Новости за 23.12.2015

BSP president and former chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday conveyed her thanks to governor Ram Naik for his letter, requesting her to correct the date of birth of social reformer Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj.

A Delhi businessman has been arrested for befriending a Mumbai woman on a marriage portal and cheating her of Rs 9.2lakh.

Change has been effected in composition and days of running of the tri-weekly superfast special train between terminals of Gomtinagar (Lucknow) and Gorakhpur.

Head constable Ram Kumar Meena had promised his six-year-old son to return home early after producing a criminal in court. Hours later, the family was at the mortuary to receive his bullet-riddled body.

The change in Lucknow University’s convocation attire will not burn a hole in students’ pockets. Like previous years, graduating students will hire the traditional Indian outfit for convocation adopted by the university from current academic year.

Governor Ram Naik who is also the Chancellor of state universities, gave on Wednesday a January 6 deadline to suspended CSA University of Agriculture and Technology vice-chancellor Munna Singh to reply against the inquiry report submitted by Justice (retd) VC Gupta, who was asked by the governor to probe charges against Singh. On May 1, Naik had suspended Singh on charges of irregularities.

For the first time after getting academic autonomy, toppers students of the four reputed government-aided engineering colleges affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) will get a medal in the convocation ceremony to be held on January 22.

Hazratganj crossing near GPO witnessed high drama on Wednesday when two four-wheelers were stopped during a checking drive. The first offender caught posed as secretary of Vidhan Sabha, Kanpur rural and dropped names to threaten the traffic cops. The owner of the car Aniruddh Singh Sengar was driving around with tinted glasses, and hooter mounted on the car.

Delhi Police will have plenty to worry about in the days to come as gangs of Madangir have teamed up with those from east and northeast Delhi.

Come Christmas and the air is filled with a toothsome fragrance of Yuletide cakes and exquisite confectioneries. From nectarine aroma to home-made gingersnap crumble topping, cakes are designed, decorated—snowmen and holly leaves to top it all—flavoured with rum and wine, and adorned with the figurines of Rudolph the reindeer and Santa Claus to meet the revellers’ fantasy.

Chief judicial magistrate Hitendra Hari on Wednesday directed police to further investigate allegations against cabinet minister Gayatri Prajapati and UP State Women Commission chairperson Zarina Usmani of implicating suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and his wife Nutan in a rape case.

South Corporation on Wednesday inaugurated its first toy library at one of its municipal schools in RK Puram area in collaboration with the Toy Association of India. Schoolchildren can borrow puzzles and dolls from the library for a few days.

Just as the judge called out the name ‘Cheenu’, four men barged into the Karkardooma courtroom and opened fire indiscriminately.

A 74-year-old retired Delhi Police head constable was shot by unidentified assailants near his house in southwest Delhi’s Mitraon on Wednesday. Police suspect it to be a fallout of a rivalry between the gangs of Navin Khati and Ravinder Bholu.

Noted educationist, Minoo Nandrajog, who co-authored NCERT books for schoolchildren passed away on Wednesday after brief illness.Nandrajog was working as a professor of commerce with the NCERT.

Sharpening his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi dismissed as a hoax on Wednesday, the Centre’s promise of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’.

If you haven’t got your vehicle checked for pollution, it’s time to obtain it, as holding a pollution under-control certificate (PUCC) is mandatory. Every vehicle on the road will be checked for PUCC for a month from January 1 in all the districts. Vehicles failing to produce PUCC will be seized, even if they are not causing pollution.

Much in demand among political parties as an ally for the 2016 assembly election, DMDK chief Vijayakanth is setting one pre-condition for joining with them: He will be their chief ministerial candidate.

The cybercrime cell of Chennai police on Wednesday took their dogged pursuit of Tamil star Silambarasan alias Simbu to levels usually reserved for wanted criminals on the run, alerting all major airports in the country to detain the actor in connection with the controversial 'Beep song'.

The Delhi High Court has sought a response from Union HRD ministry and UGC on a plea against the move by the St Stephen's College governing body to amend its constitution for greater control of Church of North India over the institution.

More than 70 differently abled children from two shelter homes exhibited their talented side in a drawing competition and cultural evening held in Lucknow on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convene a special session of Parliament, or extend the winter session, to pass a bill to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act so that jallikattu (taming of the bull) can be held in the state during the Pongal festival in mid-January.

The VIP elevator inside secretariat building carrying the chief minister and his wife got stuck due to technical fault on the part of manufacturers. In an inquiry conducted by four-member experts, it was found that the elevator stopped working all of a sudden after micro-processing system failed.

The first time T Venkatesa Raja got a word of praise was for his work on “Bhakthakrisha”, a painting on traditional Thanjavur style when he was barely 20 years.

Had the panic-struck group present in Vidhan Bhawan sent SOS to fire department, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his MP wife Dimple could have been brought out of the VIP lift they were stuck in within seconds. On December 18, the CM and his wife stranded in the elevator for 24 minutes.