Lucknow: In a breakthrough against narcotics networks operating across eastern and northern India, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested a key operative involved in the illegal storage and trafficking of Fensidyl cough syrup and other codeine-based drugs used as intoxicants. The accused, Amit Kumar Singh alias Amit Tata, a resident of…
Lucknow: While the municipal corporation started towing of illegally parked vehicles in Hazratganj and Lalbagh on Wednesday, there was no improvement in traffic congestion in the two prime commercial areas. Reason: shortage of usable parking spaces and poor conditions inside the existing facilities.According to the Hazratganj traders, the combined capacity of parking lots in Hazratganj…
Lucknow: Top Indian shuttlers K Srikanth and HS Prannoy, along with Kiran George, Tharun Mannepalli and Priyanshu Rajawat, advanced to the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi India International HSBC World Tour Super 300 Badminton Championship 2025 at the UP Badminton Academy on Wednesday. In women’s singles, top seed Unnati Hooda, Anupama Upadhyaya, Rakshitha Santhosh,…
Lucknow: Defying all advice and warnings, an 18-year-old deaf and mute girl from Kanpur decided to listen to her heart. For quite some time, the girl, Khushi Gupta, had been harbouring the desire to meet ‘Baba’ (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) and present a handmade portrait to him. On Nov 22, she finally decided to realise…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives to make the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) more effective and capable.During a review meeting held on Wednesday, he said that permanent deployment of essential manpower, including inspectors, sub-inspectors, computer operators, and constables in all six police stations and eight units of the force, along with arrangements for…
Lucknow: India physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was not just a great scientist and a visionary who conceived the nation’s nuclear energy programme. He was in fact a multitalented person — musician, writer and painter. Its a lesser known fact that Bhabha preserved a substantial collection of paintings and numerous works of art. These facets about…
Lucknow: Technologies and campaigns on women’s safety, child protection, cybercrime prevention, and the new criminal laws took centrestage as DGP Rajeev Krishna visited the UP Police pavilion at the Diamond Jubilee Jamboree of Bharat Scouts and Guides at the Defence Expo Ground on Wednesday.The DGP reviewed specialised zones created to familiarise young participants with UP…
Prayagraj: A revenue inspector and another employee associated with Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work was on Wednesday named in an FIR related to the suicide of a lekhpal a day before his wedding in Fatehpur district on Tuesday,Sudhir Kumar, 28, who is posted in the Khajua block of Fatehpur’s Bindki tehsil, had skipped SIR related…
Lucknow: Women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may face higher risk of developing tuberculosis, including severe forms that can involve multiple organs and even affect newborns, according to a joint review by KGMU Lucknow and PGIMER Chandigarh.The researchers recommend TB screening before IVF, close monitoring of women with past history of TB and early evaluation…
Lucknow: As India celebrated the Constitution Day on Wednesday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the BJP was using SIR to end people’s constitutional right to vote. He alleged that the BJP has inflicted the greatest damage on the Indian Constitution.Greeting the people on the Constitution Day, Akhilesh expressed hope that Babasaheb’s Constitution will only…
