Bahraich/Lucknow: A day after a boat carrying 22 villagers capsized in the Kaudiyala River in Bahraich, rescuers resumed search operations on Thursday morning for eight persons missing since the tragedy.Teams from the NDRF and its state counterpart were conducting searches using nets in an area spread across 5 kilometres from the point where the boat…
Sukhdev Yadav, convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara honour killing, died in a road accident in Kushinagar just four months after his 20-year prison sentence ended LUCKNOW: Sukhdev Yadav, one of three men convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara honour killing case that sparked national outrage, died Tuesday night in a road accident in UP’s…
Lucknow: Three-wicket hauls by Chandni Sharma, Supriya Arela and Bharati Singh helped Uttar Pradesh bundle out Saurashtra for a paltry 59 in 17.3 overs, securing a massive 91-run victory in the Women’s Under-19 T20 Trophy at RDCA Ground, Raipur, on Wednesday. This was UP’s third consecutive win in the tournament.Batting first, Lucknow’s Shashi Balan struck…
Lucknow: “Muslims are an integral part of ‘Bahujans’, along with Dalits, tribals, backwards, and other religious minorities,” is the message with which the Muslim bhaichara committees of the Bahujan Samaj Party will reach out to the community in the state.“BSP wants to give Bahujans a life of self-respect through power and post,” said BSP president…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed for the development of an airport, railway station, and multimodal logistics park in the Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority (BIDA) area, setting the tone for a major infrastructure push in one of Uttar Pradesh’s underdeveloped regions.Chairing a high-level review meeting, the CM said Bundelkhand’s transformation into an industrial…
Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal on Wednesday directed officials to clear all applications under Rani Lakshmibai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh by Nov 20.Under this scheme, the govt provides one-time financial assistance to women and girls who have been affected by violence. In a meeting with district magistrates and divisional commissioners, Goyal said if any…
Lucknow: IIT-Kanpur on Wednesday conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award 2025 upon Awanish Kumar Awasthi (BT/EE/1985), advisor to CM Yogi Adityanath. In a social media post, the institute said: “Carrying forward the legacy of IIT-Kanpur, Awasthi has served with distinction in public administration, infrastructure and policy leadership. An IAS officer of the 1987 batch, he is…
Lucknow: Road repair work across the city remains incomplete as proposal for additional funds awaits approval from Lucknow Municipal Corporation’s executive committee, which is likely to take up the matter in its meeting on Thursday.LMC earlier sanctioned Rs 10 crore to repair roads damaged by rain, but several stretches remain in poor condition. Officials said…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while chairing a high-level review meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Expressway Development Authority (UPEIDA) on Wednesday, directed the officials to complete the construction of Ganga Expressway by December 2025.He also ordered weekly reviews of every project’s progress and stressed that no compromise on quality would be tolerated. The 594-km…
Lucknow: Sarojininagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Wednesday, in a message on X, said, “The Earth is crying, now it’s our turn. We keep our homes clean but continue to pollute the very home — Mother Earth — where we all live. If nature stops, human existence will stop.” He said small actions like replacing one…
