Ketan Agarwal’s mother makes emotional plea PUNE: As investigators recreated the alleged murder of realtor Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad Fort and uncovered fresh details, the victim’s mother on Saturday renewed her demand for the harshest punishment, saying that although Siya also has a mother, she wants the death penalty for both the accused if they…
Dhami on Saturday said the Congress had become “issue-less” and was pushing unnecessary issues Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said the Congress had become “issue-less” and was pushing unnecessary issues, while responding to Rahul Gandhi’s statement over the purification row.Dhami said no BJP worker was among those who carried out the purification…
Guwahati: Forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said protecting the grassland in Manas National Park, a Unesco natural world heritage site, is a priority of the forest department and that efforts will be intensified to restore them.The minister was responding to a concern raised by BJP’s Khumtai MLA Mrinal Saikia over the rapid decrease of…
The Joint Entrance Examination Council, Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP) has started the Round 6 choice filling process for the 2026 counselling. Candidates seeking admission to diploma-level polytechnic courses in government and private colleges across Uttar Pradesh can now fill their preferred colleges and programmes.Eligible candidates can complete the choice filling process on the official website, jeecup.admissions.nic.in,…
A Gulmohar tree blooms amid rising temperatures Pune: Twenty-seven of Maharashtra‘s 36 districts have been witnessing intense heat spells since March 1 and have registered 219 heatstroke cases and eight deaths till May 18, state health department data show. Of these, two deaths each from Latur and Akola have been confirmed, while six others remain…
Lucknow: The southwest monsoon has retreated from Uttar Pradesh (UP), but a fresh weather system may bring rain and thunderstorms to parts of the state over the next few days.India Meteorological Department (IMD) said a Western Disturbance (WD) over Punjab and Haryana, along with a cyclonic circulation over Bihar and eastern UP, is influencing weather…
Ahmedabad: A 35-year-old jeweller from Usmanpura has alleged that cybercrooks cheated him of Rs 83.3 lakh after fraudulently taking control of his registered sim card and accessing his net banking account.According to the complaint registered with the cybercrime police on Friday, the businessman runs a jewellery showroom on CG Road and uses a company bank…
Switzerland has just marked a full year of running trains directly over the world’s first solar power plant built into an active railway line, and the results have been promising enough that Italy could become the next country to try the same idea. The project, developed by the Swiss start up Sun-Ways, involves 48 specially…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday busted an alleged interstate illegal arms trafficking network and arrested four suspected gunrunnersfrom Lucknow, including a man who, police say, transitioned from trafficking narcotics and ‘OG’ (organic cannabis) to running a lucrative firearms racket.The accused — identified as Sandesh Pratap Singh alias Raj, Vivek Prajapati, Nitin…
Senior Samajwadi Party member and former MP Azam Khan LUCKNOW: Senior Samajwadi Party member and former MP Azam Khan was remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ghaziabad on Sunday. He will be lodged at Dasna district jail in Ghaziabad instead of Rampur jail, from…
