Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday recused himself from hearing the case of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s alleged dual citizenship in view of the comments made by the petitioner S. Vignesh Shishir, a Karnataka BJP worker, on social media and directed to send the file to the
Utkarsh Khokhar from Baghpat emerged as the state topper in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main (session 2), securing a 99.999 percentile. Ojas Singhal turned out to be the city topper with 99.97 percentile. The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the result on Monday. Utkarsh Khokhar. (SOURCED IMAGE) Over 100 students, including Utkarsh Khokhar, scored above 99
Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has promised 300 units of free electricity for consumers in the state if his party forms the government in Uttar Pradesh after the 2027 assembly polls. Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav. (FILE PHOTO) The former chief minister had earlier announced an annual pension of ₹40,000 for women. In a
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the state’s additional chief secretary/principal secretary (prison administration and reforms) to file a personal affidavit (reply) placing on record relevant data relating to prisoners who have completed 14 years of imprisonment across Uttar Pradesh and whose cases are eligible for consideration of sentence remission. The
Reshma Chhetri stood at the Kanpur cemetery, fainted twice while saying goodbye to her 11-year-old twin daughters, with only women police personnel by her side. No neighbours came. No relatives from her husband’s side appeared. Her daughters, born together on March 8, 2016, died together on April 19, allegedly killed by their father. Representational image
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