Lucknow: Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram‘, over 5,000 students sang this immortal composition by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee at an event organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at SR Group of Institutions on Friday.The campus reverberated with devotion and pride as thousands of students sang the song in harmony. The…
Varanasi: In a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, Azamgarh SWAT team and Sidhari police, a criminal with a reward of Rs 50,000 was killed in an encounter in UP’s Azamgarh district late Thursday night.The criminal, Waqif, was wanted in cases of murder, robbery, cow smuggling, and theft. Three of his aides managed…
Lucknow: Addressing three rallies in poll-bound Bihar on Friday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the fight was between the NDA’s good governance and INDIA bloc’s jungle raj.Speaking at a sabha in East Champaran, Yogi accused the RJD-Congress alliance of wanting to steal the citizens’ ration, after stealing their fodder, and appealed to people to…
LUCKNOW: A Rs 50,000 reward-carrying cattle smuggler, Waqib alias Wakif, was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Azamgarh district early Friday morning.The encounter took place in the Rounapar police station area during a police patrol launched to trace suspects linked to a recent loot case.Acting on a…
Lucknow: Bihar will soon have a leader who will ensure that every youth gets employment, and every family gets hope, said Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday,He was addressing election rallies in Bihar in support of INDIA alliance candidates ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. Addressing large gatherings, Akhilesh asserted that the political…
Lucknow: Two days after jailed gangster Gyanendra Dhaka allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from a school manager in UP’s Baghpat over phone, officials Thursday recovered a mobile from his cell in Lalitpur district jail.DG prisons P C Meena has suspended jailer Jivan Singh, deputy jailer Prince Babu and warder Akash Kushwaha for negligence and dereliction…
Lucknow: In a bid to build trust-based cooperation between the police and commercial sector, curb law-and-order violations and ensure public safety as the city’s vehicular and economic activity continues to grow, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Thursday convened a meeting with four-wheeler and two-wheeler showroom owners and managers.The meeting was held at the Daliganj office…
Lucknow: On the inaugural day of the 41st Sub-Junior, 9th Cadet and 42nd Senior UP State Taekwondo Championship, Lucknow took the lead in the medal tally by winning 6 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals, while Agra secured 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Olympic…
Lucknow: BJP has set up dedicated war rooms and special teams of functionaries at the booth level as part of its strategy to step up vigilance in the assembly constituencies during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Uttar Pradesh.The war rooms, primarily constituted at the district and regional levels, are being handled by a…
Lucknow: “Kaise ho, DSP?” (How are you, DSP?) asked the Prime Minister to Deepti Sharma during his interaction with the World Cup-winning Indian women’s team on Wednesday. Deepti, who is a DSP in the UP Police, also received special praise from the PM.“The Prime Minister appreciated me a lot and even asked about my Hanuman…
