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Lucknow: A 32-year-old delivery executive felt dizzy while riding near Charbagh on Monday afternoon, stopped by the roadside and sat down on the ground. Passersby gave him water and called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital. Doctors examined him and found that he was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion because of excessive heat.Doctors said hospitals in the city are seeing 2-3 similar cases daily among bike riders. With hot conditions continuing, they warned motorcycle and scooter riders were at higher risk, being directly exposed to hot winds, engine heat and strong sunlight.Prof K K Sawlani of King…

BHOPAL: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered a case in the mysterious death of Twisha Sharma, taking over the investigation from Bhopal police following directions of the Supreme Court. The probe has been assigned to the agency’s Special Crime (SC)-3 Unit, with a five-member team headed by a superintendent of police (SP)-rank officer which reached Bhopal later in the evening, say sources.Sources said the CBI team had left Delhi ahead of the formal transfer process and reached Bhopal in the evening to take over the case diary from Katara Hills police station and commence a fresh investigation…

Lucknow: The UP govt has decided to step up the availability of certified seeds to farmers by around 62% in the 2026-27 kharif season, signalling a major push toward improving agricultural productivity, crop quality and farmer incomes.According to agriculture department data, accessed by TOI, govt has set a target of channelling 1,99,910 quintals of seeds in 2026-27, which is almost 62% more than in 2025-26, when 1,23,379 quintals of seeds were made available to farmers.The supply of paddy seed, which is central to kharif season cultivation, will increase from 76,642 quintals in 2025-26 to 80,000 quintals this season. The focus…

NEW DELHI: India has moved a step closer to the big-ticket defence deal on 114 Rafale fighters with France as the country has finalised the Letter of Request (LoR) for the acquisition of the 4.5-generation multirole jets for the IAF.“The LoR is ready and it is expected to be sent to France in a few weeks,” defence sources told TOI. LOR is a formal govt-to-govt document used to initiate major defence acquisitions under international frameworks like foreign military sales or intergovernmental agreements. The earlier estimate for the mega deal is worth around 3.25 lakh crore.Under the proposed deal, nearly 90…

Lucknow: UP govt said on Monday that the farmer registry campaign, being conducted in the state with the objective of providing transparent and quick benefits of govt schemes to farmers, has now started showing results on a large scale.A govt spokesperson said that more than 2.28 crore farmers have been registered so far, which is 79.10% of the target set by central govt.The farmer registry campaign in the state was launched on Nov 5, 2024. Centre has set a target of registering 2,88,70,495 farmers in UP.According to the current report, 2,28,36,658 farmers have been enrolled so far, while registration of…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the National Testing Agency over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, saying no lesson had been learnt and mistakes were being repeated, a reference to recurring incidents of mismanagement of the medical entrance exam’s conduct.In view of difficulties being faced by lakhs of students after the May 3 exam was cancelled – with a fresh test on June 21 – following the paper leak, a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe decided to examine the process followed by NTA, particularly in light of various directions issued by SC two years…

GUWAHATI: Assam govt tabled a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in assembly on Monday, proposing a common law on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession, following in the footsteps of Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to enact UCC post-Independence.The ‘Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 bill’ introduced by state parliamentary affairs minister Atul Bora, states that the common legal framework for citizens is aimed at providing a tool for social justice and equality in the state.The bill also proposes to protect the state’s cultural diversity, allowing marriages to be solemnized through any existing religious ceremony or custom, including Vedic vivah, Nikah or Holy…

Lucknow: A court on Monday convicted 22 persons for attack, arson and loot of a police outpost in UP’s Barabanki in an 11-year-old case. The court, however, acquitted all of them of attempt to murder charge on account of inadequate evidence.Additional district and sessions judge, Barabanki, Rakesh Kumar Singh also imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on each convict.All 22 convicts were held guilty under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with weapons), 395 (dacoity), 397 (causing injury), 332 (causing hurt to public servant), 353 (use force against public servant), 436 (mischief by fire), 504 (insult) and 506 (intimidation) read with…

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NEW DELHI: CJI Surya Kant, who had clarified that he respected youth of India a day after his ‘cockroach’ remark went viral and led to setting up of a satirical Cockroach Janta Party, on Monday made light of a lawyer’s emotive arguments accusing CJP founder Abhijit Dipke of attempting to denigrate and defame the judiciary.Advocate N K Goswami sought urgent listing of a PIL seeking action against Dipke for attempting to distort the CJI’s remark and commercially exploit the situation using social media algorithms to sensationalise the issue by misquoting and misusing the CJI’s remark without specifying the context. The…