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DRI Seizes Rs 12.7 Crore Hydroponic Cannabis at Lucknow Airport LUCKNOW: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 12.7 kg of high-grade cannabis worth approximately Rs 12.7 crore at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.DRI sleuths intercepted three Indian nationals on Monday who arrived from Thailand on Flight FD-146. During examination of their checked-in baggage, officials…

LUCKNOW: In Auraiya district, a woman faced an unusual medical emergency while enjoying golgappas at a roadside stall. As she opened her mouth to eat the first golgappa, her jaw suddenly locked in an open position, leaving her unable to close it. Half of the golgappa remained inside her mouth and the other half outside,…

LUCKNOW: A woman’s body was found under mysterious conditions, placed upright against a wall over a roadside drain, appearing from a distance as if she was simply sitting there. She was found dead on Monday in Gomtinagar’s Vishal Khand-2 area.The womanwas identified as Rekha Verma, 37. ACP Gomtinagar, Brij Narayan, stated that further clarity will…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s drive to accelerate land readiness and fast-track the development of industrial parks took centre stage on Tuesday during a high-level review meeting at Invest UP chaired by industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’.Officials from Noida, Greater Noida, YEIDA, GIDA, and BIDA were directed to speed up land acquisition, resolve bottlenecks and…

Lucknow: The four-year-old leopard that had killed a 55-year-old woman and injured eight others in Bahraich district was finally captured after it walked into a bait trap on Tuesday morning.The leopard was caught in a metal cage placed with a goat as bait in Tejwapur’s Karipurwa Katha village under Mahsi range, where forest teams had…

Lucknow: Two workers employed in a catering unit were killed and four others were injured when a speeding SUV caused a chain collision on IIM Road under Sairpur police station limits on Tuesday. The motorcycle they were riding was ripped apart by the impact.“Around 2:30 am, near Urdu Farsi outpost, driver of a black SUV…

A 14-year-old minor girl was allegedly molested by her neighbour in the Gomtinagar Extension on Monday night. According to the complaint lodged by the victim’s grandmother, the woman attended a marriage ceremony with her granddaughter. While they were waiting outside the lawn for a cab, neighbour Sanjay Yadav. The minor later revealed that Sanjay Yadav…

Lucknow: Travelling from Samtamulak crossing to Nishatganj, a distance of about 3.3 km, will soon take just five minutes, with the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) speeding up construction on the new green corridor route.LDA vice-chairman Prathamesh Kumar inspected the project on Tuesday and instructed officials to complete the remaining work within the next 10 days….

Lucknow: The RSS-BJP coordination meeting held on Monday evening is more than what meets the eye. More so, when seen in the context of a series of developments that have taken place in the last two weeks. It was after a long time that the functionaries from RSS and its offshoots sat with the ministers…

Lucknow: UP STF on Tuesday arrested dismissed constable Alok Pratap Singh, a key accused in the racket related to illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrups being pushed as narcotics. The arrest in Lucknow is the latest action under the joint task order issued by the UP govt on Feb 12, which formed a combined investigation…