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Time of India
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
LU teacher in spot over anti-RSS remarks
Lucknow: The controversy surrounding associate professor Ravikant Chandan from Lucknow University 's Hindi department deepened as the university administration granted permission for legal proceedings. The professor's alleged social media posts about RSS triggered protests by students, leading to formal complaints. The matter gained attention across academic circles, prompting swift action from the university authorities. The university officials conducted internal meetings to review the situation before arriving at their decision. The Registrar's office formally communicated the prosecution approval to relevant government departments through official channels. Vice-chancellor Prof. Alok Kumar Rai approved the prosecution of Ravikant for prosecution in the court of justice. After the VC's approval for his prosecution, Registrar Vidyanand Tripathi issued a letter in this regard and informed the government. Ravikant has been in controversy in the past as well. There was a lot of uproar over his comment on the Kashi Vishwanath temple earlier. When contacted, the associate professor refused to comment, saying that he is yet to receive the official communication. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Älä anna huonon muistin haitata, kun siihen voi vaikuttaa. Lectinect Aivot Saa tarjous On June 9, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court had granted interim anticipatory bail to Madri Kakoti, an assistant professor of linguistics at Lucknow University, for her controversial posts on social media after the Pahalgam terror attack. The order was passed by the vacation single bench of Justice Rajiv Singh.
Hindustan Times
16-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Indian-origin Naval Ravikant slides into X user's DM over viral ‘untold story': 'Full of made up numbers'
Naval Ravikant asked a Portugal-based founder to delete an X post about his 'life story.' The India-original businessman rubbished the post's claims that he was raised by a single mother after being abandoned by his father at the age of nine. 'Born poor in India. Abandoned by his father at 9. Raised in NYC libraries by a single mother. He turned nothing into $2B predicting the future. The untold story of how Naval Ravikant hacked reality with his intelligence,' Nik Huno wrote on X. His post soon went viral and accumulated nearly three million views. However, it turned out that Huno got fact-checked by Ravikant himself, who dropped a response to the post asking him to delete the share. Ravikant posted, 'Sorry Nik, but this whole thread is full of made up numbers and "facts." Best to just delete it.' After this, Huno promptly deleted the X post and even apologised. In a separate X share, Huno wrote that he deleted the post on Ravikant, which has millions of views, claiming that he wrote it because he thought Ravikant's life story was inspiring. 'But Naval DMed and asked me to delete the thread because some of the facts/data were incorrect and could potentially do harm,' he continued, adding that he removed the post. Huno posted that the incident taught him a valuable lesson about double-checking data collected from AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Perplexity AI. While some criticised Huno for posting a post that he had to delete after being fact-checked, most appreciated his honesty about the whole situation. An individual wrote, 'I really admire how you admit the mistake, explain how it was made, and delete the thread upon his request. That's amazing. The facts may not be true, but still, because of you, I got introduced to this great man with knowledge. Keep it up.' Another added, 'Good on you for admitting your mistake. Everyone makes mistakes; it's best to be humble and learn from them.'
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Time of India
Former Army sepoy held for job scam
Lucknow: The UP STF on Thursday arrested a former Indian Army sepoy for duping over two dozen youths of more than Rs 1 crore in the name of providing them jobs in the military. Ravikant Yadav , 25, of Raipur Babhnian village in Chandauli, was nabbed from the Vibhutikhand area following sustained surveillance and posed as a colonel and issued fake joining letters for positions such as Agniveer and nursing staff, promising secure entry into the armed forces in exchange for hefty SP, STF, Vishal Vikram Singh, who supervised the probe, said Ravikant joined the Indian Army in 2018 as a sepoy but went on extended leave in 2021. On return to his native place, he claimed to be a colonel and gained the trust of villagers. He began targeting unemployed youths in his locality and other districts, promising Army jobs in exchange for hefty sums. In one of his earliest scams, he collected Rs 20 lakh from four individuals and issued them forged appointment letters. A case was registered against him in Chandauli, and he was later while in jail, Ravikant's continued his fraudulent activities. Police in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, also produced him in court in another Army recruitment scam. After securing bail in both cases, Ravikant formally resigned from the Army in Dec 2022, reportedly returning Rs 11.85 lakh in recovery to the Army. However, he soon resumed his fraudulent operations. In 2023, Ravikant, in collusion with an Army subedar Dhruv Kumar Rajput, expanded his scam. He trapped Sher Singh from Farrukhabad and others, promising them jobs in nursing and Agniveer branches of Army. The victims, totaling 23, paid between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 11 lakh each. In total, the accused swindled over Rs 1.12 crore. The ASP said added that when Sher Singh attempted to verify the appointment letter, he was told that the same was fake. Sher Singh then lodged a case at Mau Darwaza Police Station, Farrukhabad. The case has since been transferred to Kadri Gate Police Station and is currently under investigation.
