Lucknow: The Mahanagar police on Friday arrested a radio cab driver for misbehaving with and threatening a female passenger under the Mission Shakti 5.0 campaign being run by the Lucknow Police for women’s safety. Acting on the complaint, the Mahanagar police, along with the Anti-Romeo team, arrested the cab driver who had misbehaved with a…
National PG College has announced admissions for its PhD programme for the academic session 2025-26. Application forms are available both online and offline. Interested candidates can access the online forms on the college website www.npgc.in. The last date to submit the application form is Nov 10. The entrance exam form fee is Rs 1,000 for…
Lucknow: The Khadi Bhawan in Lucknow came alive on Friday with the inauguration of the Mati Kala Mahotsav 2025, a 10-day celebration of Uttar Pradesh’s traditional pottery and terracotta craftsmanship. The festival was inaugurated by Rakesh Sachan, minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Khadi, Handloom, and Textiles, who described it as a “confluence of…
Lucknow: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has strongly opposed the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, released by the ministry of power, govt of India, which proposes privatisation of the entire power distribution sector.AIPEF has urged UP CM Yogi Adityanath to immediately withdraw the decision to privatise Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Dakshinanchal Vidyut…
Lucknow: A day after setting the political tone for the 2027 UP elections through her massive rally in Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said that, given the record-breaking turnout, the people’s enthusiasm, and their resolve to make “their Behenji’s govt” in Uttar Pradesh for the fifth time, it was natural for opposition parties, organisations,…
Lucknow: In a move that could redefine regional travel in Uttar Pradesh, the state govt has given the green signal to a feasibility study for a high-speed rail corridor between Lucknow and Kanpur, modelled after the successful Meerut-Delhi Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). If realised, this ambitious project could cut the current travel time from…
The National Students’ Union of India protested at Lucknow University on Friday against Rs 10,000 fee glitch in the university’s portal for BVA/BFA students. The hour-long demonstration saw students raising slogans and blocking the corridor outside the vice-chancellor’s office, alleging that the portal continues to display pending dues from previous semesters despite full payment. Following…
Lucknow: Day two of King George’s Medical University’s annual cultural fest Rhapsody 2025 began with ‘Coffee with Georgians’, a candid conversation with vice chancellor prof Soniya Nityanand and her husband Sharad Mishra, at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Centre.Prof Nityanand’s words, “If I were born again, I would still wish to be a doctor,”…
Lucknow: Rae Bareli police have ruled out hate crime in the lynching of 40-year-old Hariom Valmiki, who was beaten to death by a mob in the Unchahar area on October 2. Police say their investigation points to mob hysteria triggered by rumours, and negligence, not to a premeditated caste-based attack. “The victim was not known…
Chief scientist at the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), R. Ravishankar, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). This honour comes close on the heels of his recent election as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, last month. Established in 1930 in Prayagraj, NASI…
