Varanasi: Over 4,500 senior women have availed of free travel in ordinary buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) in the Varanasi region since the Yogi Adityanath govt launched the Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yatra Yojana on Aug 26.The scheme, aimed at providing relief to elderly women by enabling them to travel free…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Residents continued to reel under sultry weather conditions on Sunday as bright sunshine pushed up the temperature, while high humidity added to the discomfort. South-easterly winds, blowing at a speed of 9.4 kmph to 14.7 kmph, provided some relief. A very light pocket of drizzle was recorded for around five minutes, but…
The directive comes as the civic administration steps up its ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign, under which various measures are being taken to improve pedestrian movement across Mumbai Mumbai: With thousands of devotees expected to take to the streets during Ganeshotsav beginning Monday, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed that advertisements should not be displayed on roads…
Udupi: Police launched a crackdown on illegal stone quarrying and transportation in Karkala and Padubidri, registering three cases.In the first case, Karkala Rural police led by PSI Prasanna MS, while patrolling in Karkala taluk on Sept 10, noticed a tipper truck travelling towards a quarry on the mud road at Kuntadi in Kalya village around…
Rahul Gandhi portrayed Savarkar as ‘extreme hater of Muslims’, grandnephew tells court PUNE: Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, told a special court in Pune on Tuesday that Savarkar “never hated Muslims” and had written about ways for their progress, while alleging that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had portrayed him as an…
Rajkot: Traditional songs on Mahatma Gandhi, preserved by tribal communities in Jharkhand for more than 100 years, will come alive in Rajkot from Sep 16 to 19 as part of the ‘Bande Mein Hai Dum—Gandhi 158 Not Out’ project.The ‘Gandhi Gaan’ programme is being organised under the Gandhi Caravan initiative of Vishwagram Trust, with the…
Varanasi: Nagari Pracharini Sabha president Vyomesh Shukla while recalling the contributions of legendary litterateur Bharatendu Harishchandra on his 177th birth anniversary said the poet is the pioneer of modern Hindi literature.While addressing a gathering at Bharatendu Bhavan, the ancestral residence of literature, Shukla on Wednesday described Bharatendu as a figure who embodied both tradition and…
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Police said the suspect took the money before firing multiple shots. (Image: Jackson Police Department) AHMEDABAD: A 56-year-old Gujarati man was shot dead during an armed robbery at a liquor store in Jackson, Tennessee, on Thursday night, with his 19-year-old daughter reportedly standing beside him when the gunman opened fire.The victim, identified by Jackson Police…
Uddhav Thackeray threatened legal action if the campaign against his family over Disha Salian’s death continues MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said he would initiate legal action if the “character assassination” campaign targeting his family over the 2020 Disha Salian death case did not stop.The former Maharashtra chief minister spoke on…
