Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) is rolling out the electricity bill relief scheme from Monday, offering benefits to domestic and small commercial consumers, whose bill has been pending for a long period.The scheme provides 100% waiver on surcharge and interest, along with a 25% discount on the principal amount of outstanding bills. Consumers who…
Lucknow: Chief electoral officer of Uttar Pradesh, Navdeep Rinwa, announced that the Election Commission of India has extended the timeline for the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls based on the eligibility date of Jan 1, 2026. The revision schedule has been extended by one week, and new dates have been issued.According to the revised schedule,…
Lucknow: Basti police on Sunday arrested six members of an inter-district cyber fraud network involved in operating mule accounts, cheating citizens and siphoning off funds from across the country.Teams from Kotwali Police Station, Lalganj Police Station and the Cyber Cell arrested three accused, Sujit Chaudhary, Nipendra Chaudhary and Ramnath Chauhan, near the Mathauli Chhath Ghat…
Lucknow: The government railway police (GRP) in Etawah has booked train ticket examiner (TTE) Santosh Kumar for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after Arti Yadav, 30, wife of an Indian Navy chief petty officer, was found dead along the tracks between Samhon and Bharthana stations on Nov 26.According to the FIR, Arti had mistakenly…
Lucknow: Awadh’s famous crafts and traditions are still alive, but they are in danger if artists do not get proper support. This was the strongest message at the third session of the Koshala Literature Festival.The discussion, titled ‘Living Legacies: The Intangible Art of Awadh’, brought together Taha Ahmed, Maroof Kulman, Taqi Abbas, Devanshi Seth and…
Lucknow: Science can tell us what happens and how it works, but it cannot answer why things matter. This idea set the theme for the session “Clash of Ideals: Myth and Modernity” at the Koshala Literature Festival.Speaker Sharad Bindal said science, history, and mythology each play a different role: science explains facts, history keeps records,…
Lucknow: A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her brother after he found her talking to a male friend over the phone in Basti.The crime occurred on Nov 16 but came to light on Sunday after an investigation by five police teams formed by Gonda SP Vineet Jaiswal. As per reports, the victim, a resident of…
Elon Musk in WTF podcast Episode 16 warns of H-1B visa misuse by outsourcing firms Elon Musk, in Nikhil Kamath’s podcast, raised concerns over the H-1B visa programme, claiming that outsourcing firms have exploited the system. The billionaire entrepreneur stated that some companies have “kind of gamed the system on the H-1B front,” as quoted…
Lucknow: Concern over issues related to stray dogs, new animal welfare rules, and the need for dignified last rites for the poor dominated the opening session, titled ‘Revolutionary Voices of Lucknow’, of the Koshala Literature Festival on Sunday.The session featured young social activists Versha Verma, Ruchi Kishore, Nilay Agarwal, and Harshit Singh, and was moderated…
Lucknow: Young writers must ‘become the character’ to write honestly for the screen. This was the key message from screenwriter Vaibhav Vishal during the session ‘Scripted Realities: Mirror of a Streaming Nation’ at the Koshala Literature Festival. Speaking with Soumya Singh, Vishal shared how deep research and close observation shaped his character-driven storytelling.Vishal, known for…
