Lucknow: The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Lucknow, on Saturday launched a special outreach campaign, ‘Passport First, Opportunities Next’, to encourage students, researchers and young professionals to obtain passports in advance.The campaign was conducted simultaneously at four Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, where more than 3,000 passport applications were processed during…
Deep beneath the streets of Tbilisi, behind heavy doors and years of silence, sits a collection that few people have ever seen. Dust-covered bottles. Faded labels. Cobwebs hanging from stone ceilings. And a story tied to one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century.For decades, a vast wine collection once associated with Soviet…
Hyderabad: Expressing concern over some of the provisions in the draft CURE Bill 2026, Malkajgiri MLA Marri Rajasekhar Reddy said some provisions like periodic revision of water supply and sewerage user charges could result in automatic annual increases, placing an additional financial burden on urban households. He also objected to the capital value-based property tax…
General:Today, success will smell sweet, Capricorn, and you’ll know it! The day embraces progress from various angles, which is your style; you’re not a sucker for promises, you’re a sucker for results. Fortune sector is aided by the Moon and Jupiter, so there is not much hindrance in the movement of things. Travel, paperwork, approvals…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s unbelievable IPL 2026 season continued to grab global attention after his explosive 97 off just 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals batter smashed 12 sixes and broke Chris Gayle’s record for most sixes in a single T20 tournament, taking his tally…
A 10-year-old boy fell into an open manhole near Yatharth Hospital while walking with his mother Noida/Ghaziabad: The first widespread monsoon showers of the season were enough to expose familiar cracks in the civic fabric of Noida and Ghaziabad on Tuesday. Within hours, roads turned into pools, traffic ground to a crawl, commuters remained stranded…
Rajiv Rai may have directed only a few films, but he is best known for ‘Gupt: The Hidden Truth’ (1997), which featured Bobby Deol, Kajol, and Manisha Koirala. The thriller made such a mark that many viewers have overlooked his other work, including his second directorial outing, ‘Tridev’ (1989), led by Naseeruddin Shah. Still, the…
Aizawl: The Supreme Court has set aside a Gauhati high court judgment that allowed simultaneous membership of an autonomous district council (ADC) and the Mizoram assembly, and directed Mizoram’s Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) and Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) to review their rules on dual membership within three months.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya…
New Delhi: The number of murders, often considered the most reliable baseline for measuring the crime situation in a city, witnessed a rise in the first five months of 2026 compared with last year, sounding alarm bells for police. With 238 reported cases between Jan and May, Delhi registered a 23.3% increase in homicides against…
Kota: A 16-year-old JEE aspirant from Bihar was injured after being struck on the head with the butt of a toy gun by his 16-year-old classmate from Uttar Pradesh during an altercation at a coaching institute in Kota Friday evening, police said.The incident occurred within the limits of Jawahar Nagar police station and led to…
