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India, Aug. 30 -- It's a balmy March night in Mumbai. Lollapalooza 2025 has ended on a high note. Louis Tomlinson, Glass Animals and Hanumankind played to 60,000-odd attendees. Green Day closed the sh... Read More


All prose, no cons

India, Aug. 30 -- Of course, you want to read more. Everybody does. It's the most virtuous habit of our time. Online, Bookstagrammers are doing 30-second reviews of exciting titles that just dropped. ... Read More


Hindus targeted during SP & Congress tenure; plot to change demography: Yogi

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said during the tenure of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, Hindus were selectively targeted, and there was a plot to change the demogr... Read More


Caste alignments sharpen with eye on 2027 race

Lucknow, Aug. 30 -- Caste alignments within the ruling BJP are beginning to sharpen with an eye on the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as ministers and MLAs increasingly seek to consolidate their ba... Read More


Akash's journey of ups and downs continues, Maya makes him No. 2

Lucknow, Aug. 30 -- Months after he fell out of favour for the second time and was then reinstated again, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati appointed her nephew Akash Anand as the national conv... Read More


In Gorakhpur, Siddaramaiah urges U.P. Cong workers to revive party

GORAKHPUR, Aug. 30 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, during his visit to Gorakhpur on Friday, urged Congress leaders and workers to dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to reviving the party in ... Read More


OBC panel orders report on hurdles in issuance of caste certificates

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Backward Classes chairman Rajesh Varma on Friday heard 30 cases and issued directions to the departments concerned, including sending a detailed ... Read More


Eight former Jhansi mandi officials booked for graft

Jhansi, Aug. 30 -- Eight former Mandi Samiti officials of the Jhansi division have been booked for the embezzlement of funds allocated for several construction works in the Bundelkhand region, officia... Read More


Every sportsperson a hero of society, says Adityanath

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Paying tribute to "hockey magician" Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary, which is marked as National Sports Day, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said every sportspe... Read More


HC stays conviction, sentence of ex-MP Umakant Yadav

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 30 -- The Allahabad high court has stayed the conviction and the sentence awarded to former MP Umakant Yadav by the trial court of Jaunpur district in a 1995 case of murder during the ... Read More