LUCKNOW: Two minor girls died after heavy rains led to wall collapse early Monday morning in Sitapur district, and injuried a 60-year-old man.The incident occurred around 4 am when a mud wall of a village house suddenly caved in Sidhauli area, bringing down the thatched roof placed over it. The debris trapped three members of…
LUCKNOW: A man who murdered his wife in north Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area more than two decades ago was arrested in Lucknow on Monday, where he had been living under a false identity. Veerpal, now in his early 50s, had managed to evade arrest for nearly 21 years by changing his name, severing all contact with…
Varanasi: After arresting Umar Ansari, the son of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, from Lucknow late Sunday night, the Ghazipur police have turned the heat on Mukhtar’s wife Afshan Ansari who is still elusive.Umar was arrested for allegedly forging the signatures of his mother to get a high value property transferred to her name. To come…
Kanpur: In a bizarre case, a man took his mother, 49, to the local market on the pretext of buying her medicines, strangled her and when she was knocked unconscious, repeatedly trampled her to death under the wheels of a SUV borrowed from his friend.All this because his mother, Yashoda Devi Sharma, from Khuriyapura village…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed a comprehensive review of the physical infrastructure of council schools across Uttar Pradesh to boost the quality of primary education in the state.“Primary schools are not merely buildings but the foundation of society’s future. The govt is committed to providing children with a safe, inspiring and dignified…
Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh arrested a doctor identified as Usama Maj Sheikh (24) from Badlapur in Maharashtra. Sheikh, who claims to be a homeopathy practitioner, was taken into custody from his residence in Badlapur East on Monday morning with the assistance of the local police. Earlier on August 2, ATS had…
