Lucknow

Lucknow: State govt has cleared Lucknow Development Authority’s (LDA) Vashishth Nagar residential scheme, allocating 50 acres to MSME department to set up startups and small enterprises.The land will be used under Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Employment and Industrial Area Scheme, aimed at generating employment and promoting skill development and entrepreneurship.Planned under Chief Minister’s Urban Expansion Scheme,…

Members of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (SCS) staged a protest on Tuesday at Gate No. 1 of Lucknow University, questioning the cancellation of the UGC-NET examinations in English, Commerce and Sociology. The students demanded accountability from the authorities over translation, typographical and grammatical errors in the examination process. SCS LU, president, Prince Kumar said, “Students…

The museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG City The museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG City The museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG City The museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG City The museum has…

Lucknow: With a career spanning over five decades, city-based photographer Anil Risal Singh will be honoured with Associate of Photographic Society of America award in the PSA photo festival in Las Vegas in Sept.Singh said his photography was shaped by persistence, family support and patience.Singh is the winner of several national and international honours, including…

Kissa kursi ka: Missing chair delays express train LUCKNOW: All aboard – except for the chair. New Delhi-Lalitgram Vaishali Express was ready to leave Gorakhpur, but the train manager was not. Ramashish Das found his guard coach short of a seat and raised a safety flag, adding 69 minutes to a train already running 31…

Lucknow: Intermittent rains continued for the third consecutive day in the city on Tuesday, lifting rainfall totals that had remained in heavy deficit until last month, while the weather office forecast more rain and thundershowers over the next three days.Residents woke to overcast skies, light showers and a cool breeze. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC)…

tnn Mahanagar railway crossing Lucknow: In relief from traffic jams caused by frequent closure of the gate at railway crossing between the road in Mahanagar that leads to Ayodhya Road, a 2-km-long road overbridge was approved at an estimated cost of Rs 164.77 crore.The ROB will benefit over 2.5 lakh people living in and around…

‎Lucknow: Lucknow University’s senior professor, RP Singh has penned the first-ever college anthem of Shashi Bhushan Balika Vidyalaya Degree College (SBBVDC), which was formally approved during the institution’s prize day celebration on Tuesday.RP ‎Singh is a senior professor in the department of English. He wrote the anthem reflecting the college’s traditions, aspirations of its students…

Lucknow: Portions of a madrassa and an attached mosque, allegedly built on govt land, were demolished by district authorities in Siddharthnagar on Tuesday following a court order.The demolition drive was briefly disrupted after local Samajwadi Party leaders staged a protest. Police later removed the protesters from the site.The exercise began around 7 am when the…

Lucknow: A 43-year-old Thai national was arrested at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) Sonauli on the India-Nepal border in Maharajganj district after officials alleged they found digital copies of Indian identity documents bearing a different name on her mobile phone, immigration sources said.The woman, identified as Chon Chutichiraphat, reached the immigration counter around 6.30 pm…