Prof Aroop ChakravartiLucknow has always been more than just a city. It is a living museum of tehzeeb — a place where grace, courtesy and harmony blend seamlessly to form what the world revers as Ganga-Jamuni culture.The phrase denoting composite culture itself draws from the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna. Two rivers with their…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar flagged trade, India-Pakistan mediation and the controversy over India’s purchase of oil from Russia as three issues that have complicated the relationship with the US. The minister ruled out any compromise on the red lines drawn by India in trade negotiations and on mediation while underscoring India’s position on…
Lucknow: The recently promulgated Uttar Pradesh Footwear, Leather, and Non-Leather Sector Development Policy 2025 has extended a unique opportunity to those willing to invest in the underdeveloped regions of Bundelkhand and Purvanchal.“Through the policy, the UP govt has offered special concessions in land cost grants and capital subsidies to encourage footwear industries in these two…
NEW DELHI: Asserting that India is driving global growth, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre is ready to unleash an “arsenal of reforms” on multiple fronts, while underlining the need to be self-reliant.“We are working towards quantum jump, not incremental change. Reforms are not a compulsion, nor are they crisis-driven; it is our…
Lucknow: Is the Congress-Samajwadi Party tie-up in Uttar Pradesh over? The speculations have started doing the rounds after UP Congress chief Ajai Rai on Friday announced that the party will go alone in the next year’s Legislative Council polls in the state.“Congress will contest 11 graduate and teachers’ seats in MLC polls and help all…
Anil Ambani’s residence ‘Sea Wind’ at Cuffe Parade, in Mumbai, Saturday, Aug. 23. 2025. MUMBAI: Having registered a case against industrialist Anil Ambani on Thursday, CBI on Saturday carried out searches at his Cuffe Parade residence and Reliance Communications premises in connection with an alleged bank fraud that caused a loss of over Rs 2,929…
Lucknow: Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, former district magistrate of Rampur who made headlines for taking action against Samajwadi Party veteran Azam Khan, has been repatriated to his home cadre, Sikkim, after serving in Uttar Pradesh for a decade.The state govt had reportedly requested another extension for Singh who had originally come to UP on deputation from…
Lucknow: The College of Nursing at SGPGIMS organised an induction programme for the newly admitted first-year BSc and MSc nursing students (Batch 2025-26). This event was held alongside a tablet distribution ceremony for the final-year undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students on Saturday. In her opening remarks, director Dr Radha K outlined the vision, mission and…
Lucknow: A class five student of City Montessori School Aliganj campus, 10-year-old Aryama Shukla attempted to break the record for ‘Most Decimal Places of Pi’ recalled in one minute at Lucknow University campus on Saturday.Following the rules of the Guinness World Records, Aryama blindfolded herself and made a successful attempt to register her name by…
NEW DELHI: The ongoing ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ of Rahul Gandhi-Tejashwi Yadav is set to become a show of opposition unity, with senior netas of regional parties scheduled to join the 16-day roadshow ahead of its culmination in Patna on September 1.While Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin will join the yatra on Aug…
