Lucknow: A day after Enforcement Directorate registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Ponzi scheme fraud allegedly ran by Ravindra Nath Soni, officials said the agency is now preparing to issue summons and conduct searches at the residences and premises of those named in the ECIR.Soni,…
Lucknow: Seventeen personnel of Lucknow Police and fire services were honoured for outstanding work ranging from cracking heinous crimes to rescuing lives and reuniting missing children with their families at a ceremony celebrating courage, compassion and professional excellence. The event was organised under the aegis of Times of India and NBT. Alambagh police SHO inspector…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that bulldozers will act if anyone, no matter how influential, illegally encroaches on monuments, mythological sites, or government land. Addressing the state Assembly during a discussion on the supplementary budget, the CM said creating a secure environment for every citizen is the foremost priority of his government…
Lucknow: In a major step towards skill formalisation, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship jointly organised a recognition of prior learning (RPL) certification programme for domestic workers.The event, held at Ekta Bhawan under the guidance of the district administration and the labour department, saw participation from experts,…
Prayagraj: Noting that the trial court failed to notice that the appelant was confessing to his crime out of fear for his life, the Allahabad high court has overturned the conviction of a man, who spent almost 24 years in prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment in a dacoity case.In this case, the trial…
Prayagraj: Allahabad high court has ruled that consensual relationship between a teacher and a student is misconduct and not sexual harassment.A bench of Saurabh Shyam Shamshery passed this order on Dec 16 while setting aside the termination of a lecturer of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Prayagraj, 19 years ago for having a…
Lucknow: The govt lent a fresh budgetary boost of over Rs 18 crore to the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) that aims to boost overall rural self-reliance and job creation in state. Of the 18.29 crore allocated under the programme for the 2025-26 fiscal, Rs 10.97 crore were released by the Centre while the rest,…
Kanpur: A luxury car broke through police barrier, injuring three police personnel holding routine vehicle check near Kohna police station, at Ganga Barrage on Tuesday evening.Kohna police team stopped a suspicious car. The driver accelerated and rammed the barrier, dragging Atal Ghat outpost in charge Sanjay Kumar (40), SI Puran Singh (26), and home guard…
Lucknow: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), now renamed as Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), has proved to be most effective in UP’s Mainpuri, the bastion of the Samajwadi Party.Recent data show that the home turf of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, currently represented by…
Lucknow: A Vantangia village in Gorakhpur is set to become the state’s first and the country’s second Jal Arpan village under the Centre’s Har Ghar Jal scheme.Every house in the village now has tap water and residents are getting continuous drinking water supply. Now, the responsibility of the campaign will be handed over to the…
