Lucknow: Basti police on Sunday arrested six members of an inter-district cyber fraud network involved in operating mule accounts, cheating citizens and siphoning off funds from across the country.Teams from Kotwali Police Station, Lalganj Police Station and the Cyber Cell arrested three accused, Sujit Chaudhary, Nipendra Chaudhary and Ramnath Chauhan, near the Mathauli Chhath Ghat…
Lucknow: The government railway police (GRP) in Etawah has booked train ticket examiner (TTE) Santosh Kumar for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after Arti Yadav, 30, wife of an Indian Navy chief petty officer, was found dead along the tracks between Samhon and Bharthana stations on Nov 26.According to the FIR, Arti had mistakenly…
Lucknow: Awadh’s famous crafts and traditions are still alive, but they are in danger if artists do not get proper support. This was the strongest message at the third session of the Koshala Literature Festival.The discussion, titled ‘Living Legacies: The Intangible Art of Awadh’, brought together Taha Ahmed, Maroof Kulman, Taqi Abbas, Devanshi Seth and…
Lucknow: Science can tell us what happens and how it works, but it cannot answer why things matter. This idea set the theme for the session “Clash of Ideals: Myth and Modernity” at the Koshala Literature Festival.Speaker Sharad Bindal said science, history, and mythology each play a different role: science explains facts, history keeps records,…
Lucknow: A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her brother after he found her talking to a male friend over the phone in Basti.The crime occurred on Nov 16 but came to light on Sunday after an investigation by five police teams formed by Gonda SP Vineet Jaiswal. As per reports, the victim, a resident of…
Lucknow: Concern over issues related to stray dogs, new animal welfare rules, and the need for dignified last rites for the poor dominated the opening session, titled ‘Revolutionary Voices of Lucknow’, of the Koshala Literature Festival on Sunday.The session featured young social activists Versha Verma, Ruchi Kishore, Nilay Agarwal, and Harshit Singh, and was moderated…
Lucknow: Young writers must ‘become the character’ to write honestly for the screen. This was the key message from screenwriter Vaibhav Vishal during the session ‘Scripted Realities: Mirror of a Streaming Nation’ at the Koshala Literature Festival. Speaking with Soumya Singh, Vishal shared how deep research and close observation shaped his character-driven storytelling.Vishal, known for…
Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) organised protests and tributes across Uttar Pradesh for booth level officers who died during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the voters’ list in various states.Party MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh, who participated in a condolence meet in Prayagraj said that SIR was being carried out to manipulate…
Lucknow: A 46-year-old booth level officer (BLO), serving as an assistant teacher, allegedly died by suicide at his home in Baheri Brahmanan village in Moradabad district on Sunday.The BLO, Sarvesh Singh, was found hanging inside his house. Father of four minor daughters, Singh left a handwritten suicide note citing severe stress, inability to meet targets,…
Prof A K Jaiswal and Prof Arun Kumar Srivastava stressed on the growing importance of ICP monitoring in head injury patients at a workshop held at Apex Trauma Centre, SGPGI, on Sunday.. Guest speaker Dr Rathjit Mitra from Kolkata discussed different monitoring methods and their benefits in managing critical cases. Doctors from KGMU and SGPGI,…
