2 killed, 9 injured as bus rams parked truck on Lucknow-Gorakhpur Highway in Ayodhya | Lucknow News

Lucknow: Two passengers were killed and nine others sustained injuries after a Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus carrying passengers collided with a stationary trailer truck on the Lucknow-Gorakhpur National Highway under the Raunahi police station area in Ayodhya on Wednesday triggering panic and chaos at the accident site.According to police officials, the bus belonging to Rapti…

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Karnataka power tussle: Siddaramaiah reacts amid speculations over CM post; BJP invokes OBC angle | India News

Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar (R) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday reacted in a guarded tone to the growing buzz around a possible leadership change in the state Congress government and the ongoing power tussle with his deputy DK Shivakumar.Responding to questions on the speculation, Siddaramaiah said, “I will speak about it tomorrow,”…

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Albert Wolsky: Oscar-winning costume designer Albert Wolsky of ‘Grease’ and ‘Bugsy’ fame passes away at 95 in Los Angeles | English Movie News

Trigger warning: This article mentions death, reader discretion is advised.Albert Wolsky, the Oscar-winning costume designer behind ‘All That Jazz’, ‘Bugsy’ and ‘Grease’, has died at 95. The French-born designer shaped some of Hollywood’s most recognizable screen looks across five decades, from Bob Fosse’s show-business world to Olivia Newton-John’s final black outfit in ‘Grease’. His work…

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Fuel prices, austerity optics spark political row; NCP (SP) questions Centre’s policy, seeks transparency on oil PSU profits | Mumbai News

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has convened a meeting of party office bearers, MPs, and MLAs in Mumbai. MUMBAI: Fuel prices and energy policy returned to the political spotlight this week, with the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) [NCP (SP)] launching a twin attack on the BJP, questioning both the Centre’s fuel pricing policy and…

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‘SIR breathes life into Constitution’: Supreme Court upholds EC’s roll revision exercise — top quotes | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ruling that the exercise fell within the constitutional and statutory authority of the poll body and was intended to safeguard the integrity of the electoral system.A Bench comprising Chief Justice…

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