Lucknow: More than 2.15 crore farmers will receive the next instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release from Coimbatore on Wednesday.The 21st instalment of the fund, amounting Rs 4,314.26 crore, will be transferred directly into the accounts of beneficiaries. So far, Rs 90,354.32 crore of PM Kisan Samman…
Lucknow: The UP State Electricity Board Engineers’ Association will launch a phased protest from Nov 20 against the alleged harassment of engineers by energy management authorities. The association has appealed to CM Yogi Adityanath to intervene and restore a healthy work environment in power corporations.Association president Sanjay Singh Chauhan said a request was made on…
Lucknow: A 17-year-old delivery worker died while another was severely injured after their motorcycle collided head-on with a school van coming from the wrong direction on the Nauabasta railway overbridge on Hardoi Road on Tuesday. The accident occurred around 2.30 pm when the van, belonging to a private school, was travelling with six kids. It…
Kanpur: Three people were killed and 25 others injured after a private double-decker bus heading to Siwan (Bihar) from Delhi crashed on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway near Kanpur early Tuesday morning.The deceased included five-year-old Anurag, son of Siwan resident Ajay, said sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Bilhaur, Sanjeev Kumar Dixit. “The deceased child’s mother, Guddi Devi, had her…
Jhansi: Jalaun district magistrate Rajesh Kumar Pandey was awarded by President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday for his innovative steps in water conservation in the parched Jalaun district of Bundelkhand.Jalaun shared the award in category one along with two other districts –Varanasi and Mirzapur. Pandey was awarded during the 6th National Water and first Jal Sanchay…
Lucknow: The UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) has on Tuesday invited online applications for 41,424 vacant home guard volunteer posts across all UP districts. The online application window is open from Nov 18 to Dec 17.Officials said the district-wise vacancy chart has been released, covering all 75 districts. Districts with high vacancies include…
Gorakhpur: Stating that the era when victims struggled and criminals roamed freely is over, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the new Uttar Pradesh does not accept crime, and if any loot or snatching takes place, the accused is seen limping in jail within a few hours.Speaking at the inauguration of the newly…
LUCKNOW: Investigators from the Haryana Police, Delhi Police Special Cell, Uttar Pradesh ATS, and Jammu & Kashmir Police are jointly probing whether arrested doctors Shaheen Saeed and Muzammil Shakeel purchased multiple vehicles as part of a larger serial bombing conspiracy linked to the Red Fort blast.According to probe sources, Saeed and Shakeel — both associated…
LUCKNOW: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday honoured Gorakhpur-born IAS officer Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal with the Best District (North East Zone) award at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi — marking his third consecutive national honour for exemplary public service.Jaiswal, a native of Mundera Bazar in Chauri Chaura and currently serving as the District…
LUCKNOW: A Bahraich court on late Monday sentenced a Chinese woman to eight years of simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for illegally entering India through the Indo-Nepal border in December 2023. The verdict was delivered by the Third Additional Sessions Judge, who held the accused guilty under Section 14A of the…
