Lucknow: As Ayodhya prepares to sparkle with 26 lakh diyas this Deepotsav, Uttar Pradesh Tourism has announced a special one-day guided tour for devotees and travelers from Lucknow to Ayodhya. The exclusive package by the Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (UPSTDC) promises an exhilarating journey to witness the festival’s divine grandeur on Oct 19.Following…
Lucknow: Festive season has brought cheer to city’s mobile markets, with high-end and mid-range smartphones flying off the shelves ahead of Diwali. City showrooms are witnessing surge in footfall, though retailers say offline sales could have been even higher had customers not shifted to online shopping.Buyers prefer to visit stores for the experience and assurance….
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said that the suicide by the ADG rank Dalit IPS officer, Y Puran Kumar, in Haryana, “due to caste-based exploitation and harassment”, has shaken the entire country. Kumar’s wife Amneet P Kumar is an IAS officer of Haryana cadre.“People from the Dalit and Bahujan are deeply agitated over the…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met the family of Hariom Valmiki on Saturday, a Dalit man who was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of being a ‘drone thief’ in Rae Bareli on October 2. He has promised a permanent job to the deceased’s wife Sangeeta, a house under the CM Awas Yojna…
Varanasi: A man accused of killing his wife pulled off a perfect Shawshank Redemption’s Andy Dufresne-type con on prison authorities, siphoning off Rs 30 lakh from the back account of Azamgarh district jail after walking out on bail with a prison cheque book on May 20, 2024.ASP (city) Madhuvan Kumar Singh said Saturday that an…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party alleged that party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Facebook account has been suspended, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of suppressing opposition voices.Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Fakhrul Hasan Chaand posted on X, calling the suspension of Yadav’s account an attack on democracy.“The suspension of the Facebook account of the respected national president of…
Lucknow: The Ayodhya police on Friday said that the powerful explosion that ripped through a house in Paglabhari village under Pura Kalandar police station area late Thursday night was caused by an LPG gas cylinder blast in the kitchen. Meanwhile, body of a woman was recovered from the debris on Friday morning, taking the toll…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday expressed displeasure that despite the court’s earlier order, the state government did not furnish a clear reply as to what it would do if a political party organised any caste-based rally. The HC has banned caste-based rallies in the state since July 11, 2013.Irked…
Lucknow: The Rae Bareli police on Friday arrested the main accused in the lynching of Hariom Valmiki (40) in Unchahar earlier this month. The accused, identified as Deepak Agrahari (32) was apprehended following an encounter with the police near the Ganga Katri area under the Dalmau police station limits. Police had announced a reward of…
Kanpur: On the third death anniversary of Samajwadi Party founder and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, party chief Akhilesh Yadav pledged to fight for the honour and dignity of the PDAThe entire Yadav family gathered at Mulayam Singh’s Samadhi in Saifai on Friday to pay tributes to the veteran socialist leader who passed away on…
