Lucknow: It was a crime plot straight out of a Bollywood flick. An innocent man, unfaithful wife and a lover ready to take the crime path for her sake.This dark plot unfolded when Lucknow Police on Tuesday cracked the murder of 27-year-old Pramod Gautam — whose blood-soaked body was recovered from Mamapur Bana village in…
Lucknow: Cloudy sky and intermittent drizzle led to drastic drop in mercury levels during the day in the city on Tuesday. The maximum temperature recorded at state met headquarters was 25.4 degrees Celsius, which was not only six degrees below normal, but also the lowest daytime temperature in the month of Oct in three years….
Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar to withdraw the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, describing it as detrimental to farmers, consumers, and power sector employees.The Union power ministry had released the draft bill on Oct 9 and invited stakeholders’ feedback within a month. In response, AIPEF…
Lucknow: In a bizarre case, a family in Lucknow’s Gomtinagar area has alleged that their 22-year-old son was driven to suicide on September 3 by an AI chatbot.The youth’s father has demanded through a letter to the police commissioner and integrated grievance redressal system, an independent grievance portal governed by the CM’s office, that an…
Lucknow: Lucknow University (LU) has extended the deadline for uploading first-semester student data on the Samarth portal to Oct 31. However, affiliated colleges are seeking further extension, citing a shortage of non-teaching staff and persistent technical glitches that have slowed the process. The Samarth portal is an e-governance platform for higher education institutions aimed at…
Lucknow: A case was registered against the president of a residents’ welfare association (RWA) of an apartment in Madiaon and 8-10 other people for allegedly assaulting a woman and her brother following a dispute over parking on Oct 23.A video of the assault went viral in which the accused are seen purportedly slapping the siblings…
Lucknow: Ghazal, thumri and dadra were presented in a programme organised in the memory of Padma Bhushan Begum Akhtar by Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya at Kala Mandapam in the city on Tuesday. The programme was organised on Begum Akhtar’s 111th birth anniversary celebration.Classical singer Sangeeta Nerurkar, visiting from Pune, said, “Begum Akhtar is my inspiration. She…
Lucknow: At the crack of dawn, hundreds of devotees descended in knee deep waters at ghats of Gomti to offer ‘Usha Arghya’ to the rising sun, marking culmination of a 36-hour fast on last day of the four-day Chhath festival on Tuesday. ‘Usha Arghya’, is final and most important ritual of Chhath, when devotees chant…
Lucknow: With the 2027 Census scheduled to begin in Uttar Pradesh next year, chief secretary SP Goyal chaired the first meeting of the state level census coordination committee on Tuesday.Discussions were held on the preparations for the elaborate exercise. A pre-test for the census will be conducted from Nov 10 to Nov 30 in two…
Ayodhya: Senior Army officers conducted the rehearsal for the installation of flag atop the spire of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.Chairman of Ram Mandir Construction Committee Nripendra Misra said the temple Trust had sought assistance from the Army to ensure proper training and execution of the ceremony to be held on Nov 25.Prime Minister Narendra…
