Day: December 9, 2025

Lucknow | A renewed call for widespread public awareness on filaria prevention echoed at the Chief Medical Officer Office (CMO) , as the district health administration prepared for the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign beginning February 10. Addressing members of the District Core Group during a review meeting, Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) Dr. D.K. Srivastava urged all stakeholders to use every available platform—public gatherings, community meetings, and institutional forums—to spread crucial information about the prevention of this debilitating disease. “We must collectively ensure that accurate information on filaria reaches…

New Delhi: In the labyrinthine corridors of Indian power—where access is currency, silence is strategy, and influence often wears an invisible cloak—few figures command as much mystique as Hiren Joshi. At 54, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for Communications and Information Technology in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) wields an authority far exceeding his joint-secretary-level designation. For more than a decade, Joshi has remained the unseen hand behind the country’s most meticulously crafted political messaging, a shadow strategist whose fingerprints touch everything from the Prime Minister’s multilingual tweets to…

Noida: Noida is preparing to welcome a new wildlife attraction with the development of a dedicated Deer Park inside the Sector-91 Biodiversity Park. The project plan has been finalised, and officials expect the tender process to begin within the next 15 days. Once approvals are secured, construction will be allotted to the lowest eligible bidder and work will commence immediately. The pace of the project has accelerated following the inauguration of the Jungle Trail on December 1. As per the timeline, authorities aim to complete the Deer Park within a…

Lucknow | The 5 UP Air Squadron NCC, Lucknow, held a significant review of its 10-day Annual Training Camp on December 6, with Group Commander Brigadier Puneet Srivastava conducting a detailed inspection. The camp, which began on December 1, is being held at the premises of the 02 Military Training Battalion, Army Medical Corps Centre & College in Lucknow Cantonment. A total of 405 cadets—both boys and girls—are participating in this intensive training programme. Brigadier Srivastava interacted with the cadets, reviewed ongoing activities, and examined the training standards being implemented…

Lucknow: A sharp political exchange unfolded in the Lok Sabha during a special discussion marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, with Samajwadi Party chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav launching a pointed attack on the BJP-led central government. Speaking during the session, Yadav accused the ruling party of trying to claim ownership over every national symbol and sentiment. Invoking the example of IndiGo Airlines, Yadav said that services once promised to be affordable and accessible to the common man were now either grounded or deliberately not being operated. His remarks were…