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'Monsoon conditions to continue in northwest'

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- The monsoon trough is gradually shifting to its normal position from the Himalayan foothills, setting the stage for widespread rain across northwest India over the coming week, t... Read More


'3.45 crore kids were away from school during SP rule'

Lucknow, Aug. 10 -- Uttar Pradesh basic education minister Sandeep Singh attacked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and said that before 2017, the education system of the state was a victim of ... Read More


NHRC issues notices to u.p. CS, DGP; seeks probe report on death of 3 children

LUCKNOW/MEERUT, Aug. 10 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has requested a report from the Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) and state's chief secretary regarding the death of... Read More


30-yr-old Meerut man shot dead by nephew over property dispute

Meerut, Aug. 10 -- A 30-year-old man was shot dead by his own nephew in Meerut's Lisadi Gate area on Saturday morning, allegedly over an ancestral property dispute. The victim, Aslam, was returning ho... Read More


Vrindavan widows keep alive annual rakhi tradition with PM Modi

AGRA, Aug. 10 -- Four elderly widows from an ashram in Vrindavan tied 'rakhis' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday. Continuing the long-standing tradition, they also brought 1,001 han... Read More


3 of family killed as speeding car rams motorcycle in Amroha

MEERUT, Aug. 10 -- Three members of a family were killed after a speeding car collided head-on with their motorcycle near Bhawali Mor on the Hasanpur-Rahra road in the Adampur police station area on F... Read More


EC acting under BJP influence to 'loot votes', Akhilesh in Etawah

KANPUR, Aug. 10 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission of India is working under the BJP's influence to "loot votes". Speaking to reporters at his... Read More


Reconciling the questions about voter-roll integrity

India, Aug. 9 -- The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, made serious allegations about the integrity of elections and electoral rolls in the country on Thursday. The Congress has... Read More


Securing the poll process

India, Aug. 9 -- Politics in India is a highly competitive and contested space. Elections are its high point. And there are too many held too frequently. This makes the challenge of the Election Commi... Read More


The physics of violin, when music and science meet

India, Aug. 9 -- In 1922 a young man, C Subrahmanya Ayyar, gave his first solo performance playing the violin at the Presidency College, Madras. The soiree was followed by a lecture by Ayyar's younger... Read More