Lucknow: A 45-year-old school bus driver allegedly died by suicide on Saturday afternoon after jumping in front of a moving Swarna Shatabdi Express in Banthra. Police identified the deceased as Ram Prakash.Police said Ram Prakash was a bus driver at a private public school. He left the home around 6am for duty. After picking up…
Lucknow: About 10,000 residents of Aishbagh’s Bhadeva locality faced drinking water outage on Saturday after a key supply line of Jalkal department ruptured near First Step School.The incident, reported in the morning, halted water supply to Bhadeva and adjoining areas, prompting residents to file multiple complaints. A Jalkal team was immediately deployed to the site,…
Lucknow: Following the court directives, the Gomtinagar Extension police filed an FIR against two people for allegedly cheating a businessman of Rs 98 lakh on the pretext of selling a heavy-duty drill machine.The complainant, Mohammad Salim Mansoori, owner of AS Traders, said that he met Chennai resident Mohammad Gulab through social media in Dec 2023….
Lucknow: Reels or short videos may be the norm today, but they deprive the audience of a nuanced or deep understanding of a subject or character. These videos also result in attention deficit which is dangerous and can hit creativity badly.The observation was made by actor Rajit Kapur while in conversation with Nishi Pandey during…
Lucknow: ‘Umrao Jaan’ is a film that transcends generations, retaining its vibrancy and allure even today. Based on the 1899 Urdu novel ‘Umrao Jaan Ada’ by Mirza Hadi Ruswa, the 1981 cinematic masterpiece by Indian filmmaker Muzaffar Ali continues to receive the same adoration.This enduring appeal was the focal point of the ‘Celebrating Umrao Jaan’…
Lucknow: KGMU referred a case of harassment of a senior woman faculty member allegedly by a male professor to the Internal Complaints Committee after she approached the State Women’s Commission seeking justice.According to the complaint, the incident took place on Oct 17 after a departmental purchase committee meeting, when the male professor allegedly misbehaved with…
Lucknow: In yet another case of digital arrest, a 75-year-old retired Food and Safety Department officer was duped of Rs 27 lakh by a caller who impersonated an officer of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The fraudster allegedly trapped the victim, a resident of Jankipuram, by falsely accusing him of involvement…
Lucknow: An orientation programme on work ethics, that brought together over 100 frontline staff—including receptionists, junior reception officers, public relations officials, medical social workers, and nursing staff—was held at SGPGIMS on Saturday.Addressing the gathering, Prof Mukul Srivastava from the mass communication and journalism department at Lucknow University, said: “Discipline, time management and behavioural refinement are…
Lucknow: Growing concerns over the increasing number of elderly people being abandoned in India, leading to a rise in old-age homes, took centre stage on Friday evening in the Hindi play Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein at the International Buddhist Research Institute.Written by Jaivardhan, the play sought to remind audiences of the weakening fabric of family…
Lucknow: Book piracy has become a serious threat to India’s cultural and intellectual fabric, said speakers at the Koshala Literary Festival.In the session “Stolen Words: The Hidden Cost of India’s Reading Culture,” publishers Arun Maheshwari, Chander Prakash and economist Jayant Krishna highlighted the scale of the problem. Maheshwari said while the Delhi Book Fair generates…
