Lucknow: Four FIRs were registered on Tuesday in separate cases of cheating, impersonation and circulation of misleading content on the second day of the UP police constable recruitment examination. Of the 9.62 lakh registered candidates, 7,32,731 appeared, recording an attendance of 76.10%, officials said.The written examination was held in two shifts at 1,183 centres across…
Lucknow: The Jayant Chaudhary-led Rashtriya Lok Dal, an ally of the BJP, on Tuesday dissolved its UP state executive, in a move that potentially necessitated restructuring of the party’s organisational command ahead of the high-stakes UP Assembly elections due early next year.Sources said that the decision was taken at the party’s National Executive Committee, headed…
Lucknow: Two persons were burnt alive and two others sustained critical injuries after a speeding trailer truck rammed into a truck carrying poultry feed on the Lucknow–Sultanpur highway near Chaubisi late on Tuesday night, police said.According to the police, the trailer collided with the rear of the truck, triggering a massive fire that engulfed both…
Lucknow: Weather dealt a double whammy on city residents as mercury levels and moisture content in the atmosphere remained high on Tuesday, leading to uncomfortable sultry conditions. No relief is likely in next two days. While very light rain was reported in isolated areas in the wee-hours, it did little to cool the atmosphere and…
Lucknow: To ensure tangible support and social security to acid attack and triple talaq survivors, the Uttar Pradesh govt has decided to extend them housing and health benefits under various welfare schemes.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath issued directions in this regard during a meeting to review various schemes being implemented by the state women and child…
Lucknow: Additional chief executive officer of UPEIDA, Shashank Chaudhary on Tuesday visited the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor to review the progress of ongoing infrastructure works and assess project implementation.During the visit, he took stock of the status of road construction, drainage development and boundary wall works. Officials, engineers and representatives…
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Lucknow: Lucknow University has proposed reforms in engineering education on its second campus to align the curriculum with industry requirements and emerging technologies. A Curriculum Review Committee has been formed to update the syllabus and improve employability skills, officials said.As part of the changes, a common first semester for all engineering branches has been proposed,…
Lucknow: The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Lucknow, has discontinued its public grievance redressal programme conducted on Wednesdays. As a result, no public interaction or grievance hearing sessions will be held on Wednesdays at the office.However, passport applicants can continue to avail grievance redressal services on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday as per the existing schedule.”We…
LUCKNOW: A court in Barabanki has sentenced a man and his paramour to life imprisonment for the murder of the man’s wife in a case that initially appeared to be a deadly roadside attack but was later exposed as a meticulously planned conspiracy.The court found Damodar Prasad (38) and his lover Manorani (35), alias Radhika,…
