Hindustan Times Lucknow - May 06, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow - May 06, 2025
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In this issue
May 06, 2025
Waqf petitions to be taken up by bench led by next CJI
The Supreme Court on Monday said the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 will be taken up by a bench headed by next chief justice of India (CJI) Justice Bhushan R Gavai on May 15,
2 mins
Rising numbers, success stories show need for RTE extension
Investment in the future was made over a decade ago, RTE now bearing fruit in Uttar Pradesh
4 mins
Woman's Body Found, Husband At Large: Police
The body of a 30-year-old woman was found near Puranpur village in Mohanlalganj area—around 1.5 km from her residence—on Monday evening, police said.
1 min
High court disposes of petition alleging Rahul Gandhi's dual citizenship
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday disposed of the petition alleging that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi holds dual citizenship of India and the UK and allowed the petitioner to explore other alternative legal remedies.
1 min
Nominee Doesn't Have Ownership of Insurance Policy Money: HC
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that a beneficial nominee of an insurance policy does not have ownership of the policy's proceeds.
1 min
Make policing more robust, curb crime against women
UP finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Monday directed officers of the police department to maintain law and order and make policing system more robust in the district, emphasising that strict action be taken to curb rising crime against women.
1 min
Yoga Day now a global movement, says governor
Governor and chancellor of state universities Anandiben Patel on Monday held an online meeting with vice chancellors and other officers of all the state universities regarding the preparations for the International Yoga Day-2025 to be celebrated on June 21.
1 min
Two chain snatchers hurt in police encounter, held
Two chain snatchers were injured and later arrested in separate encounters with police in the Trans-Gomti Nagar area early on Monday.
1 min
Sewage crisis deepens as inadequate infra hampers STPs; Gomti gasps
City lets 280 MLD of raw sewage flow directly into drains and water bodies, eventually finding its way to the Gomti
3 mins
Six Assam Tourists Hurt as Parked Car Rolls Back Near Taj
As many as six tourists from Assam sustained injuries after a car parked in the designated area at the western gate of the Taj Mahal rolled back because of a slope there on Monday, police said.
1 min
Various Projects Shaping Sarojini Nagar's Identity: BJP MLA
Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh organised a Sarojini Nagar mandal office-bearers' conference on Monday.
1 min
Elevator Co Staff Beaten Up Over 'Work Delay'
Five employees of an elevator firm were allegedly assaulted and locked in a room by a private airline promoter and his aides at the latter's four-storey office-cum residence at Gomti Nagar Extension on Monday, after a dispute over alleged delay in lift installation work at the residence of the accused, said police.
1 min
LMC Razes Over 120 Illegal Set-Ups in Drive Against Encroachments
In a citywide operation against encroachments, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Monday removed over 120 illegal stalls, carts, and temporary setups across four major zones — Zone 3, Zone 5, Zone 7, and Zone 8.
1 min
Gang Involved in Stealing Fuel From Tankers Busted
A gang involved in stealing diesel and petrol from tankers departing the HPCL depot in Lucknow was on Monday busted by a joint team of the Sarojini Nagar police station and the surveillance cell of South Zone, said officials.
1 min
UP Board to Launch Real-Time Attendance Tracking for Students
The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) will begin real-time online attendance tracking for over one crore students and nearly five lakh teachers across 27,000 schools starting July 1, 2025.
1 min
Cyber fraud committed in name of advanced course in cyber security
A unique case has been reported in Prayagraj about cyber fraud committed for providing an advanced course in Cyber Security.
1 min
UP Gets Ready for Statewide Civil Defence Mock Drill
Aimed to enhance civil defence preparedness in the event of wartime emergencies, the Uttar Pradesh government has begun preparations for a statewide mock drill based on directives from the Union ministry of home affairs.
2 mins
'Forced to part': UP woman sends back kids to Pak dad
An Uttar Pradesh woman married to a Pakistani man had to part with her two young children as they were sent back to their father from the Attari-Wagah border on Monday following a government diktat.
2 mins
Tourist Footfall Up in Tiger Reserves: Govt
Between November 2024 to April 2025, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Recorded 44,070 Indian and 574 Foreign Tourists
1 min
DTR Records First Photographic Evidence of Sand Snake in UP
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, a biodiversity hotspot in Uttar Pradesh, has scored a first of sorts in wildlife documentation with the first-ever photographic record of the Condanarus Sand Snake (Psammophis condanarus) in the state.
1 min
BJP steps up its Waqf Act outreach drive
The Bharatiya Janata Party is pushing its pro-Waqf Amendment Act 2025 campaign forward in Uttar Pradesh, holding a statewide outreach programme to convince the minorities that the legislation is the need of the hour and not against the interests of the Muslims.
2 mins
HC Adjourns Hearing on ASI Survey Plea
The Allahabad high court on Monday adjourned hearing on a plea seeking an ASI survey of the wazukhana (ablution pond) area in the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
1 min
Privatisation: UPPCL Begins Talks With Protesting Staff
Amid an ongoing indefinite fast by the power employees against the proposed privatisation of two discoms, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) management on Monday held its first meeting in five months with the Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti over the dispute.
1 min
U.P. studies Nagaland model for impetus to educational reforms
With a view to accelerating education reforms, a delegation from State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Lucknow, recently visited Nagaland to study its innovative models and community-driven practices—insights that could play a key role in transforming Uttar Pradesh's district institutes of education and training (DIETs) into centres of excellence.
1 min
Global recognition for Lko due to dev work under SP regime
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that Lucknow got recognition on the international level due to the development work done during his party's regime, reiterating that SP will form the 'PDA' government in the state in 2027.
1 min
UP to Build 12 E-way Hubs With Hotels, EV Stations, Theme Parks
The Uttar Pradesh government is set to establish 12 expressway hubs along the Bundelkhand and Purvanchal expressways to enhance public amenities and promote regional development.
1 min
Sugar Mills Delaying Payments to Farmers Will Face Strict Action: Yogi
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed that the command area allotted to sugar mills for sugarcane procurement must be determined based on their record of timely payments to farmers.
2 mins
HC Gives Time to Sambhal Masjid Body to File Reply
The Allahabad high court on Monday granted time to the Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee to submit a rejoinder to the counter-affidavit filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the dispute relating to the mosque and Harihar temple at Sambhal.
1 min
Time for maximum restraint
UN chief urges India, Pakistan to avoid military confrontation
2 mins
India to ask World Bank expert to pause Indus dispute meetings
India is preparing to \"brief\" the World Bank and the bank-appointed neutral expert, Michel Lino, about its decision to not participate in forthcoming proceedings of the Indus treaty dispute-resolution mechanism in Vienna till the water-sharing pact with Pakistan remains suspended, according to an official.
1 min
Man's Death After Army Detention Sparks Uproar
Opposition leaders demanded a thorough probe into the death of a 23-year-old man, whose body was fished out from a stream in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday amid allegations that the deceased was detained by security forces for questioning in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack.
1 min
Pak Hacker Group Claims to Have Breached Defence Sites
AVNL Website Was Taken Down for Audit to Assess the Extent of Any Potential Damage, Officials Said
1 min
Pak Says Water Shortage Likely in Kharif Season
The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) advisory committee in Pakistan on Monday expressed concern over a sudden decrease in Chenab River inflows at Marala due to short supply by India after the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, which may result in a 21% water shortage in Pakistan during the early Kharif season.
1 min
MAN'S DEATH AFTER ARMY DETENTION SPARKS UPROAR
Opposition leaders demanded a thorough probe into the death of a 23-year-old man, whose body was fished out from a stream in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday amid allegations that the deceased was detained by security forces for questioning in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack.
2 mins
Experts Highlight Gaps in Asthma Diagnosis and Care
Almost 3.4 crore people in India are living with asthma, accounting for 13 percent of the global burden of asthma patients, highlighted doctors of the pulmonary and critical care medicine department of King George's Medical University, on the occasion of World Asthma Day.
1 min
FSSAI Conducting Training Programs for Street Vendors
The CEO of the Food Future Foundation and former CEO Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Pawan Agrawal said that under the 'Eat Right' campaign FSSAI has been cultivating clean street vending zones and conducting massive training programmes for the street vendors.
1 min
BJP Trying to Take Away Rights': Punjab Resolution on Water Row
The Punjab legislative assembly passed a resolution on Monday condemning the Bharatiya Janata Party in power at the Centre, accusing it of pressurising the state to give additional water to party-ruled Haryana from the Bhakra dam, while seeking the annulment of a central law on dam safety.
1 min
Poor crew management led to death on SpiceJet flight: Report
Poor crew resource management led to a situation where one person died and at least 20 people were injured during turbulence on a SpiceJet flight in May 2022, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has found in its investigation.
1 min
Parl Panel Seeks Details of Action Against Influencers for 'Harming' National Interest
The parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, in an office memorandum, has sought from two ministries details of action taken against social media influencers and platforms that it alleged are \"against the interests of the country\" in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
1 min
Caste census: Politics of social justice and raising aspirations
It could be a coincidence that Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had extensively toured Uttar Pradesh before he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 29.
3 mins
SC flags 'disturbing' pendency in appeals verdicts
THE COURT SAID THE REPORTS SHOULD BE FILED IN A MONTH AND POSTED THE MATTER TO JULY
2 mins
Govt reply sought on terminally ill convicts
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and 18 states on releasing prisoners who are terminally ill or over the age of 70 on bail to receive the required care which may not be possible in jails due to overcrowding.
1 min
PG student at AIIMS Raipur dies by suicide
A 26-year-old postgraduate student of forensic science at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, allegedly died by suicide at his rented flat in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.
1 min
Woman Jailed For Killing Son, Probe Later Finds He Died By Suicide
The Guna police on Monday concluded that a 15-year-old boy, who was found dead in the bathroom of his family's rented accommodation in the Madhya Pradesh district in February, died by suicide, clearing the mother under murder charges filed in the case.
1 min
SC seeks new report on Manipur leaked videos
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the credibility of a forensic report on the authenticity of leaked audio tapes that allegedly point to the role of former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh in the ethnic violence in the northeastern state, and directed the Centre to submit a fresh report.
1 min
Report Submitted in High Court Judge Cash Row
The SC on Mar 24 Transferred Justice Varma to His Parent HC, Allahabad High Court, Where He Is Presently Serving
1 min
SC Seeks Centre's Response on Order to Block YouTube Channel
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a petition seeking quashing of an order blocking a YouTube channel, 4PM, citing \"national security\" and \"public order\".
1 min
SC raps Samay Raina, 4 others over remarks on disabled persons
The Supreme Court on Monday summoned five social media influencers and stand-up comics, including Samay Raina, over offensive and derogatory remarks made against persons with disabilities, even as it stressed that any speech that demeans a community or class of persons will be curtailed.
1 min
ED says cases of bank fraud declined after investigations
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that more than half of assets attached by the agency so far are linked to bank-related irregularities and added that such cases in the country have now declined after they peaked in 2018-19, attributing drop to its proactive approach and rigorous investigations.
1 min
BJP Blocked Me From Meeting Victims: CM in Murshidabad
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited the riot-hit Murshidabad district for the first time since communal clashes broke out in April, and alleged that the BJP, which is in opposition in the state, was \"shielding\" those responsible for the violence and \"preventing\" the affected families from meeting her.
4 mins
Rich Kerala, poor Bengal and the role of the party
Four decades ago, West Bengal was among India's most industrialised state economies.
3 mins
In Indus Treaty Pause, A Reality Check for Pak
The absence of any convergence in both the public and official narratives emerging from India and Pakistan underscores the seriousness of the post-Pahalgam situation
4 mins
Brands vs influencers order goes beyond free speech
The Delhi High Court's ruling in San Nutrition vs. Arpit Mangal is a welcome jurisprudential shift in the legal interpretation of free speech, consumer protection, and corporate accountability.
3 mins
Incoming chancellor vows to reform Germany as Merz's Cabinet unveiled
German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe's largest economy, a day before he is due to be sworn into office as chancellor and head of a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).
1 min
Ukraine Launches Ground Attacks In Kursk Region
Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's western Kursk region on Monday, firing missiles, smashing through the border and then crossing minefields with special vehicles, according to Russian war bloggers.
1 min
U.S. Offers $1,000 To Migrants Who 'Self-Deport'
The Donald Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily \"self deport\" from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Monday.
1 min
After Houthi Missile Strike on Tel Aviv Airport, U.S. and Israel Bomb Yemen
Yemen's Houthis said the United States and Israel struck the port of Hodeida on Monday, hours after a reported US air raid on Sanaa and a day after the Iran-backed rebels targeted Israel's main airport.
1 min
Presidential run-off pits pro-Trump nationalist against centrist mayor
After comfortably topping Sunday's rerun of Romania's presidential election first round, far-Right leader George Simion — a fervent fan of US President Donald Trump — will face off against a centrist mayor in the second round on May 18.
1 min
Trump Orders 100% Tariff on Movies Produced Outside US
US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the American movie industry was dying a \"very fast death\" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to lure filmmakers.
1 min
Israel's Cabinet Approves Plan to Capture Entire Gaza Territory
Israel approved plans on Monday to seize the entire Gaza Strip and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, a move that, if implemented, would vastly expand Israel's operations there and likely draw fierce international opposition.
2 mins
India Investment Had $2 Billion Impact, Says Netflix's Sarandos
Viewership of Indian Content Rose to More Than 3 Billion Hours in 2024
1 min
Jubilant pulls ahead of KFC, McDonald's as Q4 earnings near
India's Jubilant FoodWorks' strong sales growth for the March quarter is set to outpace rivals whose franchisees are expected to report muted growth despite value-focused promotions, several analysts said.
1 min
Ministry to start work to plug procedural gaps in arbitration law
The union law and justice ministry will start working to plug procedural gaps and lacunae in the domestic arbitration law following an order by the Supreme Court on May 2, according to two people aware of the developments.
1 min
India's New Trade Deal Template Seeks Targeted Pacts
In a major strategic shift, India is moving away from negotiating full-fledged free trade agreements (FTAs) and instead opting for short-term, limited-scope deals with several countries, including the UK and New Zealand, said two people familiar with the matter.
1 min
Nominee Doesn't Have Ownership Of Insurance Money: HC
Due To The Contradictory Judgments Of High Courts On The Issue, The Court Also Said It Would Be Fit To Take The Matter To The SC
2 mins
Proposed expiry rule may derail MSEI revival plan
A Mumbai-based stock exchange's revival efforts have hit a roadblock after markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), proposed to cap index derivative expiries to two days a week.
2 mins
Sumitomo Gets RBI Nod To Pick 51% In Yes Bank
SMBC's voting rights to be capped at 26%; deal may value Yes Bank at $1.7 bn
2 mins
Rabada set to return after serving ban
South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is set to return for Tuesday's Gujarat Titans-Mumbai Indians tie in Mumbai after serving a one-month suspension for using a recreational drug.
1 min
UP Start With 2 Medals In KIYG
Uttar Pradesh got off to a flying start in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar, winning two medals, including a silver and a bronze on the second day of the event on Monday.
1 min
DC Batting Flops Before SRH Game Abandoned
2016 winners SRH go out of playoffs reckoning after sharing a point each while Capitals stay fifth in the table, one spot off playoffs
3 mins
Acing death overs: What's holding Indian finishers back this season?
Is Indian T20 batting as good at the backend as they are at the top?
3 mins
Going with grit and grime to garner glory
Five kilometers on foot and then seven kilometers by bus to make it to a three-hour strenuous training at the General Mohan Singh Sports Ground of Subharti Defense Academy.
2 mins
Iyer, Pant and charting the IPL captaincy course
\"A captain is as good as his team\" is an old adage in cricket. Yet IPL franchises spend disproportionately on a captaincy candidate.
2 mins
Babil Khan's mental breakdown stirs up the industry
In a moment that sparked widespread concern, Babil Khan, son of late actor Irrfan, posted a series of emotional videos on Instagram Stories on Saturday.
1 min
Even Trump Is Saving His Film Industry, When Will We?
US President Donald Trump's 100% tariff on foreign films raises questions and worries for Bollywood
1 min
I loathe those trying to create hate in the name of language
Singer Sonu Nigam issued a statement on Monday following backlash over his Bengaluru concert.
1 min
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