Lucknow: A 25-year-old man was allegedly driven to suicide by sustained harassment, blackmail, and a false criminal case in Gonda on Thursday evening, police said.The deceased, identified as Abhishek Srivastava, a resident of Gayatripuram locality, was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside his room. The FIR was lodged on Friday. Police reached the spot…
Lucknow: Giving more powers to the housing development authorities to promote urbanisation, the state govt has delegated the powers for land use change to the board of a development authority. In case a big land parcel is required to be acquired to create a township, the board governing the key affairs of housing authorities would…
Gorakhpur: UP minister Vijay Laxmi Gautam inaugurated the annual function of Scholars Senior Secondary School and Kidzee, Raghav Nagar in Deoria on Friday. The event showcased a vibrant blend of culture, creativity and youthful energy, reflecting the spirit of holistic education. School director Rajkumar Agarwal, deputy director Nikunj Agarwal and principal Sapna Kejriwal welcomed the…
Lucknow: Your power bill may rise further if electricity regulators adhere to the advice of the Union ministry of power to allow recovery of smart meter maintenance costs from consumers. This fixed cost proposed to be recovered under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) would be over and above the cost of smart meters already…
Lucknow: Eight persons were killed in separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday-Friday.In the first accident, two youths were mowed down by a speeding dumper near Shastri Bridge in Prayagraj on Thursday night. While one youth came under the wheels of the dumper, another was dragged by the dumper for around 100 metres.In the second…
Prayagraj: In a recent observation while rejecting a man’s bail plea, the Allahabad high court said that the slogan ‘gustakh-e-nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se juda’ (the only punishment for insulting the prophet is beheading) is “a challenge to the authority of law as well as sovereignty and integrity of India” as it incites…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said some people arrested for alleged involvement in supplying illegal codeine-based cough syrup have links to the Samajwadi Party. “Everyone knows that every ‘mafia’ group has ties with the Samajwadi Party,” Adityanath told reporters ahead of the beginning of the Winter session of the UP assembly….
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Thursday assured a group of entrepreneurs that every penny of investors is safe in the new UP. Interacting with 45 top professionals from 25 companies here, the CM invited them to join the development journey of the state. This delegation, under the aegis of WMG Group, included CEOs, CFOs,…
Lucknow: Questioning the need for a discussion on Vande Mataram in the UP Assembly when the Lok Sabha held a special session on it last week, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the party MLAs will vociferously take up the issue of codeine syrup drug racket and gross neglect of farmers apart from…
Lucknow: Invest UP on Thursday held a high-level strategic interaction with a 45-member CXO (chief experience officer) delegation from the think tank WMG Group, during which investment proposals worth nearly Rs 6,400 crore across multiple sectors were discussed.Sharing details, an official spokesperson said that the meeting, held at Invest UP headquarters, was chaired by Dr…
