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Air improves to 'moderate' in Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad

Lockdown in 15 UP districts till Wednesday

7:21 pm March 22, 2020

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that 15 districts in Uttar Pradesh would be under lockdown in the first phase till Wednesday. The announcement came soon after the Centre and state governments decided to put under lockdown 75 districts across the country where cases of novel coronavirus pandemic have been reported. “Fifteen districts in […]

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day state visit to India

8:24 pm February 7, 2020

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday embarked on a four-day state visit to India where he would hold talks with the top Indian leadership on a number of key areas including trade, defence and maritime security cooperation. The visit, beginning February 7, is the Rajapaksa senior’s first overseas trip since his brother […]

SpiceJet to operate 21 new flights from next week

Aircraft suffers ‘snag’ ahead of landing in Chennai

11:44 pm January 13, 2020

Chennai: An aeroplane with about 140 passengers onboard suffered a ‘minor technical issue’ ahead of landing here on Monday, however, all the flyers were safely evacuated after the plane landed, authorities said. The SpiceJet plane operating in the Varanasi-Chennai sector developed the technical snag, yet it made a normal touchdown, a spokesperson of the airlines […]

Anti-CAA stir: Death toll in UP violence rises to 11

1:44 pm December 21, 2019

Lucknow: At least 11 people, including an 8-year-old boy, have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent in the state, officials said on Saturday. After Friday prayers, protesters clashed with police at several places in the state and hurled stones and torched vehicles, they said. While […]

BHU student's disappearance: Allahabad HC issues notices to Varanasi DM, SSP

Students’ group resumes dharna at BHU, classes disrupted again

8:44 pm December 2, 2019

Varanasi: The group of students protesting against the recruitment of a Muslim professor at the BHU’s Sanskrit department on Monday resumed their sit-in, saying the university authorities had not set right the “irregularities” in the appointment. The classes at the department were disrupted during the day due to the dharna. The students claimed they had […]