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Uttar Pradesh invited Spanish defence firms to explore investment opportunities. LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) and the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) invited Spanish defence and aerospace companies to explore investment opportunities in the state during a virtual India–Spain Defence Industry Workshop held on Thursday.The workshop, titled “Make in India…

Ayodhya Police are intensifying their probe into the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case. LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday intensified their probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations from the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, conducting searches at the homes of three arrested accused, recovering cash, jewellery and a car, and freezing 15 bank accounts…

ED seized financial records during searches across UP. These searches were part of a money laundering probe against former MLA Deep Narayan Singh Yadav. LUCKNOW: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized a large volume of financial records, documents relating to suspected shell companies, alleged benami properties and transactions indicating possible layering of illicit funds…

UP STF arrested Rs 1 lakh rewardee Sachin Kumar, wanted in the May 27 murder of Lucknow property dealer Sandeep Singh. LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a fugitive carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh in connection with the daylight murder of Lucknow-based property dealer Sandeep Singh.The accused, identified as…

Lucknow: BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday said higher education in Uttar Pradesh has seen a major turnaround in recent years, citing a sharp rise in the number of universities receiving high accreditation grades.Speaking as chief guest at the 11th convocation ceremony of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University (KMCLU), Trivedi said the…

Lucknow: Several gold medallists at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University’s convocation on Tuesday said they plan to pursue postgraduate research and teaching careers.Topper of MTech and engineering faculty, Allmin Fatima, said, “I want to pursue higher studies to deepen my understanding of the subject and contribute to research. Teaching will give me an opportunity to…

Lucknow: Minor dispute led to a murderous assault in Banthra. On Wednesday, police arrested Mahipal Rawat, 35, for murderous attack on Jitendra Kumar, 32, resident of Mavai Padiyana village. Rawat was charged under provisions related to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.On Jun 27, Jitendra Kumar was riding through the village on a motorcycle. An…

Lucknow: A 55-year-old man wanted in a 1991 theft case in Lucknow was arrested from Hardoi on Wednesday, ending a nearly 20-year chase by police.Wazirganj police arrested Narendra from his residence in Kavathakiya locality during a pre-dawn raid around 5am while executing a long-pending non-bailable warrant issued by a Lucknow court.SHO RK Tripathi said Narendra…

Lucknow: On the 114th birth anniversary of former UP chief minister and freedom fighter Babu Banarasi Das, the Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta Foundation organised free health camps across Lucknow Central and flagged off eight free ambulance services.The initiative, led by BBD Group chairman Viraj Sagar Das, included health, dental and eye-care camps at Raniganj and…

FSDA cracks down on suspected counterfeit drug network, raids 25 firms Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has uncovered an alleged counterfeit supply of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medicines during a statewide drive against spurious drugs, seizing suspected fake stocks of Chymoral Forte and Gudcef Plus.FSDA officials said a raid conducted near…