Rajeev DikshitVaranasi: The widening work of 650-metre-long Dalmandi Road for improving access to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham reached a crucial phase on Wednesday when authorities of five mosques began demolishing portions of their structures marked for acquisition.The mosques are among 187 properties identified for complete or partial demolition under the Rs 224-crore road-widening project. The…
Newly appointed Congress In Charge for UP Rajendra Pal Gautam got a warm welcome by party workers in different cities on his way to Lucknow Lucknow: Sending out a signal to its ally Samajwadi Party on seat sharing, newly appointed Congress in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Rajendra Pal Gautam on Wednesday said that the Congress should…
Crack down on school vehicles, 12 challaned Lucknow: Transport department launched a two-week checking drive of school vehicles in the city on Wednesday.On the first day of the campaign, ARTO (enforcement) Alok Kumar Yadav led inspections at Mount Fort Intermediate College, Carmel Convent School in Badshahnagar and Evergreen Public School. Officials issued challans to 12…
Lucknow: Forest department on Wednesday inaugurated the ‘Van Mahotsav’ by planting saplings of various species at the Kukrail forest in Lucknow.Principal secretary, department of environment, forest and climate change, UP, V Hekali Zhimomi planted a ‘Gular’ (cluster fig) sapling and established a ‘Navagraha Vatika’, a garden dedicated to the nine celestial bodies, at the site.In…
Times News NetworkLucknow: Cutting of cakes some as big as 53-foot long, distribution of food and fruits to poor, bicycles to girl students and blood donation camps marked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s birthday celebrations across the state on Wednesday. Greetings poured in from chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and a…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s tourism push is shifting from drawing crowds to extracting stronger economic gains from record visitor numbers, with the state setting a new agenda around investment execution, better infrastructure and higher-quality visitor services.At a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said the department’s next phase will prioritise faster…
DyCM Brijesh Pathak at the launch of the Dastak Campaign Lucknow: Launching the Dastak campaign, a drive against communicable diseases, deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Wednesday said public participation was critical to eliminating dengue, malaria and other vector-borne diseases, stressing that govt efforts alone would not be enough to achieve lasting control.Flagging off the…
Lucknow/Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the 118-Km long Kanpur-Kabrai (Mahoba district) expressway, a greenfield corridor that is going to bring down the commute timing between the two cities by half.Presently it takes four hours to commute between Kanpur and Mahoba via the 127-km-long National Highway 34.The access-controlled corridor would be…
Lucknow: Tears, unanswered questions and the daunting responsibility of raising a six-month-old baby alone now define the life of Ranjana, the widow of Indian seafarer Rakesh Chauhan, whose death in Venezuela and the subsequent discovery that nearly all his major internal organs were missing have triggered demands for an international investigation.Sitting beside her husband’s photograph…
Pathikrit.ChakrabortyLucknow: Ayodhya police is now probing allegations that bribes were accepted for appointments in the Ram temple.The latest line of investigation emerged during the interrogation of arrested accused, Avinash Shukla, whose statements led investigators to examine the role of a Trust member whose name surfaced repeatedly during questioning.Sources said police are probing allegations that nearly…
