Lucknow: Epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata should be seen as faith-based texts shaped by many retellings, not as fixed historical records. This key message was shared at the session ‘Other Side of Epic: Women Who Endured, Women Who Defied’.Author Alka Pande said there is no dated archaeological proof for the commonly accepted timelines of…
Lucknow: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi clarion call for self-reliance, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), an affiliate of the RSS, has said that it would intensify its ongoing Swadeshi campaign across the country — a move it claimed could potentially lift the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by at least three percentage points in the…
Zakir Khan made history as he became the first Indian comedian to lead the stand-up show at the prestigious Madison Square Garden. Khan performed at the venue in front of 6000 people—a sold-out show. This moment was big for him as well as the Indian stand-up scene on a global stage. And during the same,…
Consumers are beginning to see cheaper daily essentials on store shelves as companies move early to pass on the benefits of reduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates, which come into force from Monday. According to ET, firms are dispatching products with revised price tags and absorbing the tax gap themselves to avoid a last-minute…
Lucknow: The UP govt announced free travel for women passengers in all categories of UPSRTC buses and city buses on Rakshabandhan. The concession will be available from 6 am on Aug 8 to 12 am on Aug 10.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued directions for making a sufficient number of buses available on the roads in…
PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi and India captain Suryakumar Yadav (Video grab) NEW DELHI: A fresh video showing Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi sharing a backstage moment with India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has gone viral ahead of the Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai.The clip, released by the PCB’s…
KOLKATA: BSF troops caught a fugitive Bangladeshi former police officer when he attempted to cross into India through Hakimpur in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district Saturday evening, officials said.Mohammad Arifuzzaman, 47, had been in hiding since the Awami League govt of then prime minister Sheikh Hasina was toppled by a student-led mass movement in…
Renu Prakash & Padma Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal) Continuing their decades-long tradition of teaching and preserving the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, the Awadh Bonsai Association marked its Silver Jubilee while commemorating their founder, the late Santosh Arora’s journey, with a two-day event titled Mega Bonsai Exhibition, which brought together nature enthusiasts, bonsai masters, and…
Sania Mirza fondly reflected on her decades-long friendship and partnership with Rohan Bopanna, recalling their first title together when she was just 14. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The year was 2000. Sania Mirza, then all of 14 years old, showed up in New Delhi to play the coveted DSCL Open – the national tournament. She…
Pilibhit: A 28-year-old man from a village under Deoria Kotwali police station in Pilibhit district has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a girl, then 14, multiple times in April 2019.The incident came to light three months later when the minor got pregnant and the accused forced her to take oral pills…
