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SC seeks police response on allegations of sexual assault

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday sought an explanation from the Noida police and ordered the preservation of CCTV footage from a police station after a woman lawyer alleged that she w... Read More


Bihar hijab incident: Crossing red lines on bodily autonomy

India, Dec. 20 -- I watched the video clip of Bihar chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar tugging at the hijab on a young woman's face in utter disbelief. It was a public event in the state and the woman -... Read More


Cough syrup nexus to air pollution: SP lawmakers protest in unique ways

Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- From a member riding a bicycle with a huge cough syrup cutout to another legislator wearing a poster full of questions on the same issue and a third member arriving at the Vidhan B... Read More


SP, BJP MLCs spar over quality of education in UP

LUCKNOW, Dec. 20 -- Allegations flew thick and fast as the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers had a face-off on the issue of quality of education in the state, in the Utta... Read More


fill vacancies ON minorities panel WITHIN 8 weeks, Delhi govt told

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to fill the vacancies of the chairperson and members of the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) within eight weeks, a... Read More


41 Maoists surrender before T'gana police

Hyderabad, Dec. 20 -- As many as 41 members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), including six senior functionaries and four Telangana state committee members, surrendered before Telangana... Read More


Promoting pure kathak while keeping up with tech

Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- When three-generations of Kathak's Lucknow Gharana performed together at Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Friday, it was as if the legacy of the gurus came to life on stage.... Read More


NGT notice to UPSIDA on felling of trees in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Dec. 20 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has directed to issue a fresh notice to the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) in a case related to felling... Read More


3-year-old hit by stray bullet on rooftop

LUCKNOW, Dec. 20 -- What began as an ordinary afternoon of play on a rooftop turned into a terrifying ordeal for a family in Lucknow's Bastouli village when a three-year-old girl was struck by a stray... Read More


Yogi, Oppn leaders exchange pleasantries

Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and leaders of Opposition parties were seen exchanging pleasantries in the Vidhan Sabha hall as the winter session of the state legislative assembly ... Read More