LUCKNOW/PATNA: While southern states, led by the DMK, have come together to strongly oppose the central govt’s proposed delimitation exercise, the India bloc in Hindi-speaking states appears to be divided lot. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said he is ‘with the people of Tamil Nadu’ over the issue, while the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has…
Truck on way to Bihar overturns, hidden liquor bottles tumble out LUCKNOW: A truck loaded with liquor bottles to be smuggled into Bihar overturned on the Purvanchal expressway near Azamgarh on Saturday morning. The truck broke through the expressway railing and plunged 20 feet into a ditch, police said.SHO Pawai in Azamgarh, Pradeep Mishra, said…
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested an Ordnance Factory employee, identified as Ravindra Kumar, on charges of espionage for allegedly leaking classified information to a Pakistani intelligence handler. He was arrested from ATS headquarters in Lucknow late on Thursday.According to ATS officials, Kumar, who was employed as a chargeman at the Ordnance Factory…
A file photo of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that people should stop praising foreign invaders because when the truth like Sambhal is revealed it would leave them speechless. Speaking at the ‘Manthan-Mahakumbh and Beyond’ program, organised by Panchajanya and Organizer in Lucknow, the…
LUCKNOW: Imam of Lucknow Eidgah, Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali, who is also an executive member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, has advised Muslims to change the time of Juma namaz next Friday which coincides with Holi. He has also advised the community members to offer namaz at a mosque in their locality…
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker, Satish Mahana, has imposed an immediate ban on the consumption of pan-masala and gutka within Vidhan Sabha premises after a legislator was caught spitting gutka. NEW DELHI: A day after a legislator was caught spitting ‘gutka’ (paan masala) inside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Speaker Satish Mahana on Wednesday announced an…
Police and security personnel interact with members of the Shahi Jama Masjid. (PTI) PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday accepted a verbal plea of the Hindu side lawyer to refer to the Sambhal Jama Masjid as a ‘disputed structure‘. However, the written order passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal called it a ‘disputed mosque’….
NEW DELHI: BSP national president Mayawati, in an all-India party meeting in Lucknow on Sunday, announced that nobody would be her successor in the party while she is alive. With this, she relieved her nephew, Akash Anand, of the twin responsibilities he previously held—being Mayawati‘s political successor and the BSP’s national coordinator. Her decision came…
LUCKNOW: BJP would have lost 2024 Lok Sabha elections if BSP had joined INDIA bloc, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi claimed Thursday while addressing a programme during a two-day visit to his constituency Rae Bareli. BSP chief Mayawati hit back, accusing Congress of double standards.“Why isn’t Mayawati contesting elections properly? We invited her to join us…
LUCKNOW: A wedding celebration in the Para area of Lucknow took a dramatic turn when a leopard strayed into the venue, causing panic among the guests. After a tense 200-minute-long rescue operation, a team from the Lucknow forest department, assisted by two veterinary doctors from Kanpur, successfully tranquilized and captured the big cat.The bride, groom,…
