Lucknow: Two minor sisters, aged 12 and 14, in Gomtinagar have accused their stepfather of rape. The survivors allege that the accused subjected them to heinous acts for several months. The sisters reached out for help on Friday by calling 1090.Gomtinagar police registered a case based on the allegations and detained the 35-year-old stepfather. The…
BHOPAL: Has the curtain finally and quietly come down on a three-decade saga – the elusive plan to bring Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary to Kuno in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh? Likely. Lions may sit at the top of the food chain, but the rumble in the jungle suggests cheetahs have outmanoeuvred them…
Varanasi: A late-night altercation over car parking at an apartment complex in Varanasi turned fatal when a 48-year-old English teacher of a Varanasi school was bludgeoned to death with bricks and rods on Thursday.Police said the attack took place around 10:30pm at Matri Chhaya Apartment in Kabirnagar under Bhelupur police station limits in Varanasi. The…
KOLKATA: PM Narendra Modi on Friday used infiltration and corruption as sticks to beat Trinamool Congress (TMC) during his third visit to West Bengal in 12 weeks.“Trinamool jaabe, poriborton hobey,” Modi said in a 39-minute speech that contained a smattering of Bengali. Speaking at Dumdum Central Jail ground, Modi said infiltration was snatching jobs and…
Lucknow: A 14-year-old boy from Lucknow’s Takrohi area was found dead in his room, having allegedly committed suicide. The boy was a student of class 7 and the eldest of three siblings.According to the family, the boy informed his father, Amresh Kumar, that he was feeling unwell and would not be attending school that day….
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A 45-year-old man allegedly smothered his 17-year-old daughter to death with a pillow while she was asleep after she refused to marry a relative’s son, before ending his own life in Hingoli district early on Wednesday morning.The incident came to light on Wednesday morning when the girl’s mother and her two brothers, aged…
KOCHI: Congress and its INDIA bloc allies have shown where they stand on Left wing-extremism by backing retired Justice B Sudershan Reddy as vice-presidential candidate despite knowing his “ideological support” for Naxalism, home minister Amit Shah said Friday at an event in Kochi.“Had Justice Reddy not delivered the judgment asking for Salwa Judum to be…
Lucknow: A 63-year-old woman from Alambagh took her own life after a prolonged battle with severe thyroid condition. Police said that the woman locked herself in the bathroom of her residence and set herself afire.“The woman was suffering from a severe form of thyroid disease. Her condition necessitated frequent medical interventions, including regular injections. Initially…
Lucknow: In order to acquaint teachers and students with modern technology and better equip them with Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and more, Infosys has set up a Makers Lab at AKTU.This lab, inaugurated in June this year, will become functional from Monday when a special five-day training programme will be held for teachers….
NEW DELHI: “Fortunately, the (HC) judge has demitted office,” said CJI B R Gavai on Friday while recalling the torrid time SC judges had in deciphering the incomprehensible language and reasoning in the judgments of Justice Sureshwar Thakur, who retired on May 17.The CJI and Justice K Vinod Chandran were hearing appeals filed by three…
