Lucknow: The state govt on Thursday suspended sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Auraiya Sadar Tehsil after he was captured on CCTV allegedly accepting bribe inside his office earlier this week.The footage showed Rakesh Kumar Singh discreetly pocketing a white envelope placed inside the drawer of his desk by a mandi secretary.Auraiya district magistrate (DM) Indramani Tripathi…
Lucknow: On Thursday morning, a dramatic scene unfolded at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport when immigration officials intercepted Thongphun Chayapha, a Thai national traveling under the alias Darin Chokthanpat. Her attempt to board Air India Express Flight to Thailand unravelled a complex web of visa violations and document forgery, leading to an FIR against…
LUCKNOW: A 65-year-old man from Ghaziabad was hospitalised on Thursday after allegedly consuming poison during the ‘Janata Darbar’ held at the residence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.According to a statement from Lucknow Police, the incident took place at around 8:50 am when the man, identified as Satveer Gurjar, informed attendees that…
The Saryu river’s strong currents caused severe erosion in Sitapur’s Shukulpurva, washing away a classroom of the Shukulpurva Composite School and threatening the remaining structure. Around 24 homes and 25 bighas of farmland have been lost, displacing families who are being evacuated. LUCKNOW: Strong Saryu river’s water flow on Wednesday triggered severe erosion in Shukulpurva…
LUCKNOW: A man from Raebareli district of Uttar Pradesh, Gaurav Trivedi, allegedly ran a deceptive scheme from his residence. His method was to spread fear, targeting vulnerable people by tricking them into believing their computers were under attack. He also operated a classic Microsoft tech support scam—beginning with a fake popup, a loud alarm, and…
Lucknow: UP’s Kushinagar district police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against 13 people, including Balrampur-based cleric Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba and a serving police constable, in a case allegedly involving illegal religious conversions, gang rape, abduction and sexual exploitation. The FIR, filed on the complaint of a young woman, alleges a chilling nexus of crime…
Lucknow: A day after three district magistrates (DMs) rebutted Samajwadi Party‘s claims of “illegal deletion of names” from electoral rolls in 2022 assembly polls, party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the move has exposed the Election Commission which had till now denied having received the complaints from his party.DMs of Kasganj, Jaunpur and Barabanki…
Lucknow: It’s time to check your mobile phone for any e-challan notices that you may have received from the state transport department’s WhatsApp Chatbot service (8005441222), and pay the amount. The transport department has taken up a massive exercise to realise challans pending for 2024-25.As there are over one-third of total pending challans where the…
Lucknow: Agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi on Wednesday said that as many as 186 people were identified for purchasing excessive urea, ranging from 1 MT to 2.37 MT, in Maharajganj.Speaking to reporters, Shahi said that some of them bought urea four to 13 times, for which investigations have been initiated. Likewise, in Siddharthnagar, many farmers…
Kanpur: Three persons were burnt alive when a mini-truck collided with a dumper and caught fire in Bangarmau area of Unnao on Wednesday morning, police said. The deceased included both drivers and a cleaner while another helper managed to escape. It took two hours for the firefighters to extinguish the flames and retrieve the bodies.The…
