Bengaluru: A decade ago, Persistent Systems founder Anand Deshpande’s net worth was under $200 million. Quietly riding the company’s steady rise, his fortune has since surged to about $3.4 billion. The unassuming billionaire built Persistent into a brand that clients now reckon with. The promoter group holds a 30% stake in the company, of which…
Lucknow: General secretary of All India Shia Personal Law Board Maulana Yasoob Abbas on Monday defended the singing of the national song declaring that Islam does not oppose love for the nation and patriotism stands above sectarian rigidity in Islam. Speaking on the parliamentary debate on ‘Vande Mataram‘, he said: “Muslims believe in the absolute…
Lucknow: A tense week-long man-animal conflict in Bahraich’s Shivpur area came to an end in the early hours of Monday after forest officials successfully trapped a leopard that was roaming near human settlements and triggering fear across multiple villages. Residents of Bajpurwa, Piparia, Baldupurwa, and neighbouring hamlets had been on edge for several days as…
Lucknow: Police on Monday solved the disappearance of realtor Shiv Prakash, also known as Kabir, a 42-year-old farmer from Dakhina village in Nigohan, who went missing 25 days ago. Investigators found that he was abducted from Lucknow, strangled inside a moving car in Rae Bareli, and his body was later burnt and dumped in a…
Lucknow: In a major drive against the illegal transportation of minerals in the state, the mining department has inspected more than 5,000 heavy vehicles over the past three months. With several technology-based measures introduced into the mining sector, the officials deputed in the field were asked to carry out random checking and inspection drives to…
Legendary actor Dharmendra passed away on November 24 in Mumbai after he was hospitalised for a few days. The actor passed away at the age of 89, just days before his 90th birthday. The actor’s 90th birth anniversary is on December 8, which is Monday. Salman Khan was extremely close to Dharmendra and had immense…
Lucknow: In a major push towards digital policing and citizen-centric service delivery, the surveillance cell of Saharanpur Police recovered 180 missing and stolen mobile phones valued at Rs 40 lakh, using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal of the Department of Telecommunications.The initiative follows directive from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications,…
Lucknow: The air quality in the city remained in ‘poor’ category for the second consecutive day on Monday with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 205. As pollution levels peaked, a thick layer of smog engulfed the city in the evening. Weather experts have predicted that smog will intensify in the coming days as…
Lucknow: Municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar on Monday inspected several permanent shelter homes to review winter preparedness and directed officials to complete all pending works without delay.The inspection began at the Jiamau night shelter in zone-1. He instructed officials to ensure that similar work at all shelter homes is completed at the earliest so that residents…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has said that there are already laws to check incidents of insult to Hindu deities and religious books but if the petitioner wanted more stringent and more effective laws, it may approach the central and state governments raising its grievance. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy…
