August 2025

Lucknow: Noida Kings set a new milestone by scoring 248/2, the highest total in the history of the UPT20 League across all three seasons, surpassing Meerut Mavericks’ 239-run record from the inaugural season. However, Gorakhpur Lions put up a spirited fight, reaching 222/8 before falling short by 26 runs in their UPT20 League encounter at…

Lucknow: Even as the state govt seeks to step up activities under the Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) for 2025-26, latest records show that almost half of the project works initiated under the scheme in the last 2024-25 fiscal remain uncompleted.Rural development department data (updated till Aug 25) shows that…

Lucknow: A Farrukhabad court on Wednesday sentenced gangster-politician Anupam Dubey and his associate Balkishan alias Shishu to life imprisonment in the sensational daylight murder of PWD contractor Shamim in 1995.Additional district and sessions judge, Farrukhabad Tarun Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 1.03 lakh each on both the convicts. Shamim was brazenly shot…

Lucknow: Similar to making the blue ‘gamchha’, or stole, a mandatory dress code for its workforce, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is making many efforts to enhance its visibility among voters, especially when it has only one MLA in the UP legislative assembly. The latest may be the party’s national president Mayawati’s rally in Lucknow…