Lucknow: Weeks preceding Christmas comprise plum cake season, making Dec most important month in the baker’s calendar, preparations for it beginning much earlier than most customers realise.Preparing a plum cake demands patience and planning. Bakers soak raisins, currants, candied peel and nuts in rum or wine as early as Aug or Sep, for them to…
Lucknow: A special PMLA court in Lucknow has taken cognisance of the prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate against Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s wife Louise Khurshid and others for alleged offences of money laundering related to the “misuse” of government funds in 2009-10 in the distribution of artificial limbs…
Lucknow: With rise in cyber fraud and high-tech crime cases alongside expansion of digital transactions and online services, UP govt under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has intensified efforts to technologically empower police force to safeguard citizens and strengthen digital trust.Official data shared by govt in state Assembly shows of 84,705 police personnel received certified training…
Lucknow: With the preparations complete, the lotus-shaped Rashtra Prerna Sthal, spread over 65 acres in the Basant Kunj area of Lucknow, is all set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.The Prime Minister’s address will be telecast live on LED screens installed at major intersections across the city to facilitate wider public…
Lucknow: A medical emergency unfolded aboard Air India Express flight IX-2048 travelling from Bengaluru to Lucknow on Monday, when a 70-year-old passenger, Chandrashekhar Kumar, suddenly fell unconscious mid-air. The pilot alerted Lucknow airport authorities in advance, prompting medical teams to prepare for an emergency response.The flight touched down at 12:40 pm, and as soon as…
Lucknow: The second phase of the Gomti riverfront green corridor will open partially for traffic from Dec 25, allowing movement between Samtamulak crossing and Nishatganj.LDA has completed major works on this section, part of a Rs 130 crore package that includes bridges over Kukrail and related road links to ease congestion. Vehicular access will start…
Lucknow: Highlighting how society could move forward only if it drew inspiration from the “glorious moments of history”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said it was equally necessary to take timely action to correct the mistakes of the past.“India preserved its traditions through festivals and celebrations and there was no political interference in it….
Lucknow: As Annual Week of Colvin Taluqdars’ College concluded with Darbar Day on Tuesday, the campus warmed up with of nostalgia with alumni reliving student days, their memories of classrooms, corridors and open fields returning with striking clarity.From batch of 1976, Rajesh Narayan Sehgal said, “During agriculture classes, learning often took a back seat as…
Lucknow: A dispute over property claimed a life after a man and his wife allegedly beat his elder brother to death in Gomti Nagar’s Khargapur area on Tuesday, police said.The deceased was identified as Ramdev (52). According to police, Ramdev had stepped out around 8.30pm to buy vegetables when he was intercepted near the panchayat…
Lucknow: As fog thickens in the city, winter nights become merciless for the destitute. On pavements, under flyovers, near shuttered shops and deserted bus stops, as the homeless curl up, shivering under little more than thin plastic sheets or torn clothes, men and women of Hazratganj police step beyond their call of duty. A constable…
