Lucknow: Lucknow police on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old woman accused of running a drug trafficking ring from a high-rise apartment in Vrindavan Yojana.Lalita, who allegedly controlled a ganja distribution network with teenage boys as her foot-soldiers, was arrested along with two of her young aides, aged 18 & 19. The arrests were made after a…
US Department of Education. (Getty Images) The US Department of Education’s (ED) plans to outsource key programmes to other federal agencies have been deemed unlawful in an amended lawsuit filed last week. The complaint, brought by a coalition of school districts, employee unions, and a disability rights organisation, argues that shifting core operations outside the…
Lucknow: A woman and her 22-year-old son were killed after their motorcycle crashed into a water tanker parked on the Outer Ring Road near Chakouli–Behata village in the Kakori area on Tuesday evening. The tanker, deployed for watering plants on the median, allegedly moved without warning, causing the speeding bike to smash into its rear….
Lucknow: An attempt to extract ‘hafta’ from a garment shop led to the arrest of a notorious history-sheeter in Banthra on Tuesday.Police said Arpit Patel alias Tera, 30, walked into Captain Cloth House in Latifnagar, abused the staff, and demanded extortion money before being tracked down and arrested within 2 hours of the complaint, according…
Lucknow: In a major push towards digital inclusion in rural schools, Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a new Smart Classroom at Primary School Husain Nagar in Amariya, in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. The initiative, executed under the eighth phase of the Environment Warriors Campaign, marks the 33rd Smart Class established through Singh’s digital-education mission….
Linda McMahon launches federal portal to monitor foreign funding in US universities The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced the launch of a new portal designed to hold universities accountable for disclosing foreign funding, in accordance with federal law, as reported by The Daily Signal. The portal, scheduled to go live on January 2,…
A Parliamentary panel has called for sweeping improvements to India’s insolvency framework, including a new advance ruling mechanism that would give stakeholders clarity even before a case is admitted under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The proposal is aimed at reducing avoidable litigation and safeguarding the time-bound nature of the resolution process, according to…
Lucknow: Three passengers were burnt alive, and 24 others sustained severe burn injuries after a private sleeper bus travelling from the Indo-Nepal border town of Sonouli to Delhi caught fire following a high-impact collision with a truck early Tuesday. The tragedy occurred around 3 am on the Phulwariya Bypass. The bus, registered in Rampur, was…
India’s three largest lenders — State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank — will continue to be treated as domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs), the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday, underscoring their critical role in the financial system and the need for stronger capital cushions. The designation requires the lenders to maintain higher…
When a federal judge directed the administration of President Donald Trump in September to restore Harvard University’s suspended funding, centres that rely on support from the United States Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education initiative briefly anticipated a return to normal. According to The Harvard Crimson, the relief lasted only a week. Seven…
