Lucknow: Veteran journalist Qamar Waheed Naqvi on Sunday highlighted the growing pressures from political and corporate forces that often compel journalists to compromise. “Journalism may have lost some of its old prestige, but there is no other profession as vital to democracy,” he said at an event to celebrate the professional journey of veteran journalist…
Lucknow: UP Special Task Force on Sunday arrested two active members of an interstate gang involved in large-scale smuggling and illicit manufacturing of oxytocin injections. Acting on intelligence inputs, STF raided a house in Vijayant Khand-1, Gomtinagar and seized oxytocin injections worth nearly Rs 1 crore, along with raw materials and packaging equipment used for…
Lucknow: A 44-year-old cleric allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl studying at a madrassa in Sitapur district. The survivor narrated the incident to her family members, who reported it to the police. Although the cleric managed to escape before the police arrived, he was arrested on Sunday.Circle Officer (CO) Sitapur, Sadar, Neha Tripathi, said that the…
Lucknow: Principals from the Sahodaya School Complex attended the 31st Annual and First International Sahodaya Conference held in Dubai on Nov 4. The two-day event saw exchange of ideas among CBSE school leaders from India and abroad. Sessions focused on new directions in school leadership, educational innovation, inclusivity, and the growing role of AI in…
Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Sunday shared an inspiring message on social media, urging the country’s youth to adopt skill, awareness, ethics, and health as the cornerstones of a stronger nation. Outlining five pillars of youth empowerment (skill development, environmental responsibility, health, ethics, and national pride) he said these values would help India emerge…
Operational unit of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in Lucknow on Sunday arrested a drug peddler involved in the illegal sale of high-end narcotics. The accused, Praveen Tiwari (27) of Gorakhpur, was nabbed following a swift operation. Police recovered 105 grams of high-grade organic/American cannabis valued at Rs 10.5 lakh. The accused was reportedly engaged in…
Lucknow: The threat email to an Allahabad High Court judge was allegedly sent by a cyber fraud accused lodged in Lucknow jail to frame another undertrial inmate, who he suspected was having an affair with his wife.The accused, Anubhav Mittal, is alleged mastermind of a Rs 3,700 crore online trading scam that duped over 7,00,000…
Lucknow: A day after Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested Farhan Nabi Siddiqui (33), the co-founder of Istanbul International, from Greater Noida for allegedly publishing hate literature and receiving over Rs 11 crore in foreign funds via hawala, his Turkish partner Nasi Torba has gone absconding. The ATS officials said Torba introduced Nabi to the network and…
Lucknow: Doctors at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) successfully performed a complex reconstructive surgery on a 14-year-old boy from Kushinagar, who lived since birth with a large swelling protruding from his nasal cavity. Due to the deformity, villagers started believing that he was an incarnation of Lord Ganesha and worshipped him.Though doctors earlier advised treatment,…
Lucknow: Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested two youths of Uttar Pradesh and one doctor hailing from Hyderabad for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in multiple Indian cities, including Lucknow, Delhi, and Ahmedabad.The ATS sources said digital forensic analysis of seized phones and devices is underway, with central agencies assisting in tracing possible Pakistan…
