Lucknow: Two days after jailed gangster Gyanendra Dhaka allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from a school manager in UP’s Baghpat over phone, officials Thursday recovered a mobile from his cell in Lalitpur district jail.DG prisons P C Meena has suspended jailer Jivan Singh, deputy jailer Prince Babu and warder Akash Kushwaha for negligence and dereliction…
BENGALURU: A political row has broken out in Karnataka after BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri claimed that India’s national anthem was composed “to welcome the British official”, a remark that drew sharp criticism from Congress minister Priyank Kharge. Speaking at an event in Honnavar to mark 150 years of Vande Mataram, Kageri argued that the…
Lucknow: In a bid to build trust-based cooperation between the police and commercial sector, curb law-and-order violations and ensure public safety as the city’s vehicular and economic activity continues to grow, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Thursday convened a meeting with four-wheeler and two-wheeler showroom owners and managers.The meeting was held at the Daliganj office…
Lucknow: On the inaugural day of the 41st Sub-Junior, 9th Cadet and 42nd Senior UP State Taekwondo Championship, Lucknow took the lead in the medal tally by winning 6 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals, while Agra secured 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Olympic…
Lucknow: BJP has set up dedicated war rooms and special teams of functionaries at the booth level as part of its strategy to step up vigilance in the assembly constituencies during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh.The war rooms, primarily constituted at the district and regional levels, are being handled by a…
Lucknow: “Kaise ho, DSP?” (How are you, DSP?) asked the Prime Minister to Deepti Sharma during his interaction with the World Cup-winning Indian women’s team on Wednesday. Deepti, who is a DSP in the UP Police, also received special praise from the PM.“The Prime Minister appreciated me a lot and even asked about my Hanuman…
Maya Handa, appointed in July 2025, transformed Zohran Mamdani’s underdog mayoral campaign into a disciplined, citywide movement/ Image: Linkedin, file When Zohran Mamdani made history by securing the mayoralty of New York City, one name was inevitably linked to his victory: Maya Handa. Appointed as Mamdani’s campaign manager in July 2025, Handa played a pivotal…
Lucknow: The Cyber Crime Cell Lucknow on Thursday busted a racket involving fake firms and fraudulent bank accounts used to siphon off crores of rupees through online scams.Three accused — including a deputy branch manager of a private bank — were arrested. The arrested accused has been identified as Umakant (36), Rajiv Biswas (28), both…
Sulakshana Pandit, who sparked to prominence as a singer-actor in the 1970s and whose promising career was cut short by a string of unfortunate events, passed away following a heart attack at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital on Thursday. She was 71.Sulakshana Pandit was only 13 when first noticed in ‘Saat samundar paar se’ (film: Taqdeer, 1967),…
Lucknow: Police in Rae Bareli district arrested a 43-year-old man late Thursday for allegedly circulating an AI-generated objectionable image of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.The accused, identified as Pintu Yadav alias Sunil Yadav, son of Hariram and a resident of Bania Ka Purwa village under Salon police station area, was taken into custody…
