Новости за 10.03.2016

Within hours of Crisil downgrading debt ratings of troubled steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) to default, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund offloaded its entire holding of JSPL's bonds.

Bengaluru-based data analytics firm Mu Sigma has been slapped with a lawsuit by a US investor who has alleged that founder Dhiraj Rajaram wrongly painted a dim picture of the company in order to buy back the investor's shares at a low value.

Infosys co-founders Kris Gopalakrishnan and S D Shibulal, as also some of the latter's family members, have sold 75 lakh shares in the firm worth Rs 862 crore on the stock exchanges.

Prominent officials of the city will prepare IAS aspirants for the interview round by holding an interactive session for them at the mini secretariat on Saturday.

Shimlapuri police booked a police station Munshi for negligence after a drug peddler arrested a few days ago, escaped from custody.The accused was identified as Hawaldar Gurmeet Singh of Shimlapuri police station.

In a big relief to the residents of four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Rajasthan -- three oil companies announced to bring down the retail selling price of petrol and diesel by Rs 1.56 and 1.41 respectively. The new rate of petrol is Rs 61.60 and that of diesel is Rs 48.65 per litre in Lucknow, applicable from March 9 midnight.

The ‘Azaadi’ anthem which resonated JNU campus and caught the imagination of the country recently has its genesis in a song written and composed by Lucknow artist Ravi Nagar in 1993. Nagar had composed the song for an IPTA event.

Residents of Moti Nagar staged a protest against the installation of mobile towers in one of the parks in the area.

Congress’s newly minted poll strategist Prashant Kishor will make Uttar Pradesh his home following the assembly elections in five states ending May this year. Sources in the Congress told TOI Kishor will camp in Lucknow ahead of the UP polls and will also set up a new team for Uttar Pradesh, drafting talent for which is already underway.

Roads caved in at two different points at Mohar Singh Nagar on Thursday evening. Sources said the incident happened as there was leakage in the water pipes beneath the road.

Ram Advani was a gentleman to the marrow of his bone.He was not a bookseller of usual type.His shop displayed a variety of subjects including, cricket, history and literature.

The Lucknow bench of the high court has granted three weeks to the Election Commission to file its reply to the plea raised by Krishna Patel , the president of Apna Dal that the commission has virtually derecognized the party by imposing restrictions on it. The court also issued notice to Krishna's daughter Anupriya Patel who is claiming herself to be the president of the party.

The Lucknow bench of the high court has granted three weeks to the Election Commission to file its reply to the plea raised by Krishna Patel , the president of Apna Dal that the commission has virtually derecognized the party by imposing restrictions on it. The court also issued notice to Krishna's daughter Anupriya Patel who is claiming herself to be the president of the party.

The high court on Thursday turned down a plea seeking restriction on the 150-year celebrations in Allahabad High Court on March 13.

A month after Class XII girl student from Jankipuram was brutally raped and murdered, police investigations received a setback as DNA test of two accused proved inconclusive.

Studies, career plans, relationships, social media and more, students today have a lot on their plate.No wonder they feel stress management and health are an area that need their attention at an early stage.

The municipal corporation will launch an android app 'Finlo', developed by software engineer Ishant Kumar from Kitchlu Nagar, that will enable residents in finding parking lots in the city on their mobile phones.

Any child older than three years wetting bed could be suffering with a kidney ailment.If care is not taken, warn nephrologists in the city, children may develop develop urinary tract infection.

As over a lakh guests arrived, for senior minister Shivpal Yadav, there was no stress on the day he had to lead the marriage procession of his son Adtiya Yadav, chairman of the Pradeshiya Cooperative Federation (PCF) with Rajlaxmi in their native village Saifai in Etawah district on Thursday.

A day after punters turned the National Highway (NH) 24-which passes through Amroha, Uttar Pradesh- into a race course, police lodged an FIR against seven persons and arrested two of them for hosting the event.

With the one-month extension given to the officiating chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission Sunil Kumar Jain coming to an end on March 10, UPPSC has once again become headless.

Two bird lovers who had kept more than a 100 pigeons at home protested outside the Dugri police station with their near dear ones, after the police allegedly refused to lodge a case into the theft of their pigeons by some unidentified miscreants at Preet Nagar here on Thursday morning.

Requesting Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar to grant permission for recarpeting the Lalitpur airstrip, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote to the ministry on Thursday, saying the state will bear the cost incurred in the exercise.