Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt on Tuesday constituted a three-member high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an IG-rank officer to probe the illegal sale, storage, and trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup — misused for intoxication and smuggling — after multiple districts reported organised criminal activity linked to the racket. The SIT has been given…
Lucknow: Even as the ongoing Rabi cropping season reaches its peak, the state govt has introduced a unique measure to curb irregularities in the distribution of fertiliser.The agriculture department has initiated the installation of special L1 POS machines at fertiliser distribution centres, allowing the govt to monitor the distribution of fertiliser to every farmer during…
Lucknow: Dismissed constable Alok Singh and Amit Tamta, involved in the cough syrup scandal, were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday.After the hearing, the court extended their judicial remand and sent them to jail till Dec 22.Earlier, the accused were brought from jail to the court, where several lawyers arrived upon hearing…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. LUCKNOW: A 35-year-old engineer was murdered allegedly by his 46-year-old live-in partner and her two daughters—aged 17 and 14—in Lucknow’s Green City area under BBD police station limits. The accused woman, along with her two daughters, allegedly slit the throat of her partner, following a heated argument over his…
KANNAUJ: Three men were arrested in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to convert villagers to another faith through inducement, according to police officials.A resident of Lohamad village filed a complaint on Monday against Panna Lal, Vidhya Sagar, and Uma Shankar Dohre, all residents of Karsaha village under Thathiya police station, according to…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reached out to public representatives during his visit to Agra, Meerut, and Moradabad districts on Monday and asked them to coordinate with organisational functionaries to step up efforts regarding development projects and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission of India.The CM is expected to…
Lucknow: During the freedom movement Vande Mataram was recited to bring everyone together and today divisive people want to use it to divide the country, said Samajwadi Party national president and Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav while speaking in the Lok Sabha on Monday.He underlined the need to not only sing Vande Mataram as a song,…
Lucknow: A 35-year-old engineer was brutally murdered by his 46-year-old live-in partner and her two daughters—aged 17 and 14—in Lucknow’s Green City area under BBD police station. The accused woman, along with her two daughters, allegedly slit the throat of her partner, following a heated argument over his “inappropriate intentions” towards her elder daughter, according…
Lucknow: A 45-year-old man narrowly escaped a fatal neck injury but suffered a severe cut to his left hand after becoming entangled in the banned Chinese manjha (kite string) while riding his motorcycle.Mohit Kumar Shukla, a resident of Balaganj, works as a salesman and is the sole earning member of his family, which includes his…
Lucknow: The police on Monday arrested a drug trafficker who allegedly headed an interstate–international drug supply network operating across Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Lucknow and extending into Nepal and Bangladesh. The accused, Pankaj Tripathi, carried a Rs 50,000 reward for his arrest. A resident of Kaushambi and the suspected ringmaster of the network, Tripathi was shot in…
