Hindustan Times Lucknow - May 13, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow - May 13, 2025
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May 13, 2025
BJP launches outreach on Op Sindoor
A SENIOR BJP LEADER SAID STATE UNITS WILL ORGANISE PUBLIC PROGRAMMES SUCH AS A 10-DAY TIRANGA YATRA
2 mins
'Must not fire a single shot': Key condition for truce
The Indian Army's director general of military operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai spoke to his Pakistani counterpart over the hotline around 5pm on Monday, with the discussions centering around upholding the understanding reached two days ago to stop all military actions against each other.
1 min
Robust air defence foiled Pak attacks
The Indian military's resilient, multi-tiered air defence (AD) network — a mix of legacy and modernity, and of indigenous and imported weapons — thwarted multiple waves of Pakistani attacks on scores of locations from May 7-10, and minimised damage to military infrastructure and civilian areas, top officials said on Monday at a special briefing on Operation Sindoor.
3 mins
Small Number Of Drones Seen In J&K, Punjab
A small number of drones were sighted above Samba town in Jammu and Kashmir and Jalandhar in Punjab on Monday night, triggering precautionary blackout orders in parts of the Union Territory and neighbouring Punjab.
1 min
EAM and Australian minister talk on zero tolerance for terror
External affairs minister S Jaishankar emphasised India's policy of zero tolerance for terrorism during a phone call with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong on Monday, a day after New Delhi signalled it would respond to cross-border terrorism with strikes deep inside Pakistan.
1 min
Flight ops north of Delhi see brief halt
The Airports Authority of India on Monday announced the resumption of civilian flight operations at 32 airports across northern and western India, but temporarily suspended flight operations north of Delhi after drones were spotted above some border districts.
2 mins
PM reviews security with senior officials
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a top meeting to review border security, hours before the Indian and Pakistani directors general of military operations spoke over hotline to discuss steps to uphold the May 10 understanding to stop military actions against each other, officials said.
1 min
Chain-snatching gang that preyed on elderly women busted
Lucknow Police on Sunday arrested three members of an organised gang allegedly involved in targeting elderly women sitting alone outside their homes in the Vrindavan Colony area.
1 min
Veteran journalist K Vikram Rao no more; CM, others express grief
Veteran journalist and national president of Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ), K Vikram Rao, passed away at a private hospital in Lucknow on Monday morning.
1 min
The heat is on: Mercury to touch 42°C in city today
Night temperature in East UP districts went up 4 to 5 degrees Celsius and is likely to increase by another 2 degrees in the next couple of days.
1 min
Unnao Man Chokes Wife, Minor Kids to Death, Dies by Suicide
A man from an Unnao village killed his wife and two daughters, aged 6 and 10 years, before killing himself on Monday morning, police claimed.
1 min
As Pride OverflowS, 17 Bundles Of Joy Named Sindoor In Kushinagar
After the Indian military's decisive steps against terror factories in Pakistan, 'Sindoor' is indeed the cause celebre in the country.
1 min
Bareilly's 'mule' accounts behind suspicious banking activities
'Mule' accounts of a bank's branch in Bareilly district might have laundered large sums of money as part of a 'hawala' racket, senior police officials said on Monday.
2 mins
69 Days Later, 1,000-Page Chargesheet Names Victim's Wife, Lover, Cites 34 Witnesses
Sixty-nine days after former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput was found brutally murdered and dismembered inside a rented house, Meerut police on Monday filed a nearly 1,000-page chargesheet in court, laying bare a chilling murder plot involving his wife and her lover.
2 mins
New building bye-laws by May-end, to be tabled before Cabinet soon
The housing and urban planning department has received 1,153 suggestions from the public on the draft Building Construction and Development Byelaws-2025.
1 min
CM Yogi: Dialogue a key pillar of democracy and urban dev
CM inaugurates urban facilitation centre and eastern U.P.'s first senior citizen day care centre in Gorakhpur
1 min
Shun hatred to follow Buddha's teachings: Maya
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has claimed that the successive BSP governments in Uttar Pradesh worked to establish a society based on equality and welfare of the weaker sections.
1 min
'Nurses are soul of hospital': RMLIMS nursing cadre honoured
A five-day series of events leading up to International Nurses Day on May 12 concluded with a ceremony on Monday to honour and felicitate the nursing staff of Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences.
1 min
Yogi Govt Targets 12% Rise in Kharif Crop to Boost Farmers' Income
To boost farmers' income, the Yogi government has launched a new Kharif strategy targeting a 12% rise in food grain and oilseed production—from 260 to 293 lakh metric tonnes, a government spokesperson said here on Monday.
1 min
PCF Official Sacked in Rs 11Cr Paddy Procurement Fraud
The state government dismissed Amit Kumar Chaudhary, the district manager of Pradeshik Cooperative Federation (PCF) in Siddharthnagar, on Monday, after he was found guilty of corruption in the procurement of paddy.
1 min
Rohingya-Bangladeshi infiltration, religious conversion tackled
Uttar Pradesh law enforcement agencies have crushed organised crime and dismantled terror sleeper cells statewide over the past eight years, read a press note from the state government on Monday.
1 min
418 aided schools in UP benefit from 'Project Alankaar' so far
Project sees slow uptake due to 25% fund-sharing condition; officials mull relaxations
2 mins
Punjab Moves HC Against Directive To Give Haryana Water
The Punjab government moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking recall of a May 6 order that directed the state to release additional 4500 cusecs of water to the neighbouring Haryana from the Bhakra dam, saying that the court was not apprised of the true facts before the order was issued.
2 mins
BJP Used Guvs To Run Parallel Govts
The BJP, in its pursuit of electoral gains and content with its dominance in northern states, continues to marginalize and deceive Tamil Nadu and Tamils
7 mins
31 Suspected Maoists Killed in Chhattisgarh Operation: Cops
Sankalp, an Operation Against Maoists, Involving Nearly 28,000 Security Personnel Has Been Going on in the South-West Bastar Region
2 mins
Can't take away right to fair trial in PMLA cases, says Supreme court
The Supreme Court in a recent judgment has held that the right to a fair trial of an accused facing money laundering charges cannot be taken away by \"drastic\" provisions such as twin conditions of bail and the burden of proof being on the accused, both of which are key provisos of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
2 mins
Search continues for unexploded shells
Security forces along the line of control (LoC) have been scanning the area for unexploded mortar shells and projectiles fired by Pakistan between May 7 and May 10, after India responded to terror attacks in Pahalgam by strikes across the LoC on the morning of May 7, and then responded to several waves of attacks by Pakistan.
2 mins
Over 5K CRPF personnel rushed to J&K as govt bolsters security
Over 5,000 CRPF personnel have been moved to Jammu and Kashmir as part of the Centre's move to increase security and to intensify anti-terror operations in the UT, an official aware of the matter said.
1 min
Stopped India, Pak from entering a 'nuclear conflict', says US Prez
INDIAN AND U.S. NEGOTIATORS ARE CURRENTLY FINALISING THE FIRST TRANCHE OF A TRADE DEAL WHICH COULD BE CONCLUDED BY THE FALL OF 2025
5 mins
Border villages limp to normalcy, locals return
With no hostilities between Indian and Pakistani militaries reported for nearly two days, residents of villages along the Line of Control (LoC) who had fled to safety to escape heavy cross-border shelling from Pakistan started returning to their houses on Monday after bomb squads of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police sanitised the villages of any unexploded bombs.
2 mins
Oppn hits out at Modi over ceasefire terms
Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation, the Congress party demanded answers on US President Donald Trump's claims of mediation and asked if India has agreed for a dialogue at a neutral site.
1 min
No delimitation on '01 data, Manipur parties urge Guv
Several political parties of Manipur on Monday held a meeting with governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and expressed reservations about delimitation, saying that it should not be held based on the 2001 census data.
1 min
Early monsoon to up fertiliser demand; govt may hike subsidy
The government expects robust fertiliser demand due to an earlier-than-expected and abundant monsoon, an official said after a review on Monday, adding the country will provide additional subsidy to farmers if required for the upcoming kharif or summer-sown season.
1 min
No delimitation on '01 data, Manipur parties urge Guv
Several political parties of Manipur on Monday held a meeting with governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and expressed reservations about delimitation, saying that it should not be held based on the 2001 census data.
1 min
Man Held Over 'Objectionable' Remarks About Union Home Min
A man was arrested on Monday for allegedly posting objectionable comments about Union home minister Amit Shah, in Sepahijala district of Tripura, police said.
1 min
Joy of batting, art of winning
Virat Kohli was a once-in-a-generation talent. He also turned Team India into a winning machine
2 mins
Curbing sexual violence against non-adults
A study published in The Lancet has found that nearly 32% girls and 13.5% of boys (under 18 years of age for both sexes) in India have suffered sexual violence (unwanted physical sexual acts).
1 min
Created by violence, preserved by violence
Pakistan has become an Islamist Don Quixote with a nuclear lance. New Delhi has called its bluff
4 mins
After Operation Sindoor, a diminished terror landscape
After many days of being on the precipice of an all-out war, both India and Pakistan agreed to a tentative cessation of hostilities.
3 mins
Pakistan's Politico-Military Ties Fractured by Deep State
The idea of Pakistan as an Islamic democracy that offered space for other religions and cultures to coexist within an Islamic State vanished with the death of its founder and first Governor General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
3 mins
UK Toughens Policy to Cut Legal Immigration
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Monday to \"finally take back control\" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce legal immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right.
2 mins
Remains of 30 People Believed to Be Killed by I.S. Militants Found in Syria
The remains of 30 people believed to have been killed by the militant Islamic State (I.S.) group have been found in a remote Syrian town in a search led by Qatari search teams and the FBI, according to a statement from Qatar on Monday.
1 min
Trump Sets 30-Day Deadline for Drug Firms to Lower Prices
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the US or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay.
2 mins
Glaciologists, local communities mourn loss of Yala glacier
Glaciologists and local communities mourned the loss of Nepal's Yala glacier, believed to be the first Nepalese glacier to be declared \"dead\".
2 mins
Strict deadlines to ensure critical mineral security
India plans to introduce strict timelines and penalties for winners of critical mineral blocks as the government seeks to fast-track the production of elements essential for the country's transition to clean technology.
1 min
Gensol Promoters Exit After Sebi Crackdown
Promoters of beleaguered Gensol Engineering, Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi, have resigned from the company following market regulator Sebi's interim order, according to an exchange filing.
1 min
SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI TAKES OVER SECI HELM
New and Renewable Energy secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi has been assigned the additional charge of the post of chairman and managing director of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) till the appointment of a regular incumbent or further orders.
1 min
India-UAE merchandise trade surges past $100 billion mark
Bilateral merchandise trade between India and the United Arab Emirates surpassed the $100 billion mark in 2024-25, two years ahead of the deadline set when their free trade agreement (FTA) went live on May 1, 2022, although the balance of trade is heavily tilted in favor of the UAE.
1 min
Worldline Mulls India Unit Exit
French payments company Worldline has hired investment bank BNP Paribas to explore a potential sale of its India business, two people aware of the matter said.
1 min
Stocks roar ahead as guns fall silent, trade war cools
A surge of optimism swept over the Indian markets as war clouds receded and the tariff clash eased, lifting stocks by the highest in more than four years.
2 mins
Car demand dips in richer south states
WHILE GROWTH SLOWED IN THE SOUTH, THE NORTH AND WEST GREW 4.4% AND 6.6%, DURING THE SAME PERIOD
2 mins
A West Delhi neighbourhood recalls Virat the kid
Early every morning, Pankaj Mahindru, 51, would fetch newspapers from his gate at west Delhi's LIC colony in Jeevan Niketan, Paschim Vihar. It would be just around 6 am, but across from his home, he would often see a budding cricketer get into his WagonR with a cricket kit.
2 mins
Uttar Pradesh's Kadir Sets Meet Record in 400m Heats at KIYU 2025
On a day when weightlifters continued to set new highs in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 on Day 9 of the seventh edition of the Games in Bihar on Monday, Uttar Pradesh's Kadir Khan set a meet record in the under-18 400m boys' heats at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna.
1 min
An inquiry, but Kohli was done with format he loved
Before Virat Kohli dropped his Instagram post to tell the world he was done with Test cricket, a leading Indian cricket official made a polite inquiry, asking him if he had thought long and hard about the decision.
2 mins
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