The New Indian Express

1 day ago | newindianexpress.com | Namita Bajpai

According to Mukesh Meshram, principal secretary, tourism and culture, the aim is to earn a name for Lucknow as a city in the non-veg category because there is a wide range of mutton and chicken kebabs, a variety of biryani, other delicacies of mutton and chicken and a lot more. If the state capital is a non-veg haven, led by Tunday and Kakori kebabs, there is a vast range, including khaste, kachauri, Bajpai ki Puri, basket chaat, Paani ke batashe among others to woo the vegetarians.

1 day ago | newindianexpress.com | S Lalitha

By S Lalitha NEW DELHI: A helicopter en route to Kedarnath made an emergency landing on a highway in Rudraprayag district on Saturday after developing a technical issue during takeoff from the Sirsi helipad in Uttarakhand. A portion of the aircraft crashed into an empty stationary car below. All six people on board the private aircraft, including the pilot, are reported to be safe. This is the latest in a series of accidents involving helicopter trips along the Char Dham route in recent times.

1 day ago | newindianexpress.com | Suchitra Mohanty

By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: Anticipatory bail in cases involving serious offences should not be given in a mechanical manner, the Supreme Court has said. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta made the observation while setting aside an order of anticipatory bail to four accused persons in a murder case.

2 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Namita Bajpai

LUCKNOW: In a major crackdown, the Lucknow police tracked a rape accused, Deepak Verma, 24, and neutralised him in an encounter near the Sugarcane Institute in the Devi Kheda area on the outskirts of the state capital early Friday morning. Deepak, who had allegedly raped a two-and-a-half-year-old girl under the Alambagh metro station just hours earlier, was gunned down after he opened fire on a police team that had zeroed in on him.

2 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Rakesh Kumar

NEW DELHI: Starlink, led by Elon Musk, has received a Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) license in India, allowing the company to begin offering broadband services in the country. It is the third company to receive such a license from India's Department of Telecommunications, following approvals granted to Eutelsat's OneWeb and Reliance Jio. This development marks the formal entry of Elon Musk, the world's richest man, into India's communications services sector.