LUCKNOW: Englishman James Shirley’s 17th-century poem “Death the Leveller” is a lyrical reminder that “sceptre and crown/must tumble down/and in the dust be equal made”.Four centuries later, as a bulldozer stopped in front of Kotwali police station in UP’s Siddharthanagar and a band of bewildered cops tried to make sense of what was happening, the…
KOCHI: Actor Mohanlal resigned on Tuesday as president of Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), following the fallout from the Justice K Hema committee report and a wave of #MeToo allegations against several prominent figures in Kerala film industry.The committee, which probed allegations of exploitation and rights violations of women in the industry, had documented…
AGRA/LUCKNOW: Two Dalit girls, aged 15 and 18 years, were found hanging from a mango tree in an orchard at Bhagautipur village in Kaimganj area of Farrukhabad on Tuesday morning.The families of the girls, who were friends, suspect foul play. But SP (Farrukhabad) Alok Priyadarshi said, “No injury or assault was found in the postmortem…
NEW DELHI: India has now inked another contract for the import of an additional 73,000 SiG Sauer assault rifles from the US, which will add to the 72,400 such guns bought earlier for frontline Army troops, amid the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.“The SiG-716 `Patrol’ rifles, which are 7.62x51mm caliber guns with…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp critique of the Uttar Pradesh government‘s decision to rename seven railway stations in the Northern Railways, Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav took to social media to slam the administration, urging them to prioritise railway safety over name changes.In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Yadav wrote, “And when you get…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata and the adjacent Howrah witnessed large-scale violence on Tuesday as protests over the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College turned into pitched battles between demonstrators and the police.The unrest began when protestors, aiming to march to the West Bengal state secretariat, Nabanna, were intercepted by…
NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha walked out of jail on Tuesday night after the Supreme Court granted her bail in the Delhi excise policy case earlier today. The case has been under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). K Kavitha after her release spoke…
In a series of Rajya Sabha by-elections across several states, key political figures have been elected unopposed, securing seats in the Upper House without contest. The elections, which took place following the resignation of previous incumbents who were elected to the Lok Sabha, saw candidates from the BJP and NDA emerge victorious across Rajasthan, Madhya…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked on the fairness of the probe conducted by the central agencies, asking if they were free to “pick and choose” an accused. The court made the observation as it granted bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Tejasvi Surya, a member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National President of the party’s youth wing, BJP Yuva Morcha, took the wheel of a tractor in Jhajjar, Haryana, today. During the event, Surya emphasised the significance of youth participation in politics, referencing Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Independence Day…
