Lucknow: A 13-year-old girl was blackmailed for cash by an 18-year-old boy who allegedly befriended her on social media and made her pay him Rs 50,000 over a number of transactions. The girl’s family trapped the accused and handed him over to police, who arrested and sent him to jail.The girl’s mother, resident of Naka,…
Lucknow: Fifteen days after a massive road cave-in outside a sweets shop in Lucknow’s Kapoorthala created a huge crater, relief is finally on the horizon.The sinkhole, approximately 15 ft deep, was caused by a leak in an underground sewage line. The situation was worsened by optical fibre cable drilling that accidentally ran through a manhole,…
Lucknow: A water supply project worth about Rs 10 crore aimed at strengthening the drinking water network for the population of over 20,000 in Jankipuram area of Lucknow was inaugurated by urban development and energy minister AK Sharma on Saturday.The foundation stone for several related projects under the Jankipuram Sector-J (Extension) Scheme was also laid…
Lucknow: Despite short-term friction with New Delhi over the ongoing tariff war, the US cannot afford to alienate India given the shifting balance of power in Asia and the Middle East, said predictor and election strategist Vimal Singh.According to Singh, the US strategy will ultimately prioritise geopolitical stability over tariff or trade disputes, as India…
Gurjant Singh Gill, a director at Pearls Agro-tech Corporation Ltd (PACL), has been arrested in Punjab by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) under “Operation Shikanja”. PACL allegedly collected Rs 49,000 crore from investors across 10 states, promising land and benefits that were never provided. LUCKNOW: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has apprehended Gurjant Singh Gill,…
A man posing as a customer stole gold earrings worth Rs 50,000 from jewellery shop LUCKNOW: In a daring daylight theft, a man posing as a customer stole a pair of gold earrings from a jewellery shop in the Thakurganj area on Wednesday.The incident took place at the shop owned by Manoj Verma, located near…
Brajesh Pathak & Pankaj Ratna (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal) The bustling Hazratganj metro station in Lucknow recently turned into an art gallery for commuters, featuring a photography exhibition called ‘Frames of India’ highlighting the country’s cultural and natural heritage. Anil Risal Singh (L) Aakarsh and Savrabh Rai (R) Abhinav Chhabra (L) Ajaish Jaiswal (R) Archana Mishra…
The shifting of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula’s court from Faizabad to Awadh in 1775 marked the birth of Lucknow as a cultural and administrative hub. Already an important centre of Urdu learning, the city soon emerged as an attractive destination for artists, musicians, and storytellers who once thrived in Mughal courts in Delhi.What started as a steady…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has provided round-the-clock security to a BJP worker who has been pursuing cases against Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi seeking cancellation of his Indian citizenship and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.A bench of Justices Sangeeta Chandra and BR Singh passed the order…
Often dubbed as a city of poets and writers, Lucknow has been a cradle for numerous renowned writers and poets over the past 250 years since it became the capital of Awadh for the first time in 1775.From Insha Allah Khan, the author of the first grammar of the Urdu language, ‘Darya-e-Latafat,’ to Mir Taqi…
