Lucknow: On National Sports Day, inspiring stories emerge of young athletes who now don khaki, finding pride in serving Uttar Pradesh Police while continuing to earn laurels for the nation. Constable Priyanshi Prajapat of Agra, a wrestler from Ujjain, struck gold at the U-23 Asian Wrestling Championship in Vietnam (2025). Ghaziabad’s Asmita Dey, a judoka…
LUCKNOW: The three-member panel, appointed to investigate the Sambhal violence case, submitted its report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to the state Information Department. The 450-page report consists of details about the November 2024 Sambhal violence and also touches on the previous riots which took place in the city.The report also mentions…
Lucknow: Noida Kings set a new milestone by scoring 248/2, the highest total in the history of the UPT20 League across all three seasons, surpassing Meerut Mavericks’ 239-run record from the inaugural season. However, Gorakhpur Lions put up a spirited fight, reaching 222/8 before falling short by 26 runs in their UPT20 League encounter at…
Lucknow: Even as the state govt seeks to step up activities under the Centre’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) for 2025-26, latest records show that almost half of the project works initiated under the scheme in the last 2024-25 fiscal remain uncompleted.Rural development department data (updated till Aug 25) shows that…
Lucknow: A Farrukhabad court on Wednesday sentenced gangster-politician Anupam Dubey and his associate Balkishan alias Shishu to life imprisonment in the sensational daylight murder of PWD contractor Shamim in 1995.Additional district and sessions judge, Farrukhabad Tarun Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 1.03 lakh each on both the convicts. Shamim was brazenly shot…
Lucknow: Similar to making the blue ‘gamchha’, or stole, a mandatory dress code for its workforce, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is making many efforts to enhance its visibility among voters, especially when it has only one MLA in the UP legislative assembly. The latest may be the party’s national president Mayawati’s rally in Lucknow…
Lucknow: The Vidyut Karamchari Samyukta Sangharsh Samiti (VKSSS), Uttar Pradesh, has raised concerns over a payment of Rs 1.3 crore made by Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) and its five distribution companies to All-India Discom Association (AIDA), a newly formed body.According to the committee, the payment was made on June 3, 2025, under the…
Lucknow: CM said the fair and transparent recruitment process of the Women and Child Development Department is not only creating employment opportunities, but also raising hopes among youth in remote areas of Uttar Pradesh. He highlighted the selection of two daughters from the Tharu tribe in Lakhimpur Kheri and Dudhwa National Park as proof that…
Lucknow: Noted Hindi novelist and journalist Dayanand Pandey has been conferred with Veer Singh Dev National Award by the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi for his acclaimed novel ‘Vipashyana Mein Prem’. The award ceremony was held in Bhopal. Pandey was felicitated with a citation, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh.The 67-year-old author, who…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday described the ‘retaliatory tariff’ imposed by the US on Indian goods a result of BJP govt’s failed foreign policy and urged it to provide a ‘safety shield’ to export sector in UP where millions of jobs were at stake.“The export sector has been hit hard. The payment…
