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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, CPI-M’s Subhashini Ali and CPI leader Annie Raja will also be in attendance.The conference, which is part of the centenary celebrations of late DMK leader M.Karunanidhi, will be presided by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Sonia Gandhi is also scheduled to make an address.The conference will strongly register its opposition to the BJP government’s insincerity regarding the reservation for women also also take up the issue of the Centre’s indifferent approach towards the Manipur situation.Lack of employment, safety and other issues affecting women will also be…

Lokesh, who met Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday night, alleged that Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy was acting with political vendetta to target them.The TDP leader posted on ‘X’ after the meeting that he apprised Amit Shah of the blatant misuse of state machinery by YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh, the regime revenge against Chandrababu Naidu and the appalling condition in which he has been lodged in the prison where his life is under threat.Lokesh told the union minister that on one hand Naidu has been arrested while on the other he was being harassed in the name of…

Mohammad Nasir, who was in the B 7 coach of the ill-fated train, lost his young cousin in the accident.“We were travelling in B 7 coach of North East Express. After having dinner, we talked and then were trying to sleep when something happened.”We were suddenly thrown off our seats. I was shocked and initially couldn’t understand anything.”The train had overturned at high speed.When I tried to look around, I couldn’t find my cousin. And then I found him dead. He was just 25.”Nasir lost his cousin, Abu Jaid (25) in the train tragedy. “I also sustained injuries,” said Mohammad…

He said that a state-of-the-art laboratory is coming up in Lucknow to help with artificial insemination of cattle to improve breeds and ensure higher numbers of females are birthed to increase milk production.For breed improvement under the National Gokul Mission, a breed multiplication farm for 200 cows is being set up at a cost of Rs 4 crore and permission has been received for four such farms, the minister said.He added that to increase milk production, the Nandbaba Milk Mission has been launched with 35 dairies of 25 indigenous cows each being set up in ten districts and four dairies…

“Chief Ministers and governors of states and ambassadors of various countries should not visit Ayodhya on consecration ceremony day to ensure that they do not face any inconvenience. We will not be able to serve them and the same could be the case with the administrative officials,” Rai said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will attend the ceremony.“People will visit Ayodhya from January 26 to February 22. That time would also be suitable for the dignitaries to visit the temple town,” he said.–IANSamita/ksk

A retired IAS officerRam Kunwar, resident of Lucknow’s Prag Narayan Road, was duped of Rs 5 lakhs on Wednesday.Kunwar said he received a message on October 3, informing him that his account had been credited with Rs 29.78 crore and he notified the Central Bank’s Jopling Road branch.“I complained to the bank manager, who told me the message was not sent by the bank and offered no explanation as to how I got the message. I decided to talk to the zonal manager of the bank but they did not cooperate either and told me to speak to a junior…

“The FIR was registered under IPC 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion) and the matter is being investigated,” said Additional DCP (East) Syed Abbas Ali on the complaint lodged by Rakesh Kumar Shastri. Shastri had, through a food delivery app, ordered dry chilli paneer from the restaurant in Chander Nagar area, but received chilli chicken instead. “When we began to eat, my wife said it tasted strange. I checked the box and found that the restaurant had sent us chilli chicken instead of chili paneer,” he said in…

A 60-day special drive will be launched in all districts wherein all revenue related matters and land dispute cases will be settled, said officials.District administration officers had been directed to dispose of cases related to boundary of land within three months, those related to possession of land by succession within 45 days and cases related to division of land holding within six months, said a Revenue Department spokesman.The state government went into action mode after the killing of six people in a group clash over a land dispute in Fatehpur village in Deoria on October 2.Earlier, three members of a…

The decision came from the state agricultural research and education department during a transformative agricultural workshop titled ‘Uttar Pradesh Krishi Prayogiki Manthan’ held at IIT-K this week.Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Devesh Chaturvedi, secretary, agriculture, Raj Shekhar and special secretary, agricultural research and education, Ajay Kumar Dwivedi were prominent among those present at the event.“The agricultural sector will play a pivotal role in realising the objective of creating a trillion-dollar economy and transforming India into a developed nation by 2047,” said Chaturvedi.“There is a pressing need for the emergence of startups in the sector as 65 per cent of the workforce…

The grand opening of the Ram temple is proposed between January 21 and 24, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest.“A large number of NRIs are in touch with the Trust and they want to come to Ayodhya to pay obeisance to Lord Ram. We have decided to invite them after January 26 (2024),” Champat Rai, general secretary of the Trust, told reporters.“Specific dates will be fixed for NRIs of one country for their Ayodhya visit. However, the Trust will not decide the dates. We have left it to the NRIs to fix dates for their visit.“NRIs…