Lucknow: The quantity of water wasted each day as “reject water” from the use of domestic reverse osmosis (RO) systems in the city is enough to meet the daily drinking water needs of nearly 33–40 lakh people, according to estimates by experts.They said regular cleaning and maintenance of pipelines and overhead tanks can ensure a…
NEW DELHI: In every organisation, be it government or private, increment in an employee’s salary is an annual affair. Not in Supreme Court, where CJIs, on the eve of retirement and irrespective of length of tenure, used discretionary powers to sanction multiple increments to a select few employees.Those who had been Chief Justice of India…
Lucknow: The car of BJP member Rahul Mishra was allegedly vandalised and pieces of raw meat were allegedly placed inside the vehicle in Sarojininagar.The shocking discovery was made on Monday morning when Rahul Mishra found the rear window of his Swift car shattered by bricks. Lying inside the vehicle was approximately 2 kilograms of meat….
Lucknow: A six-year-old boy was seriously injured after being struck by a speeding car in the Krishnanagar area. The child is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, while the victim’s family lodged a formal complaint with the police.According to Reshma, wife of Dharmveer and a resident of Barabirwa, the incident occurred on Monday around 9…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) is set to overhaul the state’s electricity connection process by scrapping the decades-old estimate-based system and inspector raj.Under the proposed arrangement, consumers seeking connections up to 150 kW within 300 metres will pay a single lumpsum fee, while the electricity department will take full responsibility for infrastructure,…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday ordered the surprise inspection of paddy procurement centres in Shahjahanpur and take action against those where irregularities are detected.He gave the directives during Janata Darshan at his Lucknow residence, after a farmer from Shahjahanpur came up with a complaint of negligence at a paddy procurement centre. A PAC…
KOCHI: The survivor in the actor abduction and sexual assault case has, in a social media post, severely criticised the trial court verdict, which acquitted actor Dileep, the eighth accused, of conspiracy charges and awarded 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment to six convicts. The Ernakulam district and principal sessions court had found that the prosecution had…
Lucknow: For the first time, the political backwardness of a village is going to be ascertained before holding panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh. In line with the urban local body elections, the panchayati raj department has recommended to the state govt to constitute a commission that would collect empirical data from the ground to meet…
OP SinghOver the past eight years, Uttar Pradesh has undergone a profound transformation in its internal security environment. A state once synonymous with organized crime, entrenched mafia networks, and fear-driven governance has witnessed a decisive rollback of criminal dominance. This shift did not occur by chance; it was the result of foundational crime control measures…
Lucknow: A speeding unidentified vehicle rammed head-on into a car near Birouli village in front of Sameer International School in the Barabanki’s Masouli police station area on Monday morning, killing two persons and leaving a woman critically injured. .According to eyewitnesses, the unidentified vehicle was moving at a high speed when it collided with the…
