Lucknow: Police on Friday claimed to have uncovered a meticulously fabricated kidnapping plot by a local bike mechanic who wanted to “escape” from his pregnant wife.The man, identified as Furqan, not only switched off his phone and disappeared for two days but also paid a minor boy to deliver a false abduction story to his…
Lucknow: UP Congress president Ajay Rai visited the family of Lekhpal Sudhir Kumar of Fatehpur on Friday. Kumar allegedly committed suicide due to job pressure caused by duty in the SIR exercise.“Kumar committed suicide by hanging himself on Tuesday due to excessive SIR work and pressure from senior officials,” Rai said in a press statement.Adding…
Lucknow/Dehradun: In a breakthrough in the ongoing probe into alleged paper leak of the graduate level recruitment examination conducted by Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC) on Sept 25, CBI on Friday arrested a woman assistant professor of a Tehri Garhwal-based government college for her alleged involvement in the crime.The arrest was made in the…
Lucknow: In an unusual and alarming incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district was found trapped inside a metal cage set up to capture a leopard that was terrorising villages in the Fakharpur area. The rescue operation lasted nearly two hours and involved both forest officials and local police.The incident occurred late on Thursday…
President Murmu (File Photo) LUCKNOW: Emphasizing that spiritual awakening through meditation is essential for creating a peaceful world, President Droupadi Murmu expressed that the relevance of India’s ancient message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam—the world is one family—in today’s challenging times, holds the key to addressing contemporary global challenges.She was in Lucknow to take part in the…
AYODHYA: Fourteen bronze murals, each measuring seven by eight feet and depicting stories of Hindu gods and goddesses, have been installed at the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya. The artworks were created by Dhaarna Jaisinghani, a renowned muralist from Gujarat, who is the only woman artist to have her murals featured in the temple.The murals…
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has reiterated that Aadhaar cards cannot be accepted as proof of date of birth in any official process. The Planning Department has issued fresh instructions to all state departments, clarifying that Aadhaar is not an official birth certificate and should not be treated as one.The directive follows a communication from…
JHANSI: A tragic accident occurred on the Jhansi-Kanpur highway in Jhansi district on Thursday evening, resulting in the deaths of two individuals, including a woman, and leaving two others with serious injuries. The incident took place when a roadways bus lost control and crashed into a highway divider where victims were engaged in routine NHAI…
Lucknow: The arrest of Abhinav Sharma — a Mathura-trained engineer who astonishingly travelled to more than 110 countries while allegedly running a Rs 100 crore NEET admission racket — has left investigators reeling.What police initially thought was just another examination fraud exploded into a story of unimaginable scale: a BTech (Mechanical) graduate from an obscure…
Lucknow: It’s a myth that Qawwali is related to a particular religion or language and is only sung in Arabic and Persian. In fact, it is sung in Hindi, Awadhi, and many more languages, said Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi during her session on ‘Qawwali: The Call of Hearts in Love’ on the first day of…
