Lucknow: To ensure smooth traffic flow, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation plans to enforce no-parking rules strictly from the end of the month. To achieve this, the civic body’s executive committee has approved a proposal to use cranes to tow away vehicles parked in prohibited areas. The towing responsibility was previously handled by police, but earlier,…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said mafia culture had been uprooted from Uttar Pradesh and it could no longer prevail in the state. “Eight years ago, no one imagined a riot-free and mafia-free UP. Today, criminals cannot threaten women, daughters, or traders,” he said, while inaugurating two Kalyan Mandapam facilities at Manbela and…
Lucknow: A 25-year-old youth, identified as Alok Rawat, resident of Mouda village, died in a road accident on Saturday afternoon after a speeding pickup truck rammed into his bike near Dighiya village under Kakori police limits. Inspector Satish Chandra Rathore confirmed the pickup truck driver, identified as Rajesh of Nilmatha, attempted to flee the spot…
NEW DELHI: Calling it a farce, TMC and Samajwadi Party Saturday announced they would not join JPC on the bills and constitutional amendment that prescribe dismissal of CMs, ministers and the PM if they remain under arrest for 30 days. While TMC’s boycott was expected, SP’s decision has increased pressure on Congress to follow suit…
Intense debates, innovative draft resolutions and collaborative spirit marked 6th edition of Delhi Public School, Jankipuram Model United Nations (DPSJMUN) Conference 2025 on Aug 22 and 23. Participants simulated working of United Nations Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, All India Political Parties Meet, UN Women, Triple Joint Crisis Committee, International Press and the World…
PATNA: Diwakar Sharma remembers the past two elections clearly. His wife Deepti voted both times without trouble. Now her name has disappeared from the electoral roll, and the couple has just a week to prove she still belongs.Across Bihar, thousands are scrambling to reclaim their place on the rolls before the Sept 1 deadline –…
Lucknow: In a major crackdown on land mafia, Aligarh Police seized property worth over Rs 33 crore from individuals involved in real estate fraud in the Tappal area.The action was carried out under section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that empowers police and courts to attach property acquired through illegal means. Police…
Chennai: Madras HC recently reduced a one-year sentence to four days for a Kerala man convicted in a 2013 car crash that killed three pedestrians and grievously injured two bikers – ruling he was rushing a stranger who had attempted suicide to a hospital.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said driver S Sagul Hameed was not acting…
Lucknow: Following a court order, police on Friday registered an FIR against a girl, a hotel owner, and his staff in connection with the murder of 20-year-old pharmacy student Sachin Kumar Yadav, whose body was found hanging inside a hotel room in Lucknow’s Naka area on Aug 17 last year.Naka inspector Shrikant Rai said Sachin,…
A road is damaged after heavy rains, at Peer Kho in Jammu. (ANI file photo) JAMMU: A 52-year-old woman and her son were among three persons killed in two separate rain-related accidents while a fourth died after he was swept away in a flash flood Saturday.Several districts in Jammu region were lashed by rain since…
