Hindustan Times Lucknow - January 13, 2025

Hindustan Times Lucknow - January 13, 2025

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January 13, 2025
Maharashtra Has Rejected Pawar, Uddhav: Shah In Shirdi
The people of Maharashtra rejected Sharad Pawar's politics of betrayal and Uddhav Thackeray's politics of dynasty in the 2024 assembly elections by giving the mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.
1 min
13 More Arrests Made On Kerala Dalit Athlete's Rape Complaint
KOCHI:
1 min
LDA's budget hotel set to redefine affordable luxury in Lucknow
The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is gearing up to make its eight-storey budget hotel in Vikrant Khand, Gomti Nagar, operational.
1 min
Protect environment: BJP MLA to youths
BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Sunday urged young people to play a key role in conserving the environment, stressing that climate change and natural resource depletion pose serious challenges to the world.
1 min
Paush Purnima To Herald Month-Long Kalpwas
Sadhus of 13 akhadas will take a holy dip at the Sangam on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Tuesday, Mela admin gears up
3 mins
Sangam Triveni area expanded, boosts bathing space
\"In this sequence, a remarkable achievement has been recorded as the mechanical branch of the irrigation department--Barrage Mechanical Section Maintenance Varanasi--successfully expanded the Sangam Triveni area by over 2 hectares in just 85 days,\" a state government spokesperson said.
1 min
Three Italian friends don sanyasi attire; applaud the grandeur
The grandeur and spiritual significance of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj continue to attract visitors not only from across India but also from around the world.
2 mins
A Celebration of Spiritual Grandeur
A large-scale sanitation plan has been put in place to ensure hygiene and cleanliness across the Maha Kumbh area with 10 walk-behind sweeping machines, over 150k toilets, 25k dustbins and 5k urinals
3 mins
New BJP district presidents to be named before Jan 20
The new team of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district presidents in Uttar Pradesh is expected to be in place before January 20, after which the party will begin the process of electing its new state chief through consensus.
1 min
Sambhal Authorities Order Removal of 'Illegal' Shops
Authorities have ordered the removal of a dozen \"illegal\" shops near the historical 'Akarm Mochan Koop' in front of Sadar Police Station here.
1 min
Entry of all vehicles banned in Mela area for five days
THE BAN ON ENTRY OF ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES INTO THE FAIR AREA CAME INTO EFFECT AT 8 PM ON JANUARY 11 AND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL 8 PM ON JANUARY 15
3 mins
U.P. Proposes 'No Helmet, No Fuel' Policy
The Uttar Pradesh transport department has issued comprehensive guidelines for implementing \"no helmet, no petrol\" policy across the state aimed at enhancing road safety for two-wheeler riders.
1 min
Ready to move forward with new energy: Lko CP
The response time of UP 112 has already been reduced from 15 minutes to 10.
4 mins
Missing 17-Year-Old Girl From WB Traced in LKO, Rescued
A 17-year-old girl, reported missing from Duttapukur of West Bengal since December 21, 2024, was traced and rescued in Lucknow on Sunday by a joint team of officials and child rights workers from West Bengal and Lucknow.
1 min
Commissionerate system changed police's image, says ex-UP DGP
As police commissioner system in two cities, Lucknow and Gautam Buddh Nagar, of Uttar Pradesh successfully completes five years on Monday, the Hindustan Times had a conversation with retired UP director general of police OP Singh asking how he managed to convince the political masters to accept it.
2 mins
House Tax Now Applicable in Lucknow's Extended Areas
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) announced on Sunday that house tax is now payable in newly extended areas of the city, as per Sections 3(2) and 177H of the U.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1959.
1 min
Uttar Pradesh Day To Be Celebrated From January 24 To 26
Uttar Pradesh Day will be celebrated this year from January 24 to 26, with various programmes planned across all districts, including Lucknow and Noida.
1 min
HC Gives Govt 6 Weeks To Consider Relocation Of Victim's Family
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has given six weeks’ time to the Uttar Pradesh government for considering the request of the family of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered in Hathras district in 2020, to provide a house to them in Ghaziabad.
1 min
Probe suggests mason's absconding stepbrother, adopted son key suspects
ADG SAID THE DUO'S LAST MOBILE LOCATION WAS TRACED TO AJMER ON FRIDAY WHEN THEIR MOBILE PHONES WERE INCIDENTALLY SWITCHED ON.
1 min
Bangladesh Impedes Border Fence Work at 7 Points
Border tensions between India and Bangladesh have escalated since August 5, when former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India, with Bangladesh border forces opposing previously agreed construction work at multiple locations along the international boundary, officials aware of the matter have said.
2 mins
ED Arrests 4 in Bank Fraud Case Linked to RJD MLA
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four people, including a former chief executive officer of a cooperative bank, in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged embezzlement of funds at a Bihar cooperative bank promoted by a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA, people aware of the matter said on Sunday.
1 min
Sena (UBT) never called to disband INDIA bloc or MVA, says MP Raut
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut clarified on Sunday that his party's decision to contest local body elections solo is aimed at strengthening its grassroots base and does not signal a break in the INDIA bloc or the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.
1 min
Man Booked For Raping Former Student In Guj
Police launched a search for a school principal after booking him for raping a former student on the sidelines of an alumni meet in Bharuch of Gujarat, police said on Sunday.
1 min
India to Power Shipping Fleet With Solar: Min
India aims to power its entire coastal and inland waterways shipping fleet, beginning with 1,000 vessels, with renewable energy in the next five years, Union ports and shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said.
1 min
After AIADMK, BJP Decides To Boycott Erode East By-Election
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has decided to boycott the upcoming Erode East bypoll, the party said on Sunday, instead shifting its focus to the 2026 state elections.
1 min
25-Member SIT Set Up to Probe Dalit Athlete's Rape Case, 13 More Held
So Far, 28 People, Including Four Minors, Have Been Taken into Custody and 18 FIRs Were Filed
1 min
'Such arrogance is not good': Guv office hits back at Stalin
The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on Sunday hit out at chief minister MK Stalin for calling governor RN Ravi \"childish\", after he walked out of the state assembly alleging disrespect to the national Anthem, and said such \"arrogance is not good\" for a leader of the CM's stature.
1 min
Maha rejected politics of betrayal
The people of Maharashtra rejected Sharad Pawar's politics of betrayal and Uddhav Thackeray's politics of dynasty in the 2024 assembly elections by giving the mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.
1 min
Youth Will Make India a Developed Nation: Modi
The strength of India's young population will help realise the dream of a \"Viksit Bharat\" (developed nation) by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday at the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue, and added that a developed India will be one that is \"empowered economically, strategically, socially and culturally\".
3 mins
The Bitter Battle to Gain Power in Delhi
The outcome will have national implications. Hence, the big push on the ground by three national parties
4 mins
Time running out for MVA in Maharashtra
Just as the INDIA bloc threatens to unravel, there are signs that a subset, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra may be among the first to implode.
1 min
Boiling seas & scorched land
Record-high sea temperatures in 2024 show the gap between climate threat and action
2 mins
Leader of good conduct and good conscience
I first met Dr Manmohan Singh when he visited Tripura as then member-secretary of the Planning Commission to understand the problems of the state's tribal communities.
3 mins
Looming threats of a China-US standoff
Residents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping managed to keep United States (US)-China tensions contained in 2024, but when Donald Trump strides back into the White House later this month, he will break this fragile stability, driving an unmanaged decoupling of the world's most important geopolitical relationship and increasing the risk of global economic disruption and crisis.
3 mins
Six killed, 22 injured as bus plunges into gorge in Pauri Garhwal district
Six people were killed and 22 others were injured after the bus they were travelling in fell into an 100m-deep gorge near Dehalchauri area in Pauri Garhwal district on Sunday, police said.
1 min
IIT-Kharagpur Student Found Dead in Hostel
A third-year student was found dead in his hostel room at the IIT-Kharagpur in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Sunday in a suspected case of suicide, police said.
1 min
Bengal bans nine more items of pharma firm
The West Bengal government on Sunday instructed state-run hospitals not to use nine more products of Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical, officials said, while an inquiry committee visited Midnapore Medical College and Hospital where a woman died on Friday and four others were critical after the delivery of babies allegedly due to the administration of \"defective\" Ringer's Lactate on the intravenous (IV) fluid.
1 min
5 Maoists Gunned Down in Encounter at Bijapur
Five Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, officials said, adding that several weapons and ammunition were seized from the spot.
2 mins
Around 13,000 Trains to Run During Kumbh, Says Vaishnaw
Union minister of railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday inaugurated various initiatives to enhance rail connectivity for visitors to attend the Maha Kumbh 2025 in the Prayagraj region, a statement from the Indian Railways (IR) said.
1 min
Bangladesh's Yunus Asks UK to Probe Graft Scandal of Hasina's Niece
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for an investigation into the properties of British minister Tulip Siddiq and her family, indicating that they may have acquired them through unlawful means during her aunt Sheikh Hasina's tenure as Bangladesh premier, reports said on Sunday.
1 min
Taiwan Supporter Kanapathy Likely to be Team Trump's China Specialist
Ivan Kanapathy, a former national security official with deep expertise on Taiwan who believes that US should invest in stronger deterrence, is likely to be the top China hand in President Donald Trump's National Security Council, multiple people familiar with the development said.
2 mins
Canada: Anand rejects Trudeau successor role
Indo-Canadian Cabinet Minister Anita Indira Anand announced on Saturday that she will not be a participant in the race for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Party.
1 min
German AfD Emboldened by Austria's Far-Right Success
Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections in February, Germany's far-right AfD is hoping for a further boost from the success of the far right in neighboring Austria.
2 mins
Special Counsel in Trump Cases Quits Justice Dept
US Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, has resigned, as the Republican president-elect prepared to return to the White House.
1 min
CCPA to protect hassled homebuyers
For homebuyers facing issues such as construction delays, substandard construction or hidden charges in apartment sales, India's consumer protection watchdog is ready to take up the cudgels on their behalf.
1 min
Air India to offer 1,000 premium economy seats daily
Air India will offer close to 1,000 premium economy class seats to passengers daily, as the airline aims to retrofit 85% of its narrow body aircraft by the second half of 2025.
2 mins
Government to revamp revival framework for MSMEs
The government is working on revamping the framework for revival and rehabilitation (FRR) of debt-ridden micro, small, and medium enterprises in order to make it easier for small businesses to restructure the loans they have taken out, said two people in the know of the development.
1 min
India's Coal Import Rises 2% During Apr-Nov
India's coal import rose by two per cent to 182.02 million tonnes (MT) in the April-November period of the current fiscal year.
1 min
Fiscal Consolidation Set on Cruise Control
Glide path may take FY25 deficit to 4.7-4.8%, less than the budgeted estimate
2 mins
Corporate tax collections from Delhi up over 14%
Delhi is the second state to rake in ₹1 lakh crore corporate income-tax after Maharashtra (₹3.39 lakh crore) in the assessment year 2023-24 while Karnataka acquired a distant number three position with a ₹72,826 crore mop-up in the period, according to government data.
2 mins
Rama, Shashi guide UP qualify for knockout
Sparkling half centuries by openers Rama Kushwah and Shashi Balan helped favourites Uttar Pradesh qualify for the knockout of the Women's Under-19 One Day Trophy, scripting a facile 127-run victory over Himachal Pradesh, at the Lady Amritbai Daga College Ground in Nagpur on Sunday.
1 min
UPAA removes Devesh Dubey; names Narendra Kumar as new secretary
Finally, the tenure of Kanpur's Devesh Dubey as secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Athletics Association came to an end as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) supported Ashutosh Bhalla-led sporting body removed Dubey forever and appointed Narendra Kumar as its permanent secretary.
2 mins
Jemimah hits maiden ton as India seal Ireland ODI Series
Jemimah Rodrigues made her India debut in 2018. After nearly seven years, the middle-order batter finally scored an international century, her 91-ball 102 propelling the hosts to a 116-run win over Ireland in the second ODI of the three-match series in Rajkot on Sunday.
2 mins
BCCI tells stars to play Ranji before the white-ball season
The selectors wanted Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to play Duleep Trophy last year too, but they excused themselves
3 mins
CT squad on Jan 19; call on Bumrah before Feb 11
Jasprit Bumrah's prospects of recovering in time for the ICC Champions Trophy starting on February 19 remains slim.
2 mins
Mahakumbh mela: A confluence of faith
Singer Kailash Kher will perform the closing musical performances at the official cultural arena of Mahakumbh at Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) on February 23.
1 min
Kartik gets engineering degree after over a decade
'This feels like coming home'
1 min
The Punjabi Kudi in Me Comes Out on Lohri
Actor Nimrat Kaur tells us how she loves following traditions on this festive occasion, be it food or fashion
1 min
Industry treated me differently after Satya
Actor Manoj Bajpayee's career took a dramatic turn with the release of Ram Gopal Varma's iconic gangster saga, Satya (1998), in which he played Bhiku Mhatre, the head of a notorious Mumbai underworld gang.
1 min
Rashmika sustains leg injury in gym; says she is in 'hop mode' for now
Actor Rashmika Mandanna recently sustained a leg injury at her gym. Her fans got to know about it when she shared a health update on social media.
1 min
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