Lucknow: A youth died after his motorcycle collided with a barrier in Gautampalli police station area on Friday night. He met with an accident while returning from a party and as he entered Chatori Gali at the 1090 intersection.Police said Shani Gautam (30) worked as a DJ operator. Initial investigation revealed that he went to…
Lucknow: CJI-designate Justice Surya Kant will grace the 125th Foundation Year Celebration of Oudh Bar Association as the chief guest in on Sunday. Justice Surya Kant will also speak in the seminar on ” Role of Bar in Dispensation of Justice” being organized by the OBA in Lucknow. The program will be held on the…
Lucknow: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Uttar Pradesh arrested a former Ballia gram panchayat development officer in connection with multi-crore foodgrain scam.The accused, Raj Kumar Dubey of Husainabad village in Ballia, was arrested by the EOW’s Varanasi sector team from Officers’ Colony, Kachahari area of Bareilly on Oct 31. The arrest was made under…
Lucknow: With Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directing officials to complete land acquisition work for the newly formed Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) in six months and more than 50% of the needed land already acquired, it would be the fastest land acquisition for any such authority. Interestingly, Noida, which was established on April 17, 1976,…
Lucknow: The All India Professionals Congress (AIPC) on Saturday appointed Pragya Singh as the acting chairperson of its Uttar Pradesh unit.Vice-chairman of the media department, Manish Hindwi, said: “The move aims to strengthen and energise the organisation in the state.” He informed that Singh is an architect by profession but is passionate about social work….
Lucknow: UP Congress chief Ajay Rai on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, urging the state govt to provide immediate relief to farmers whose crops were damaged by unseasonal rain triggered by cyclone Montha.“Heavy rainfall over the past two days caused extensive damage to paddy, potato, oilseed, and green vegetable crops across several districts…
Lucknow: The department of social welfare has added more than 1.5 lakh beneficiaries to its old age pension programme in this financial year, using data from the family ID programme, reports Neha Lalchandani. A senior official from the department said that with the family ID programme now being used more extensively, departments are getting access…
A chilling account emerges from Lucknow, where a girl has accused her mother and sisters of selling her for Rs 10 lakh, thrusting her into the grim world of sex work. After asserting her autonomy, she was met with brutality. In a desperate bid for safety, she fled to her sick father, only to be…
Lucknow SI’s ‘act of graft’ inside police stn goes viral LUCKNOW: Two days after a police sub-inspector posted at the Paper Mill Colony outpost was caught accepting Rs 2 lakh bribe inside Mahanagar police station premises, a video of his entire ‘act of graft’ has gone viral on social media. The video was part of…
Lucknow: Paying tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birthday anniversary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed Patel as a “great unifier” and said that people should not only talk of unity in their speeches but also practice it in life.“The true homage to Sardar Patel, who dedicated his life to the nation’s unity and…
