JAMMU: Once again, the Army came to the rescue of civic administration as it constructed a 110-feet bailey bridge over the Tawi River in Jammu city in less than 12 hours, after a section of the vital 4th bridge collapsed amid heavy rainfall on Aug 26.Sharing details, Major General Mukesh Bhanwala, GOC, Tiger Division, said:…
Lucknow: What began as a celebration of Hindi literature turned into grief when former UP chief secretary and noted Hindi scholar Shambhunath collapsed and died while addressing a book launch event at UP Hindi Sansthan auditorium in Lucknow on Saturday evening. He was 78. The event began at 6pm and many dignitaries, literary enthusiasts and…
In 2025, parental anxiety over school safety in the United States remains alarmingly high. A recent Gallup survey revealed that around four in ten parents of K–12 students fear for their children’s physical safety while at school. This sustained concern has persisted for four consecutive years, significantly above historical averages. What’s more, these worries span…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Torrential rain and back-to-back cloudbursts unleashed flash floods and landslides in J&K Saturday, killing 11 people in Ramban and Reasi districts and pushing the monsoon death toll across Jammu division this Aug to 122. Among the dead: a couple and their five children buried alive in a mountainside home.In Ramban, floodwaters tore through remote…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has not been able to deliver the desired results in the real estate sector, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday flagged a high probability of stressed projects that reach the tribunal never getting completed.Speaking at realtors’ body NAREDCO’s annual convention,…
Lucknow: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday said the demographic shift in Sambhal as mentioned by the judicial commission in its report is not restricted to just one UP district but is instead a pan-India issue that needs a stringent law to check it. The commission in its report on 2024 Sambhal violence has…
Lucknow: Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday claimed that even Jawaharlal Nehru had acknowledged Hindu suffering in the Sambhal. Pathak was refereing to a report prepared by Nehru after visiting the western UP district in 1924 at Mahatma Gandhi’s request. Speaking to journalists at Lok Bhawan, the deputy CM pointed out the demolition of…
Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh has once again found himself surrounded by controversy. A viral video from a promotional event in Lucknow for his latest song Saiyan Seva Kare shows Singh allegedly touching his co-star Anjali Raghav inappropriately. The clip drew massive backlash on social media, with many slamming the actor’s conduct.In the midst of the…
Lucknow: Finance and parliamentary affairs minister and Lucknow in-charge minister Suresh Khanna on Saturday directed Lucknow Municipal Corporation to keep parks across the city clean.He was on a surprise inspection of five wards in zones 1 and 2 of the city at 7am. Khanna observed a marked improvement in cleanliness compared to previous visits. At…
Lucknow: A 13-year-old girl was blackmailed for cash by an 18-year-old boy who allegedly befriended her on social media and made her pay him Rs 50,000 over a number of transactions. The girl’s family trapped the accused and handed him over to police, who arrested and sent him to jail.The girl’s mother, resident of Naka,…
