Lucknow: Buoyed by its stupendous success in Bihar, the BJP plans to hoist its own brand of ‘M-Y’ (Mahila-Yuva) poll narrative to take on the opposition’s PDA (Piccha, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) plank in the run-up to the 2027 UP assembly elections.Recasting it from the Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) combination that once formed the power axis of the Samajwadi…
Lucknow: A massive fire broke out at Rungta Industries Ltd in Gorakhpur’s GIDA Sector-15 at around 4 am on Friday when a pipeline linked to a 50,000-litre hexane tank caught fire, triggering a district-level emergency response.Despite deployment of over 25 fire tenders and National Disaster Response Force units, the blaze continued into the evening, prompting…
Lucknow: To make wildlife travel convenient during the approaching holiday season, the special AC 2×2 bus service from Kaiserbagh Bus Station, Lucknow to Dudhwa National Park has now been extended for entire Nov. The service originally began as a pilot project on Nov 4 and was scheduled only for 15 days. Launched by UPSRTC on…
Lucknow: A swift and coordinated effort by some sensitive citizens saved an injured owl in the city as official help got delayed. The incident took place in Sector-H of Jankipuram on Friday. Some local residents spotted an injured owl on the road around 8 am and alerted the forest department. But despite repeated calls and…
Lucknow: Three govt officials, including the SDM of Milkipur, were seriously injured on Friday evening after their official vehicle crashed into a divider on the Ayodhya–Raebareli highway and skidded nearly 20 metres before coming to a halt.SDM Sudhir Kumar suffered deep head injuries and required around 20 stitches, while Nayab Tehsildar Ranjan Verma sustained a…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the road widening in Varanasi’s Dalmandi area, which has been going on for the past several years, has left the local traders struggling for survival and it reflected the BJP’s narrow mindset.“There is a perception that the BJP is doing this because the party was no…
Lucknow: The latest QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2026 has placed IIT Kanpur at the top position in UP, followed by BHU and IIT-BHU. The 2026 edition reviewed 1,994 universities, of which six institutions from UP found a place. IIT Kanpur secured the 310th position globally with an overall score of 77, while BHU stood…
Lucknow: The Madiaon police on Friday arrested three members of a burglary gang behind a high-value theft at the home of Fatehpur SDM Anamika Srivastava, recovering stolen jewelry and cash worth nearly Rs 30 lakh.Police said search was on for two more accused linked to the gang. The burglary took place around 2:30 am on…
Lucknow: Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving the accuracy and speed of X-ray and CT scan diagnoses, experts said at the two-day national conference NCRITCON-2025 on Friday. Prof Mohammad Usman Khan, an expert in Radiological and Imaging Technology, said AI can determine the correct radiation dose and angle for each organ, leading to clearer images and…
Lucknow: A police team from Ayodhya was attacked in Sultanpur district on Thursday when it had gone to arrest an accused involved in an attempted murder case. The attackers, identified as relatives of the accused, assaulted two sub-inspectors and a constable, snatched a service revolver and mobile phones, and fled from the spot. A multi-district…
