Lucknow: Team Aroma Mission, CSIR, has been selected for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar – Vigyan Team Award for 2025. The Aroma Mission is run by the CSIR, with Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) in Lucknow acting as the nodal institute. The mission also involves a network of other CSIR laboratories across the…
Lucknow: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from a wedding ceremony and later gang-raped by two juveniles in the Kakori area on Friday night. One of the accused, aged 16, was apprehended, and a search for the second accused is underway, police said.According to the police complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the wedding ceremony…
Lucknow: Thieves burgled the house of Fatehpur district’s SDM (Sadar) Anamika Srivastava in Sai City Colony of Madiaon and fled with cash and jewellery on early Saturday. The complaint was lodged by Raj Kumar Yadav, an acquaintance of SDM’s family. A footage from the CCTV installed in the SDM’s home showed two masked suspects entering…
Gautam Budh Nagar: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspected the underconstruction Noida International Airport in Jewar on Saturday and was assured by officials that all pending work will be completed by Nov 15. The CM reviewed the status of work at the domestic terminal, the inauguration venue, security arrangements, traffic management, and projects currently under construction….
Lucknow: A Gomtinagar resident was duped of Rs 2.34 lakh by a fraudster on the pretext of a job in a Gulf country. Police registered a case on the complaint of the victim, Mohammed Fakhre Alam of Vinaykhand, on Saturday and have launched an investigation.According to reports, the accused, Akash Kumar, asked Fakhre to facilitate…
Lucknow: Panic spread across Sheetalkheda and Eldeco areas on Rae Bareli Road on Friday after a stray dog bit three people within half an hour, including a three-year-old girl. Residents blamed the Lucknow Municipal Corporation for ignoring repeated complaints about growing menace of stray dogs.In the first attack, three-year-old Rakhi, visiting her maternal grandfather’s house…
Lucknow: Women cleaned their homes and prepared ‘satvik’ (pure veg) food for ‘Nahaye Khaye’, which marked the onset of Chhath puja, on Saturday. On ‘Nahaye Khaye’ day, devotees vow to observe the Chhath fast with purity, restraint and devotion for three days. People clean homes, offer ‘arghya’ to the rising sun and cook meals comprising…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday wished the people of the state on the occasion of Chhath, the festival where the sun is worshipped.In a message, the CM said: “May the blessings of Chhathi Maiyya remain upon all of you. Special wishes from my side to the mothers and sisters who observe this difficult…
Lucknow: Eight days after the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) issued a notice to the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) for violation of its order by making costlier Smart Prepaid Meters mandatory for all new consumers without its approval, the corporation issued a statement on Saturday justifying its action.The UPPCL claims that a proposal…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP govt of rampant corruption Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said BJP people did not spare the holy cities of Ayodhya and Varanasi while indulging in corrupt practices.“The BJP govt is setting new records in corruption and scams every passing day. There is corruption in every govt department which is…
