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…
Lucknow: As UP BJP is one the verge of getting a new president, the question doing the rounds is: Will the party go with the ‘tried and tested’ OBC face into the forthcoming 2027 assembly poll? In the past two polls, the party had Keshav Maurya (2017) and Swatantra Dev Singh (2022) — both OBCs…
Lucknow: The city is set for a sizeable addition to its housing infrastructure landscape as the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) cleared land acquisition and layout plans for seven residential projects during its 186th board meeting on Friday. The meeting was chaired by divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant.These projects will come up near Gomtinagar Extension on…
Kanpur: Kanpur police have arrested a Delhi-based businessman, Ravindra Nath Soni, for allegedly running a massive international investment scam that duped hundreds of Indians—both in India and in Dubai—of nearly Rs 970 crore. Investigators say the fraud spans multiple countries, involves cryptocurrency laundering, hawala routes, and may have national security implications. As on date, five…
Lucknow: Despite strict monitoring by the UP govt, incidents of stubble burning in the state went up by over 18% this year compared to 2024. The alarming rise threatens to further deteriorate air quality, often leading to episodes of winter smog formation, especially in the NCR region.According to data released by the Consortium for Research…
