Horses galloping at the races (BCCL Vishnu Jaiswal) Lucknow’s racing grounds came alive again as spectators gathered for an afternoon of action and celebration at the Millennium Cup Race at the Lucknow Race Course. BCCL (L-R) Amar Habibullah, Jaideep Mathur and Vikas Pandey The afternoon began with the spirited Indian-bred horse race, drawing energetic participation…
LUCKNOW: The Special Judge of CBI Court–I in Lucknow has taken cognisance of a money laundering complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against former Bhadohi MLA Vijay Mishra, former Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council member Ram Lali Mishra, and three others.Vijay Mishra, already serving a jail…
Amity International School, Viraj Khand, Gomtinagar, Lucknow, hosted the regional round of the National Youth Robotics Challenge on Monday. The event saw participation of over 150 students from leading schools across the region. Principal Rachna Mishra said the competition was also about nurturing skills, creativity and confidence in young people to tackle real-world challenges through…
Lucknow: Known as the Glass City, Firozabad is now carving a new identity as an emerging eco-tourism destination in Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Eco-Tourism Development Board has developed Ruriya Swarooppur village with modern, visitor-friendly infrastructure, placing the district firmly on the state’s eco-tourism map.Developed at a cost of Rs 3.62 crore, the site was…
Defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh will arrive in his parliamentary constituency on Wednesday. According to Anand Dwivedi, BJP Mahanagar president, “Rajnath will land at Lucknow airport around 4 pm and proceed to the Atal convention centre. There, he will attend the Ekal Kavya Path event organised on the birth anniversary of former Prime…
Lucknow: The government has approved a supplementary budget of Rs 500 crore for the state subsidy under the ‘PM Surya Ghar Yojana’. The objective of this decision is to make the state subsidy available to the beneficiaries quickly and easily, so that the common citizens can receive the full benefits of the scheme on time.This…
Lucknow: The budget has proposed an allocation of Rs 1 crore for the Uttar Pradesh Eco Tourism Development Board and Rs 5 crore for the development of other tourism-related facilities.Additionally, a grant of Rs 10 crore has been proposed to accelerate development works at Shri Soron, Shri Kalki Dham, and other sites. A provision of…
Lucknow: Lucknow University‘s geology department has received an Advanced Research Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) for a study of the north western Himalayas. The project, funded with nearly Rs 90 lakh and led by assistant professor Shashi Ranjan Rai, focuses on understanding how rocks deep within the Himalayas were heated, squeezed, and…
Lucknow: In a major thrust to infra development, the Yogi government has made a provision of Rs 1,246 crore for the construction of an access-controlled greenfield expressway from Jewar Airport to Ganga Expressway to give new momentum to industrial development and global connectivity. Through this fund, the land acquisition process will be expedited. This project…
LUCKNOW:The supplementary grant budget tabled in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday shows that the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has sought an additional Rs 3,744.45 crore to compensate losses incurred by its five distribution companies under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS).The request comes shortly after the Union Ministry of Power, in a report…
