Lucknow: Dudhwa National Park is set to welcome a new experience for nature lovers, wellness seekers, and wildlife enthusiasts. Tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said that a holistic wellness tourism hub will be developed on nearly five acres in Chandan Chowki village, Lakhimpur Kheri.Designed as a peaceful retreat surrounded by the forests of Dudhwa,…
Stanford University has prompted renewed debate over legacy admissions after announcing it will no longer participate in California’s state-funded student aid programmes. The move allows the university to continue factoring in applicants’ familial ties to alumni and donors when selecting its undergraduate class for autumn 2026, bypassing new state law aimed at limiting the influence…
Banks in many parts of the country are closed today, October 7, on the occasion of Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti and Kumar Purnima. Banks across India follow holidays set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which include national and regional holidays, as well as Sundays. Here is a list of states and UTs where banks…
Man arrested for ‘raping’ minor girls after spiking their soft drinks (Representative image) MUMBAI: Mumbai police arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly drugging and raping multiple minor girls, filming the assaults, and later blackmailing them with the videos. The accused, Mahesh Ramesh Pawar, was apprehended from Virar, a distant Mumbai suburb, within six hours of…
Lucknow: Works related to natural resource management (NRM) have bagged the lion’s share of the budget allocated under Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in UP in the ongoing 2025-26 fiscal, the latest report of the rural development department shows.According to the work progress and performance analysis report of the department,…
NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee on Wednesday slammed the Centre’s foreign policy, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘huglomacy’ has backfired and left India diplomatically isolated, unable to secure its national interests. Congress top brass met in Patna for the party’s first post-Independence Working Committee meeting in Bihar, and resolutions were adopted at the meeting.The…
When it comes to studying political science in the US, Ivy League universities often grab the spotlight. But beyond the Ivies lies a powerful lineup of institutions offering equally prestigious, and often more specialised programs. These non-Ivy League research universities consistently produce top political thinkers, policy advisors, diplomats, and public servants.From the West Coast’s innovation…
Blake Lively might have had legal suits around her, but the prolific actress knows how to mint money through her single role. The romantic film turned controversial, ‘It Ends With Us,’ had a jaw-dropping number as her initial salary, and additional cheques ready if she manages to achieve the goals of the terms and conditions….
India should be careful in its negotiations with the US and should focus on its self-reliance rather than depending on Washington, Global Trade Research Institute (GTRI) said in a report. In a report titled “Trump’s tariff offensive hits a rare earth wall,” the think tank analysed the impact of Trump’s recently imposed tariffs on China…
India’s captain Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) MUMBAI: For about half an hour after lunch on Day Three of the first Test between India and the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Skipper Shubman Gill went missing, and Devdutt Padikkal acted as his substitute fielder. Vice-captain and player-of-the-match Ravindra Jadeja marshalled the troops…
