Lucknow: A gang of five young men, who first bonded over casual hangouts at a city shopping mall, ended up forming a full-fledged bike-lifting racket that operated across multiple parts of Lucknow. The Aashiana police arrested all five accused and recovered 21 stolen two-wheelers from various locations, including their homes and hideouts, officials said on…
Lucknow: In heartening news for families looking for affordable housing units, launch of over a dozen greenfield townships is expected ahead of the festive season across key cities of Uttar Pradesh. Holding a meeting with housing development authorities, state govt issued directives to vice-chairmen to expedite land aggregation process to launch the housing scheme before…
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) chairman Ashish Kumar Goel on Tuesday ordered the transfer of Ashok Kumar, chief engineer of Ghaziabad, following serious complaints of negligence. The action stems from two major lapses under Kumar’s supervision. Upon investigation, the chairman found Kumar guilty of supervisory negligence in both cases. As a result, he has…
The UP excise department has managed to raise its collection in July compared to the previous fiscal year. Compared to Rs 3,953 crore collected as excise duty through sale of retail liqour bottles and units last year, this time the state collected a revenue of Rs 4,354 crore. State excise minister (indpendent) Nitin Agarwal said…
Lucknow: UP’s sugarcane sector has witnessed an intriguing trend with sugar production by mills falling by almost 23% between 2017-18 and 2024-25, despite a substantial increase in cane acreage and productivity during the period.Industry sources attribute the dip to diversion of cane for Khandsari, low recovery and adverse weather conditions.Data released by the cane development…
Lucknow: Three months ago, 27-year-old Geeta (name changed) gave birth to a premature baby at just 28 weeks of pregnancy. The newborn, weighing 1,000 gm and suffering from severe lung issues, was placed on ventilator support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of KGMU. Due to the stress of the situation, Geeta was unable…
Lucknow: A day after Madhu Singh, 26, wife of a merchant navy officer, was found hanging at her apartment in Gomtinagar Extension, the police booked her husband, Anurag Singh for harassment, dowry demand and forced abortion.The victim’s father, Fateh Bahadur Singh, a resident of Indiranagar, in his complaint stated that his daughter was married to…
Lucknow: Days after Hardoi and Rae Bareli police busted gangs offering fake birth and death certificates, Kushinagar police on Tuesday busted a separate gang offering fake birth certificates and Aadhaar cards.Kushinagar SP Santosh Kr Mishra said that a team comprising personnel from Ravindranagar Dhus police station and the district cyber cell conducted a targeted raid…
Lucknow/Gorakhpur: With a rare and complex surgery performed on a cancer patient, Mahayogi Gorakhnath University Gorakhpur (MGUG) Hospital has joined the league of a few institutions in the country capable of undertaking such advanced procedures.On Tuesday, an official spokesperson shared the case of an elderly patient from Kanyakumari, who underwent surgery for the removal of…
Lucknow: Power outage for past 20 days in Sitapur’s Koraiya village drew the ire of minister of state for prisons and Hargaon (Sitapur) MLA Suresh Rahi, leading to the suspension of a junior engineer late Tuesday night.After coming to know that Koraiya was reeling under power outage for 20 days, Rahi visited the village and…
