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Retd IAF officer shot at in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- A retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer was shot in the head at close range outside his restaurant in Ansal's Shopping Square-2 on Friday night, leaving him critically injured in w... Read More


HC seeks govt reply over CCTVsystem 'glitch' at PGI police stn

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has taken a serious note of the non-availability of CCTV footage from the PGI police station in Lucknow. The court expressed displeasur... Read More


UP gets 11th Ramsar site, second in country to Tamil Nadu's 20

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah, is now the latest Ramsar site in Uttar Pradesh, taking the state's total count to 11, next to Tamil Nadu with 20. An announcement to this effect was ma... Read More


'Congress has no Sanatan connect': BJP on temple entry ban row

Dehradun, Feb. 1 -- A political row erupted over the proposed ban on the entry of non-Hindus into the Char Dham shrines, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) countering the Opposition Congress... Read More


253 wells in Raj dropped 40 metres: Jal Shakti min

Jaipur, Feb. 1 -- In at least 253 wells in Rajasthan, the water level has dropped to 40 metres below ground level (mbgl), the Jal Shakti ministry stated in the ongoing Parliament session. Responding t... Read More


Uttar Pradesh gets 11th Ramsar site, second in country to Tamil Nadu's 20

LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah, is now the latest Ramsar site in Uttar Pradesh, taking the state's total count to 11, next to Tamil Nadu with 20. An announcement to this effect was ma... Read More


Govt announces new names for two villages in Firozabad, Hardoi

Lucknow, Feb. 1 -- Going ahead with its 'name-changing' spree, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday announced the renaming of two villages, whose names had Mughal connotations, in Firozabad and Ha... Read More


Dy CM Sinha outlines land reforms at Darbhanga event

DARBHANGA, Feb. 1 -- Bihar deputy chief minister and revenue and land reforms minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Saturday said that long-pending problems in land administration were being addressed through... Read More


Raj turning into colony of Guj: LoP slams RRECL

Jaipur, Feb. 1 -- The leader of opposition in the state assembly Tikaram Jully on Saturday said that Rajasthan is slowly becoming a "colony of Gujarat", hours after a report came out that officials of... Read More


Govt to retire seven of Raj's oldest thermal power plants by 2029-30

Jaipur, Feb. 1 -- The Rajasthan government has decided to retire its seven oldest thermal power plants worth 1,350 MW by 2029-30 as their environment clearance has expired. The Rajasthan Urja Vikas an... Read More