, had sought an explanation from Russian President Vladimir Putin over his Ukraine strategy. The MEA said that at no point did Modi have any such conversation with…
Lucknow: In a landmark judgment under the Mission Shakti Phase-5 and Operation Conviction, a special Pocso court in Ghazipur on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape of his minor stepdaughter. The verdict was delivered within just 15 days of charges being framed, marking one of the swiftest convictions under the zero-tolerance…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif Friday turned in a bizarre performance at the United Nations, where he said Pakistan was ready for a composite dialogue with India while making claims about downing Indian jets during Operation Sindoor, and “delivering a bloody nose”. Predictably, he glossed over Pakistan’s losses, including the loss of warplanes and destruction of…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said India’s soul resides in its villages and once they become self-reliant, nothing can stop the idea of a developed UP from coming to fruition.He said this after meeting with all 57,000 gram pradhans in the state to discuss his vision for Viksit Uttar Pradesh-2047. Yogi familiarised the…