Kanpur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday flayed the govt over the SIR process and said along with common people, BLOs are also being troubled.“Despite Aadhaar cards, people are being forced to search for papers while this problem could have been solved through technology. Not just common people, BLOs are also being harassed,” he…
Lucknow: The UP STF on Saturday thwarted an abduction plot targeting prominent businessmen in Deoria by arresting three members of an organised ransom gang following a midnight encounter near Mahdaha-Dumwalia Road in eastern UP district.The gang, which allegedly planned to abduct two influential businessmen for a ransom of Rs 5 crore, came under scanner after…
Lucknow: A key water pipeline that burst near Nahariya Crossing in Alambagh last Wednesday slowing down the traffic on the already congested route is expected to be fixed this week.The stretch stays packed because it feeds into the Lucknow-Agra Expressway, carrying both heavy vehicles and routine traffic throughout the day. Project manager Farid Ahmad said…
Lucknow: UP’s power sector is witnessing a turnaround, and technical and commercial losses are steadily declining, according to a reply given by Union minister of state for power Shripad Naik in the Rajya Sabha on Dec 1, reports Arvind Chauhan.Naik informed the Upper House that UP has virtually eliminated the gap between peak demand and…
Lucknow: Big cars flouting traffic rules and getting slapped with hefty fines on Lucknow roads are passe. Now, smaller gizmos like ‘Activa’ are vrooming ahead by giving two cahoots to traffic norms and cops.In a surprise discovery, Lucknow Police have stumbled upon two cases of repeated traffic violations, both by non-gear two-wheelers.One scooter was challaned…
Kanpur: A monk was forced to seek police assistance after his family refused to recognise him and withheld his documents when he returned to Dharamangadpur village in the Sajeti police station area of Kanpur on Friday to collect papers needed for the SIR exercise. Sajeti police station officers intervened and, having verified his identity through…
Ayodhya: An extensive security blanket was put in place in Ayodhya on the 33rd anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, with no organised political or religious mobilisations.Security forces in Ayodhya and other parts of Uttar Pradesh remained on high alert and conducted thorough checks of vehicles on all routes.Unlike previous years, there were…
LUCKNOW: Indo-Islamic cultural foundation (IICF), looking after the construction of the mosque mandated by the Supreme Court in the Ram Janambhoomi – Babri Masjid case judgement, has strongly criticized the suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s decision of building a mosque to name it after Babur in Beldanga of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.Secretary of the…
Lucknow: A man from Punjab attempting to slip across the Indo-Nepal border using a forged Singaporean passport was thwarted by alert Bureau of Immigration (BoI) officers at the Sonauli checkpoint in Uttar Pradesh late on Thursday. The individual, identified as Vimal Deendsa from sector 69 of Mohali, Punjab, presented himself as one Hrbans Singh Bal,…
Lucknow: Charging the BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh of handling the codeine cough syrup cartel with kids’ gloves, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday questioned why there was no bulldozer action against those involved in the multi-crore scam.“Why is the BJP bulldozer silent on the multi-crore codeine drug syndicate,” he asked. Putting out a…
