HAJIPUR: At the height of a bitter political rivalry between the two Paswans, BJP sided with Chirag, whose Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was allotted five seats for LS elections under a seat-sharing arrangement, while the rival LJP faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, then a Union minister, was allotted none.Now that Chirag…
HAJIPUR: At the height of a bitter political rivalry between the two Paswans, BJP sided with Chirag, whose Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was allotted five seats for LS elections under a seat-sharing arrangement, while the rival LJP faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, then a Union minister, was allotted none.Now that Chirag…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court has directed the state to propose a new name for a disease that has Ranikhet, a picturesque tourist spot, in its name. After a PIL highlighted that the hill station’s reputation suffers due to its association with an avian disease known as ‘Ranikhet disease’, the administration has now been told to…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed State Bank of India (SBI) to give appropriate compensation to its customer with a refund in a case of card cloning after Roorkee resident Parthasarthi Mukherjee was defrauded of Rs 80,000 in 2015 when a fraudster withdrew money from two ATMs in Delhi.The decision came after consumer court…
JAMMU: A retired superintendent of police (SP) has been arrested under Official Secrets Act for publishing ‘sensitive information‘ in his book released recently in Jammu, officials said on Saturday, reports Sanjay Khajuria.Mohammad Aslam Sheikh’s book contains FIR copies besides other sensitive information, officials said. He was arrested from his residence at Gandhi Nagar on Friday.Sheikh…
PUNE: A weather conundrum is gathering steam over Bay of Bengal ahead of monsoon arrival. India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast formation of a low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal around May 22, while some independent forecasters sounded alarm about potential for an intense cyclone in the making that could impact Odisha, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.Mrutyunjay…
DEHRADUN:A 25-year-old junior resident doctor at a private medical institute in Dehradun died by suicide on Friday due to alleged harassment by the HOD over submission of his thesis. The body was found in his hostel room.His classmate, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he had faced rejection several times while trying to submit his…
LUCKNOW: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that there was a time when Uttar Pradesh was known for “producing country-made pistols (kattas)” but, after PM Narendra Modi built a defence corridor in Bundelkhand, “cannonballs are made”.Addressing an election rally in Lalitpur, Shah said, “If Pakistan makes any mistake”, shells made in Bundelkhand will…
PUNE\HYDERABAD: Indian students in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek have offered chilling accounts in the wake of the violence there targeting foreigners, with most locked up in their rooms, institutes putting off exams and many desperate to return home. Most of the estimated 10,000 students from India in Kyrgyzstan pursue medical courses.A second-year MBBS student from Maharashtra’s…
NEW DELHI: A couple from Rajasthan on Saturday sustained injuries after terrorists opened fired on a tourist camp near Pahalgam in south Kashmir.According to the official, the incident occurred at Yanner in the Pahalgam tourist resort in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir late on Saturday night.“Terrorist fired upon and injured a lady Farha…
