Lucknow: Given the increasing incidents of cybercrimes in the digital age, the department of secondary education has asked its officers across all UP districts to impart sufficient knowledge to teachers, students and their parents about the measures to protect themselves from the threats and attacks of cybercrimes.Additional chief secretary, secondary education, Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma…
Lucknow: Union minister of commerce Piyush Goyal said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is the world’s largest political organisation, and the global community is astonished by its disciplined and democratic functioning.He said that the party’s structured membership process and the election of its national president through consensus and coordination are unparalleled. He was speaking at…
Lucknow: Narratives are often distorted, and truth is buried under layers of fear and power.These sentiments were expressed by crime writer Manoj Rajan Tripathi in conversation with Zeenat Siddiqui during the Crime Ka Paatal Lok session held at the Metaphor Lucknow Litfest 2025 on Sunday.Offering a stark, deeply researched account of the evolution of organised…
Kanpur: Ponzi scheme kingpin Ravindranath Soni duped a member of Dubai’s royal family of several million dirhams promising huge returns on investment in foreign exchange and gold. A representative of the royal family member came to Kanpur on Saturday and met police officers to report the fraud, reports Faiz Siddiqui.In a meeting arranged by a…
Lucknow: Saffron flags, drumbeats, and conch shells set the mood in Lucknow on Sunday as the BJP formally appointed union minister and seven-time MP from Maharajganj, Pankaj Chaudhary, as its new Uttar Pradesh unit president.All roads led to the Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University in Aashiana, where the packed auditorium and overflowing crowds outside…
Lucknow: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’. This expression from ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by Charles Dickens fits well to describe the Indian cinema of the ’80s.“The ’80s was a time of disruption of change in Hindi cinema. It acted as a hyphen between the past and the…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has ordered the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to halt the construction of the Kuneshwar Baba Gate in Galla Mandi, Fatehganj. The court has also set aside the decision to construct the gate. A division bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai passed the order…
Lucknow: A wolf was shot during a coordinated rescue operation in Jaruwa hamlet of Godahiya Number-4 village in Bahraich on Sunday after fresh sightings triggered alarm among residents, officials said.According to sources, authorities on Sunday received information about the presence of a wolf in Jaruwa. Acting swiftly, a joint rescue team reached the village equipped…
Lucknow: Thieves locked gates of neighbouring houses from outside before breaking into a locked home and stealing cash and jewellery in Thakurganj area. “Thieves decamped with Rs 50,000 cash and gold and silver jewellery. The total value of the stolen property is estimated to be around Rs 8 lakh,” the complainant said. CCTV footage showing…
Lucknow: Chief Minister’s mass marriage scheme has witnessed a surge in demand in the current financial year, highlighting its growing relevance for economically weaker families.Against an official target of 57,000 marriages for the year, govt has received over 1.20 lakh applications so far. After scrutiny, over 21,000 applications have been approved and over 14,000 marriages…
