Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday criticised the BJP govt for failing to implement measures to mitigate the impact of US-imposed tariffs on Indian goods. He claimed that Bhadohi’s carpet industry, Moradabad’s brassware sector and Kanpur’s leather industry are experiencing a crisis and have been left to fend for themselves.The former UP CM…
NEW DELHI: Keeping aside objections of Kerala and Tamil Nadu govts on the maintainability of the Presidential reference, Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would give its opinion on the President’s 14 queries if it finds these raising important questions of law on SC’s power to fix timelines for her and governors in granting, withholding…
Lucknow: Two UP players, chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and batter Rinku Singh, have secured berths in the Indian squad for Asia Cup, to be played in UAE from Sep 8. The team was announced in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon.Kuldeep, who was also a part of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series in England, could not make…
“Tomorrow is not promised” is what YouTubers NinaUnrated and Patrick Blackwood have to say after they met an unexpected and terrifying incident while enjoying their food. A chilling video of the two food reviewers is doing rounds on social media, where they can be seen sitting in a restaurant, Piada Italian Street Food, in Tyler,…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that seeks to ban “online money game”, where users pay a fee or deposit money, proposing a maximum three years in jail or fine of up to Rs 1 crore for those involved in offering, encouraging or inducing players to participate, which also extends to banks facilitating…
The Department of Education is grappling with an unprecedented backlog of applications for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Buyback program, creating a prolonged period of uncertainty for tens of thousands of federal student loan borrowers. The program, established in 2023 during the Biden-Harris administration, is designed to allow borrowers to make lump-sum payments so…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, deputy CM DK Shivakumar BENGALURU: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has cautioned that the five guarantee schemes launched by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt are exerting considerable strain on Karnataka’s finances, wiping out the fiscal recovery achieved after the Covid-19 years and eating into capital spending.In its report on state finances…
IMPHAL: Beoncy Laishram, who broke the glass ceiling by becoming the Northeast’s first transgender doctor, won another landmark battle Tuesday when Manipur high court acknowledged her right to have all academic certificates reissued to reflect her “female” name and gender. The court directed the authorities to issue the certificates Beoncy had applied for within a…
Another incident of a hate crime against Indians has been reported, this time from UK. A shocking video has emerged, in which three teenagers were seen assaulting two Sikh men on August 15 outside a railway station in Wolverhampton. Video of the attack went viral on social media, where the victims were seen lying on…
Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy NEW DELHI: Opposition’s candidate for vice president post, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, on Tuesday said he accepted INDIA bloc’s candidature as an opportunity to propagate the ideals of the Constitution – equality, fraternity, liberty and dignity – which are very “dear to him for past 55 years”.Shortly after opposition announced…
