Lucknow: In a major demonstration of zero-waste event management, the 19th National Jamboree handed over 500 packets of natural compost—produced entirely from 10,500 kg of food waste generated during the week-long event—to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Sunday. The compost will now be used in parks and green belts across the city.The Jamboree, held…
Lucknow: A 40-year-old woman was run over by a Uttar Pradesh state-run bus outside Charbagh railway station on Sunday morning. Police identified the victim as Sangeeta Rawat, a Class IV employee with the Kanpur Municipal Corporation. She came to Lucknow with her three children to attend a relative’s housewarming ceremony.According to police, the family was…
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 November 26. According to the FIR, Arti had…
CHENNAI: Rains triggered by Cyclone Ditwah continued in several parts of Tamil Nadu as it is expected to move parallel to the coastline of northern parts of the state and neighbouring Puducherry in the next 24 hours, the weather office said on Sunday.With heavy rainfall pounding Cauvery delta districts in the state, Ramanathapuram and Nagapattinam…
Kolkata Police arrested Bhola Prasad, father of Shubham Jaiswal, in a major codeine trafficking probe LUCKNOW: Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested Bhola Prasad, father of absconding pharmaceutical dealer Shubham Jaiswal, in a major development in Uttar Pradesh’s multi-state codeine trafficking probe. Bhola was detained at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after Sonbhadra Police shared…
Agra, the poster city of everlasting romance, seems to have quietly reinvented itself as UP’s new ‘break-up capital’. In Sept, the city logged 762 fresh petitions, nearly 90% of them seeking divorce, leaving Lucknow trailing at 590.For a place that sells the Taj Mahal as the global mascot of eternal love, the irony is impossible…
Lucknow: Two decorated IPS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre hung up their boots on Saturday after glorious careers.Daljit Singh Chawdhary and Tilotma Verma, both from the 1990 batch, superannuated from UP Police. Their careers were defined by fearless field policing, institution-building, and globally recognised service.Daljit Singh Chawdhary: In the ravines of UP and the Chambal…
Lucknow: Taking lessons from how ‘offensive’ Bhojpuri songs by folk singers on social media majorly dented the electoral prospects of Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar polls, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to all not to associate him or his party with any and every folk song or reel uploaded on social media.“Main…
Lucknow: The state govt has set a target of making all differently abled women in the state digitally literate by 2026.This is part of a larger campaign to make such women self-sufficient and to make the state disabled friendly. In 2017, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath implemented a 4% reservation for disabled persons in the state,…
Lucknow: The Kabir Festival lit up Sangeet Natak Akademi on Saturday with an evening soaked in music, verse and the timeless spirit of Kabir. From soulful bhajans to evocative poetry, the venue turned into an assembly of voices where rhythm and emotion flowed freely.The session Mohabbat Ke Mayne saw Vipul Rikhi cast a spell with…
