Lucknow: Acting on the Uttar Pradesh govt’s zero-tolerance policy against corruption, the state’s Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO) carried out two trap operations on Tuesday in Prayagraj and Mirzapur and arrested two govt employees while accepting bribes.In the first operation, ACO’s Prayagraj unit acted on a complaint lodged by Pranendra Pandey, a resident of Korasand village, who…
Lucknow: Director general of police Rajeev Krishna on Tuesday directed senior police officials in all districts to raise the “cost of committing cybercrime” through rapid IMEI blocking, deactivation of fraudulent SIM cards, and deeper use of technical tools.Speaking at a high-level review meeting at the Uttar Pradesh police headquarters, the DGP took stock of the…
NEW DELHI: In a rare decision aimed at facilitating the education of a minor girl, Supreme Court on Monday approved issuance of an SC certificate based on the ‘Adi Dravida’ caste of her mother, who is married to a non-SC person, even though it is yet to adjudicate a bunch of petitions challenging the norm…
Lucknow: An inter-state gangster wanted in seven active cases and named in 28 serious offences across five states was killed in a police encounter in Shamli district on Monday morning. The accused, Samaydin alias Sama, was a history-sheeter from Kairana–Kandhla region and operated in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Haryana.ADG, Meerut Zone, Bhanu Bhaskar,…
Lucknow: A play ‘The Pillars of Society’ staged at Bhartendu Natya Academy on Tuesday, exposing the hidden hypocrisies of the ruling class.The play, originally written by a Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, was translated and directed by Asif Ali. The plot revolves around a respectable entrepreneur Consul Karsten Bernick who is seen as an honest man…
Lucknow: To address the chronic parking chaos in Aminabad, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) opened a new parking facility at Ghantaghar park on Tuesday. The facility was inaugurated by UP finance and parliamentary affairs minister and Lucknow district in-charge, Suresh Khanna, with mayor Sushma Kharkwal as the special guest.The newly developed parking lot can accommodate…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt on Tuesday constituted a three-member high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an IG-rank officer to probe the illegal sale, storage, and trafficking of codeine-based cough syrup — misused for intoxication and smuggling — after multiple districts reported organised criminal activity linked to the racket. The SIT has been given…
AHMEDABAD: Onion and garlic caused such a pungent discord between an Ahmedabad couple that the husband filed for divorce, finding the wife’s gastronomical restrictions to be unpalatable. Now, the Gujarat high court has dismissed the wife’s appeal challenging the dissolution of the marriage.The wife, an adherent of the Swaminarayan sect, strictly refrained from eating onion…
Lucknow: Even as the ongoing Rabi cropping season reaches its peak, the state govt has introduced a unique measure to curb irregularities in the distribution of fertiliser.The agriculture department has initiated the installation of special L1 POS machines at fertiliser distribution centres, allowing the govt to monitor the distribution of fertiliser to every farmer during…
Lucknow: Dismissed constable Alok Singh and Amit Tamta, involved in the cough syrup scandal, were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Tuesday.After the hearing, the court extended their judicial remand and sent them to jail till Dec 22.Earlier, the accused were brought from jail to the court, where several lawyers arrived upon hearing…
