Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Wednesday accused the state govt of shielding illegal mining operations in Sonbhadra, alleging that a nexus between the mining mafia and those in power was claiming lives of tribal labourers.Rai visited Panari village in Sonbhadra to meet the families of Indrajeet Yadav and Santosh Yadav, who were…
Lucknow: Interrogation of the arrested accused in the Delhi blast case has revealed a deeper chain of influence, with investigators claiming that the arrested Kashmir-based cleric, Maulvi Irfan Ahmad, radicalised the key conspirators. Investigators say he systematically targeted young medical professionals using layered indoctrination and emotional manipulation.Maulvi Irfan first radicalised Dr Muzammil by establishing a…
Lucknow: In a first, the state govt has come up with a special training module, ‘Navarambh’, to connect children from child and juvenile shelter homes with the mainstream.The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), in collaboration with the women welfare department and Unicef, selected 46 teachers from the basic education department for expert…
Lucknow: As the state govt inches closer to collecting one crore suggestions for the Viksit Uttar Pradesh 2047 vision document, the planning department has started stakeholders’ meetings with various departments coming together to discuss development strategies.On Wednesday, the social welfare department organised a meeting with participation from nine departments, including social welfare, minority affairs, women…
Varanasi: A Pocso court in Varanasi has sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl. Special judge (Pocso) Vinod Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict Irshad, a resident of Ramnagar in Varanasi.The court delivered the verdict within 11 months of the crime. Special public…
Lucknow: The reduction in stamp and registration charges for rent agreements is set to be implemented across the state from Thursday. The proposal to reduce the stamp and registration duties by as much as 90%, cleared by the Cabinet recently, was notified on Wednesday.A govt official said until now, UP saw an average of 36,000…
Lucknow: World Toilet Day was observed by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation with a series of programmes across several zones, focusing on toilet use, public hygiene, and the contribution of sanitation workers. New public toilets were inaugurated, and workers were felicitated to stress the link between basic facilities and public health.In Zone 6 near Chowk Stadium,…
Lucknow: A construction firm was slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 and blacklisted for a year after complaints of poor road construction work in Chinhat Ward II led to a surprise inspection by divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant and municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar on Wednesday.Pant reached the Vikalp area following reports that recently started road…
Lucknow: The Hindustan Handicrafts Festival 2025, which brought together artisans and traditional craft forms from 28 states, began at Smriti Upvan in Aashiana on Wednesday. The week-long festival was inaugurated by Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh and BJP MP Dinesh Sharma. Singh said handicrafts represent the “soul of India,” with nearly 3 crore people dependent on…
Lucknow: Approval was granted to a proposal to increase the total capacity of each of the 18 Atal Schools to 1,000 students. As part of this proposal, floated in a meeting of the Atal Residential School State-Level Monitoring Committee on Wednesday, 160 students will be admitted to Class 6 and 60 students to Class 9…
