Ayodhya: The Ram Mandir Trust will write to the Supreme Court requesting it release the historical evidence and documents on the basis of which it delivered the verdict in favour of Ram Mandir.“All evidence found in the Archaeological department’s excavation is currently secured with the Supreme Court, and the Ram Mandir Trust will write a…
Kanpur: Four people, three brothers and their nephew, were killed and three other family members injured in a road accident on Bundelkhand Expressway near Ichauli village in Hamirpur on Sunday morning.The family from Mahoba was heading to Prayagraj for immersion of their mother’s ashes at Sangam when their Bolero was struck from behind by a…
Union MoS Pankaj Chaudhary elected as BJP’s Uttar Pradesh president Union minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party‘s (BJP) Uttar Pradesh state president on Sunday, with senior party leaders including Union Minister Piyush Goyal and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attending his felicitation ceremony in Lucknow.Piyush Goyal formally handed over…
LUCKNOW: ‘Yeh constable ka ghar hai? Social media users were left stunned after a video of a dismissed Uttar Pradesh police constable’s lavish Lucknow residence went viral this week. The video, shared widely as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids linked to a codeine-based cough syrup smuggling network, shows a sprawling multi-storey bungalow with interiors…
Pilibhit: A 28-year-old man from a village under Deoria Kotwali police station in Pilibhit district has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a girl, then 14, multiple times in April 2019.The incident came to light three months later when the minor got pregnant and the accused forced her to take oral pills…
Lucknow: Following the intel from Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Lucknow, an FIR has been registered against senior officials of Lucknow’s 127-year-old Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, for allegedly violating foreigner registration laws by failing to report the stay of a foreign national on the college campus. The case stems from the visit of…
Lucknow: Union minister Pankaj Chaudhary, who is set to become UP BJP chief, is an influential Kurmi leader from eastern UP. A seven-time MP from UP’s Maharajganj, he is considered close to party’s central leadership. Known to be low profiled, disciplined, and non-confrontational, Chaudhary selection aligns with BJP’s preference for leaders who give priority to…
Lucknow: Rohit (name changed), a 23-year-old BTech student, first came into contact with opioids after a road accident five years ago when he was prescribed a strong painkiller for severe injuries. Though he recovered physically, the medication continued for nearly a year. When the drug became expensive and difficult to procure, friends suggested that codeine-based…
Lucknow: More than 48 lakh families have been provided employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) so far in the financial year 2025–26. Over 31 per cent of these families belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, a state government spokesperson said on Saturday.In the financial year 2025–26, more than…
Lucknow: Amid an ongoing statewide crackdown on the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrups and narcotics-category medicines, the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) instructed drug inspectors to avoid coercive or punitive action against retail chemists for minor procedural lapses.FSDA commissioner Roshan Jacob directed all drug inspectors to ensure that small retailers are…
