Lucknow: A massive fire broke out at a scrap warehouse near a big hospital in Sonia Gandhinagar, Chowk, on Thursday. The blaze reduced material worth several lakhs of rupees to ashes, but there was no casualty.Preliminary reports suggest the blaze was triggered by a small bonfire lit by children nearby to ward off winter chill….
Lucknow: To commemorate the birth centenary year of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a two-day free Atal Health Fair-6 will be organised on Decr 20-21 at the Mini Stadium in Vikas Nagar.The health camp is being held as a tribute to the Bharat Ratna awardee and aims to provide wide-ranging medical services to residents.Health…
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath govt will table its supplementary budget for 2025-26 on Dec 22 during the winter session of UP assembly starting Friday. The house will also discuss ‘Vande Mataram’ on the same day. Chairing an all-party meeting on Thursday, Speaker Satish Mahana sought cooperation from all parties for the smooth conduct of proceedings….
Lucknow: Speed limits for buses and trucks used between 8 pm and 8 am over the network of expressways have been significantly reduced from Thursday. Taking note of the dense fog conditions, the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) notified the revised speed limits that will be enforced for buses and commercial vehicles during…
What would have been the reaction of a young Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on seeing a Rs 2,000 currency note? Actor Pratik Gandhi, who has made it to record books performing his mono act ‘Mohan’s Masala’ in Hindi, English and Gujarati in a single day, posed this query in his performance during Repertwahr on Thursday. The…
Lucknow: Police in Balrampur arrested a man accused of attempting to rape his minor daughter and trying to murder his minor son when the boy intervened to save his sister. The incident took place in the Maharajganj Tarai police station area on Wednesday night and the arrest on Thursday.The accused is 40 and was arrested…
Lucknow: A day after a woman was found murdered, Police on Thursday registered a case against the person under whose influence the deceased travelled from Gorakhpur to Barabanki to meet him.The police also booked seven members of the family of the accused and arrested five of them on Thursday. Mamta (30), a resident of the…
Lucknow: In yet another wild animal attack, a seven-year-old girl was mauled by a leopard in Bahraich late Thursday evening after the wild animal lifted her from outside her house and dragged her into a nearby sugarcane field.The girl’s mutilated body was recovered around 500 metres from her home, with deep claw marks on her…
Lucknow: The autonomous state medical college located in Tiloi tehsil of Amethi is set to expand into a 550-bed modern medical facility by the end of Jan 2026, an official spokesperson said on Thursday.“The project, being developed at a cost of around Rs 300 crore, is nearing completion and is expected to significantly strengthen medical…
Lucknow: A high-level conference of senior officers and commandants was organised on the occasion of PAC Foundation Day held at the PAC headquarters on Thursday. The focus was on strengthening training, technology adoption, infrastructure, welfare, and operational efficiency of the force.The conference was held under the chairmanship of R K Swarnkar, additional director general (PAC),…
