Lucknow: Designed to minimise procedural bottlenecks and reduce red tape, the third-generation version of UP’s Nivesh Mitra portal is set to cut service delivery timelines by 30% to 50% across various departments.“Nivesh Mitra 3.0 promises to significantly reduce approval timelines, simplify documentation requirements, and ease inter-departmental complexities,” an official said on Wednesday. Citing an example,…
Comparisons and competition are unavoidable when two movies are released at roughly the same time. That’s precisely what happened when Mohit Suri‘s elegant romantic drama Saiyaara and Anupam Kher‘s touching drama Tanvi The Great opened in theaters on the same day. Tanvi The Great failed to achieve the same level of commercial success as the…
NEW DELIH: In a first, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha simultaneously took up two bills of the same ministry – shipping – on the same day and passed both. The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025, and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, were passed after brief debate, amid opposition protest to demand a…
Lucknow: A sum of Rs 41.75 crore has been transferred to 1,250 beneficiaries this year so far under the state-run Rani Laxmibai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh.Under the scheme, women who are victims of heinous crimes are provided financial assistance of Rs 1-10 lakh by the govt.The govt has an annual budget of Rs 50…
Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan stunned everyone by doing the “Aavan Jaavan” hookstep from Hrithik Roshan and Kiara Advani‘s “War 2” a few days after recovering from his surgery. The video of Rakesh and a dance troupe performing the romantic song has been reposted by Hrithik.The director of “Krrish 3” can be seen grinning at the camera…
NEW DELHI: Matters pending before the judiciary cannot be discussed on the floor of the House, the govt asserted on Wednesday in Lok Sabha in response to continued demand from opposition parties for a discussion on the SIR exercise in Bihar.Addressing the House, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijuju said the functioning of autonomous institutions, such…
Kanpur: The rising waters of Chambal river have disrupted aquatic life. A large gharial, typically found in the Chambal river, was spotted in the Yamuna river in Etawah on Tuesday. The sighting took place near the cremation ground when some people observed it and made a video that quickly circulated online. A team from the…
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the Modi govt’s refusal to discuss the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls in Parliament implies it has “a lot to hide”, the joint opposition on Wednesday announced it will march to the Election Commission on Aug 11 to lodge its protest against the “manipulation of votes”.The INDIA bloc held a joint…
Lucknow: The UP govt in collaboration with Tata Technology Limited (TTL) would set up Tata Technology Excellence Centres in 121 govt polytechnics across the state to help these technical educational institutes meet industry requirements.In a govt order (GO), additional chief secretary, technical education, Narendra Bhooshan said the decision was taken to bridge the industry-academia gap…
NEW DELHI: Brushing aside the allegation by opposition MPs Asaduddin Owaisi and Randeep Surjewala that the special intensive revision of electoral roll in Bihar is an exercise in disenfranchising minorities and precarious communities, the Election Commission on Wednesday asked them to get all such electors to file their claims and objections before Sept 1.“Mr Owaisi…
