Lucknow: The Sarojininagar police have arrested a Deoria resident, who allegedly created a scene at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport after being denied boarding for being drunk.According to the FIR, the accused, Ghanshyam Vishwakarma of Padiyapur village, was scheduled to fly to Dammam on Indigo flight 6E-97 on Saturday. Airline officials said he appeared visibly…
Lucknow: Marking a historic achievement in renewable energy journey, Uttar Pradesh has surpassed the milestone of 300,000 solar installations and is only behind Gujarat and Maharashtra, said govt officials.“As per the data, out of 983,915 applications, 300,654 installations were completed, bringing the state’s total solar capacity to 1,038.27 MW. These installations are delivering clean, affordable…
Lucknow: The ongoing crisis at IndiGo Airlines, marked by frequent flight cancellations and delays, has forced many travellers to look for alternative modes of transport. As airlines struggle to restore normal operations, private tour operators, travel agencies and commercial vehicle owners are seeing the disruption as an opportunity and hiking prices sharply for intercity and…
Lucknow: Only 3% of the total candidates registered to appear for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), organised by Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU) in collaboration with the consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) from the Lucknow region, missed the entrance test held on Sunday. Talking to TOI, candidates said the exam…
Lucknow: A resident of Jankipuram has accused a rival builder and his associates of barging into his home and assaulting his entire family, including women and a two-month pregnant daughter-in-law, allegedly over work-related rivalry. The entire episode was captured clearly on their home CCTV cameras and has gone viral on social media, prompting outrage and…
Bahraich: Rupaidiha police in Bahraich arrested three members of an international vehicle theft gang and recovered 16 stolen motorcycles from their possession. The gang was involved in stealing vehicles from Indian Territory and selling them in Nepal at cheap rates.According to Rupaidiha SHO Ramesh Rawat, his team was checking suspicious persons and vehicles at Pachpakdi…
Lucknow: With at least 18,568 startups, 8,000 led by women entrepreneurs, currently active in various fields, industry-friendly policies of the Yogi Adityanath govt are helping nurture a strong startup culture in the state, a govt spokesperson said.“Uttar Pradesh is emerging as the powerhouse of startups in the country. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi…
A wedding procession turned tragic on the Gonda-Ayodhya Highway when a car carrying a newly-married groom and his family collided head-on with a bus LUCKNOW: A wedding procession turned tragic on the Gonda-Ayodhya Highway when a car carrying a newly-married groom and his family collided head-on with a bus. The family was returning after the…
LUCKNOW: The wave of wolf attacks in Bahraich intensified in the wee hours of Sunday when a four-year-old boy was snatched from beside his sleeping mother at 1 am in Mallahanpurwa hamlet of Godahiya village under Kaiserganj area. Despite the mother’s desperate chase and the villagers’ frantic search through the night, the child remains missing,…
Hazratganj through the Corridors of Times It is widely believed that Hazratganj, Lucknow’s central business district and colonial High Street, came into being in 1810, while Nasir-ud-Din Haidar later introduced the China Bazaar and Kaptaan Bazaar in 1827 for imported goods. The market eventually came to be known as Hazratganj in 1842 after Amjad Ali…
