Siddiq Khan

The incident occurred despite Pakistan suspending mobile phone coverage in many cities this weekend after a series of blasts on Shias were triggered by mobile phones in the last fortnight.

A collision involving six vehicles, including three trucks, on the Yamuna Expressway near Aligarh left three people seriously injured and killed over 100 goats. Separately, dense fog on the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway near Muzaffarnagar caused a 12-vehicle pileup, injuring two people, including a truck driver.

Lucknow is known for its rich classical music and dance traditions, nurtured by the nawabs. The Lucknow gharana has given rise to various genres, including instrumental and vocal music as well as dance. The gharana includes the Kathak gharana, known for its beauty and delicateness, the Thumri gharana, which transformed the traditional thumri into a refined art form, the Tabla gharana, with its unique style influenced by Kathak and pakhawaj, the Nakkara gharana, known for playing the nakkara with sticks, and the Qawwal Bachcha gharana, specializing in qawwali singing. Additionally, there is the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana known for its sarod playing.