Lucknow: A former village head and his wife were found murdered under mysterious circumstances in Khawa Pokhar village of Ikauna police station area, around 35 km from the Shravasti district headquarters on Sunday.The victims — Mohammad Roshan (80) and his wife Wasila (60) — were discovered dead at two different spots, triggering panic in the…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday claimed that after microblogging site X enabled location details, a conspiracy to influence Indian social discourse had been exposed.“After X enabled location details, an interesting pattern has emerged. A large number of pro-Congress, anti-Hindu, and divisive caste-based handles are not even operating from India. Many are being run from Pakistan,…
Lucknow: A loan recovery agent (24) was beaten to death in Indiranagar area over a ₹101 dispute. Two of the three accused, both known to the victim, were arrested within 72 hours of the crime.The arrested men were identified as Akhilesh Kumar (21) and Prince alias Arun Yadav (24), who lived as roommate with the…
Lucknow: A 5-year-old girl was raped by her father’s friend in Indiranagar on Saturday night. The accused was later arrested and sent to jail.Before the incident, the accused, Sunil Gautam, 35, consumed alcohol with the girl’s father. He then lured the little girl with a toffee and took her to a secluded spot where he…
NEW DELHI: For the first time, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court in a matter relating to interpretation of constitutional provisions abjured citing rulings of Supreme Courts of foreign countries to buttress their logic and referred only to the SC’s past judgments while penning its opinion on the Presidential Reference.CJI B R Gavai, who…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has completed 100 years of service and continues to work with the support of common man, without any foreign or institutional funding.Hitting out at opposition parties which keep questioning the source of funding of the organisation, Yogi said, “The money for organisational…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: Government is looking at a technology-based solution to curb the growing menace of two-wheeler riders using mobile phone handsets while driving or performing stunts, which contribute to road crashes. The plan involves installing touch or pressure sensors on both handlebars of two-wheelers so that if the rider’s hands…
Lucknow: Dr Sanjay Saxena was elected president and Dr Shweta Srivastava secretary of Indian Medical Association, Lucknow Chapter, at the annual meeting of the association at its River Bank Colony office on Sunday.While Pranjal Agarwal and Dr Gurmeet Singh were elected vice-presidents unopposed, Dr Shweta emerged victorious after a fierce electoral battle to be elected…
NEW DELHI: On his last day in office, CJI Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai, the second from Dalit community to head the judiciary, said it is worrisome that caste is being weaponised by the socially and economically uplifted among SC/ST communities to corner a major portion of reservation in jobs.CJI Gavai also expressed concern over the spiraling…
Lucknow: The city produces nearly 200 kg of electronic waste every day, yet it does not have a single authorised facility to recycle or scientifically process it. From busy markets to household bins, discarded gadgets are piling up without any safe disposal system, raising serious health and environmental concerns.Electronic waste, or e-waste, includes broken or…
