PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has directed that all police verification reports for passport applications must be completed and submitted within four weeks. Disposing of a writ petition, a division bench comprising Justices Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi observed on Oct 10 that delay in this essential exercise creates a hurdle in realisation of the…
Lucknow: The Special Task Force (STF) on Monday night engaged in a gunfight with wanted criminals in Moradabad.Two notorious gangsters — Asif alias Tidda, carrying a Rs 1 lakh reward, and Deenu, carrying Rs 50,000 — were critically injured in the exchange of fire. Both were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment and succumbed…
The legendary and veteran actor, Dharmendra was recently admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, sparking immediate concern among his millions of fans. Latest reports suggest that the veteran actor has been placed on ventilator support. Hindi cinema legend Dharmendra has sparked immense concern among his fans after being recently admitted to Breach Candy…
Lucknow: The state govt has received over 83 lakh suggestions and proposals for the Viksit Uttar Pradesh-2047 vision document. The deadline for sending suggestions is Nov 15, by which the govt hopes to have collected 1 crore suggestions and feedback regarding its development plan for the state.Out of the 83,45,914 suggestions received on the Samarthuttarpradesh…
KOLKATA: In a rare political and social gesture, Bengal’s governing TMC Monday publicly felicitated two women from Sundarbans who recently tied the knot – perhaps marking the first time a major political party in India has publicly celebrated a same-sex marriage. The felicitation of Riya Sardar, 21, and Rakhi Naskar, 20, was attended by TMC…
Lucknow: Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) of Uttar Pradesh unearthed a racket involving two Lucknow-based pharmaceutical companies involved in manufacturing and distribution of codeine-based cough syrups through fake billing and defunct medical stores across several states.According to FSDA officials, the firms — Arpic Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd and Idhika Lifesciences Pvt Ltd — were found…
Lucknow: Taking a note of the series of sealing drives being carried out by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation against liquor shops, the excise department on Monday clarified that sealing of shops cannot be done by any govt department or agency without informing the excise department and the local administration.Quoting the provisions mentioned in the excise…
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party has submitted a memorandum to the UP Chief Electoral Officer seeking the suspension of the SIR drive in Bhogaon Assembly constituency, Mainpuri, after alleging that around 400 voters’ names are missing from the 2003 electoral roll of polling station number 222. The complaint states that the 2003 voter list, which formed…
Lucknow: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch its first major public outreach campaign in Uttar Pradesh on Nov 12, with a padyatra from ‘Saryu to Sangam’ aimed at bringing people together on the issues of unemployment and social justice.The padyatra, which will be led by party MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh, will start from…
Cienega High School in Vail, Arizona, became the centre of a national controversy last weekend after a photograph of math teachers wearing matching white T-shirts, stained with red blotches and emblazoned with the words “Problem Solved,” circulated widely online. Some right-wing influencers claimed the shirts mocked the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, sparking an…