British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (AP photo) LONDON: PM Keir Starmer pledged Monday to prove “doubters” in his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party.Starmer argued that he will “face up to…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhnath Temple will celebrate Sri Krishna Janmashtami with traditional fervour, grandeur and devotion on Friday. The festivities will begin at 7pm and continue till midnight, culminating in the ceremonial appearance of Lord Krishna and the traditional Jhulan ceremony by Gorakshapeethadhishwar Yogi Adityanath.According to temple authorities, a series of cultural and devotional programmes have been…
Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya inaugurated the Sarat Mahanta Memorial Lecture organised by the Sarat Mahanta Foundation at Royal Global University here on Friday.The Governor while paying rich tributes to late Prof Sarat Mahanta, described him as an eminent educationist and social thinker whose life and work continue to inspire generations. He highlighted Prof…
NEW DELHI: The I-T department on Saturday said that 5.9 crore returns had been filed till July 31, the deadline for most individuals to make their annual filing.The number is lower than the over 7.3 crore returns that were filed by Sept 16, 2025, which was the extended deadline for filing last year. The numbers…
Panaji: Pointing out that the Goa electricity department’s 24×7 supply promise and compensation clauses are only good on paper, Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has urged JERC to nudge the department to replicate Maharashtra and Delhi. GCCI said the electricity department uses excuses of “force majeure”, grid failure, maintenance or “unavoidable circumstances” to…
Lucknow: A special POCSO court in Lucknow sentenced two men to rigorous life imprisonment for kidnapping and gang-raping an 11-year-old girl, in a conviction officials said was secured under the Operation Conviction campaign.The convicts, Rameshwar Rawat, 28, and Anuj Rawat, 21, residents of Khandedev village in Banthra, were found guilty under IPC Sections 363, 366A…
Ghaziabad: Police busted a gang that cheated people under the pretext of selling land and arrested 10 people, including a former lekhpal. The accused used forged documents to claim ownership of land worth crores and were trying to sell it.On Sunday, Rajkumar Agarwal filed a complaint at the Sahibabad police station alleging he was informed…
CHENNAI: Two-language policy is fundamental not only to Tamil Nadu, but also the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, school education minister Rajmohan told mediapersons, after his first review meeting, on Monday.Replying to a query on the implementation of PM Shri schools in Tamil Nadu, the minister said that the subject was brought up for discussion at the…
US deports Afghan woman over ISIS attack plot 47-year-old Afghan-origin Nazira Haji Zada became the first alien terrorist to be deported through the secret Alien Terrorist Removal Court which was established by Congress in 1996 to quickly remove suspected terrorists without revealed too much classified information in public procedings. Haji Zada was a lawful Green…
Varanasi: In charges of Bhelupur and Lohta police stations were attached to police lines on Saturday night by the police commissioner Mohit Agrawal.While reviewing the performance of officials in charge of police stations in the district during crime meeting on late Saturday evening, Agrawal ordered removal of Bhelupur police station in charge Sudhir Kumar Tripathi…
