Lucknow: Emphasising that the state information and public relations department was the bridge between the govt and the people of UP, director Vishal Singh on Saturday called upon the departmental workforce to be mindful of the changing times.Addressing a two-day workshop of district and state-level officials, Singh said that while the department had the responsibility…
Lucknow: Lucknow University hosted the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Debate Programme on Saturday. The event featured 10 debate tracks, with three participants selected from each.The chosen candidates will advance to the final stage, scheduled for Jan 10-12, 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi, where they will present their ideas on developing India before Prime Minister Narendra…
Lucknow: A wolf that snatched a year-old girl from her home and killed her in Bahraich’s Jaruwa village early Saturday was tracked and shot dead during a forest dept rescue op in the village the same evening.According to officials, the incident occurred around 3:30 am on Saturday, when Arti, the infant daughter of Ramkumar, was…
Prayagraj: A two-judge bench of Allahabad HC delivered a split verdict Thursday in the nine-year-old case over the fatal shooting of NIA DSP Tanzeel Ahmed and his wife Farzana in UP’s Bijnor district.Justice Rajiv Gupta voted to acquit the accused, while Justice Harvir Singh partly upheld a May 2022 trial court ruling, convicting accused Raiyyan…
LUCKNOW: Panic gripped the area around Kaiserganj police station in Bahraich after a wolf snatched a one-year-old girl from her home in Jaruwa-2 hamlet of Godahiya No. 4 gram panchayat in the early hours of Saturday. The child was later found dead, while the wolf was tracked and shot dead during a forest department operation…
Bahraich murder in 2024 ‘tore fabric of humanity’ LUCKNOW: A Bahraich court, which awarded death penalty to main accused Sarfaraz alias Rinku and sentenced nine others to life imprisonment for the murder of a 22-year-old man during the communal violence that erupted over Durga Puja idol, invoked Manusmriti to stress the necessity of a strong…
Lucknow: The Bahraich sessions court of Pawan Kumar Sharma, in its verdict on the October 2024 violence in the district that claimed the life of a young man and triggered communal tension, termed the killing an act of “extreme barbarity” that shook the social order and “tore the fabric of humanity”. The court noted that…
Lucknow: The ED Lucknow Zone on Friday launched a major crackdown across three states—UP, Jharkhand, and Gujarat—nine days after registering an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against 67 accused in the state’s largest codeine-based cough syrup diversion and trafficking racket worth over Rs 1,000 crore.Acting on the ECIR, ED teams, accompanied by central paramilitary forces,…
Lucknow: Stressing on the need to ensure that the health of Mother Earth should remain good if she were to provide food and ensure the survival of all creation,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that this could only be possible if farmers got access to seeds, fertilizers, irrigation facilities and support of scientific methods.Inaugurating the rabi…
Lucknow: The race for the post of UP BJP chief boiled down to three prominent OBC leaders a day before the process is set to start in Lucknow on Saturday with the filing of nominations. Political developments picked up pace on Friday with the arrival of party’s national organisation secretary BL Santhosh.The party office was…
