Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday inaugurated 15 Seva Shakti Centres which will provide tailoring training to women under Mission Shakti 5.0 on the occasion of the 85th birth anniversary of former MLA DP Bora.During the event, the CM also honoured women who made distinguished contributions in various fields to society.The CM called the…
Lucknow: A 45-year-old man allegedly drowned his paralysed mother in floodwater on Monday night after a drunken rage in Hardoi’s Isarapur village.Police later arrested the accused, identified as Sunil, following a tip-off from local residents. According to villagers, the victim, 75-year-old Sushila Devi, was bedridden for nearly a year after suffering paralysis. Her husband, Puttilal,…
Lucknow: SpiceJet is set to launch special daily non-stop flights connecting Ayodhya with Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad starting this Wednesday, ahead of the Diwali festival.The airline announced that the new routes will begin in a phased manner, aiming to provide easier access for devotees and tourists wishing to visit the Ram Temple during the…
Lucknow: 10 members of a solvers’ gang, including mastermind Anand Kumar, 34, assistant manager at Prathama UP Gramin Bank in Sambhal, were arrested from Bijnor road area in Lucknow on Tuesday.The gang modus operandi included blending photographs of real candidates and proxies using AI-based apps, until they appeared nearly identical — often matching 70% of…
Lucknow: A young couple from the city approached doctors at KGMU recently after their relationship began to fall apart—not because of a third person, but an artificial entity. The wife grew emotionally attached to an AI chatbot, saying it understood her better and made her feel calmer than real conversations with her husband. On the…
A sanitation-themed song composed and sung by Manoj Kumar Yadav, zonal officer of zone 6, was launched by mayor Sushma Kharakwal on Tuesday. Yadav is first municipal officer in UP to create a song for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. His latest composition promotes cleanliness with the message: “Swachhata ki alakh hum jagayenge, jan-jan tak sandesh…
Lucknow: Surgeons at King George’s Medical University have developed a novel method to safely move the liver during a special type of minimally invasive adrenalectomy. This new technique is expected to make the surgery easier and more accessible for patients.This surgery is performed to remove the right adrenal gland, a small organ located near the…
Lucknow: Celebrating 111th birth anniversary of renowned thumri singer Begum Akhtar, Lucknow Bioscope opened an exhibition titled ‘Malika e Ghazal’ (queen of ghazals) at Sanatkada house on Tuesday. Begum Akhtar was famous for her thumri, dadra, ghazal and Hindustani classical music. Around 72 objects including archival photographs of the doyen, newspaper cuttings from her concerts,…
Lucknow: Beginning next academic session, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University will introduce two new academic programmes, MTech (structural engineering) course in department of civil engineering and a one-year self-financed diploma in geography. The decisions were taken during the academic council meeting held on Tuesday. The council also approved two new gold medals, the Dori Lal…
Lucknow: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched the de-novo preparation of electoral rolls for Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of the 2026 biennial elections to the State Legislative Council.The rolls will be prepared with reference to Nov 1, 2025, as the qualifying date, covering key constituencies like Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra,…
