Lucknow: Two schoolchildren were injured after a school van overturned near Kumharawan village in the Shivgarh area of Rae Bareli district on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred when the vehicle, carrying children home after school hours, lost control while ascending a slope near Mata Kuti.The van, belonging to a public school located near the Nagar…
Lucknow: In a statewide crackdown on illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup and narcotic-category (NRx) drugs, the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) busted an organised supply network involving two sister marketing firms — Aarpik Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd and Idhika Lifesciences Pvt Ltd —based in Transportnagar, Lucknow.Acting on a tipoff, the department arrested…
Kanpur: A 21-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide at a hostel in Rawatpur area of Kanpur on Friday, citing “stress about his future”. After returning from namaz, his roommate found the door locked from inside and alerted the police. Police broke open the door and found the body and a suicide note.In the note,…
Lucknow: A businessman from Indiranagar was defrauded of around Rs 2 crore by a cybercrime syndicate which lured him through a fake online gaming scheme and trapped him in a web of blackmail, threats and psychological manipulation for three years.The victim (name withheld), who received persistent calls and WhatsApp messages from unknown numbers since 2022,…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Saturday arrested the co-director of M/s Istanbul International Pvt Ltd, Farhan Nabi Siddiqui, from Kasna in Gautam Budh Nagar for allegedly publishing hate literature aimed at spreading religious enmity, and for receiving crores in foreign funds through hawala networks.“Investigations have revealed that the companies illegally received around…
Lucknow: Month-long trial of potentiometers in buses, conducted by UPSRTC to develop a mechanism to check revenue loss due to fuel theft, has produced encouraging results.Installed inside fuel tanks, potentiometers record sudden dips in diesel level and report to the control room in real time.Fuel theft is one of the major reasons for revenue loss,…
Lucknow: The Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, Uttar Pradesh, has strongly opposed the proposed privatization of Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal electricity distribution corporations, which is reportedly tied to conditional financial aid from the central govt. VKSSS has labelled this move as “blackmail” and issued a red alert to all power employees and engineers across the state,…
Lucknow: UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday appealed to the people of Bihar to ensure the victory of the NDA, saying that it would give a new direction to the state’s development and prosperity. Maurya addressed election rallies in Bagaha and Ramnagar assembly constituencies of Champaran district.Addressing the rally in Bagaha, Maurya urged…
Varanasi: Two persons accused of attacking a news reporter while he was attempting a sting operation on liquor smuggling in Bihar by trains were arrested in Ballia district on Saturday.Bairia CO Mohd Faheem Quaraishi said two accused, Sunny Singh and one other, were arrested for the attack on Shubham Srivastava.On Srivastava’s complaint, Bairia police lodged…
Lucknow: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, conducted search operations on Thursday, November 6, at 15 locations across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Haryana under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the ongoing probe into the Monad University counterfeit degree scam.The action stems from a case…
