Lucknow: Heavy rain lashed the state capital late night and in the early morning hours on Sunday, bringing relief from hot and humid conditions, though humidity remained high throughout the day, making the feels-like temperature higher than actual. The city recorded its highest rainfall of the monsoon season so far, leading to waterlogging in several…
Lucknow: Nostalgia for Bollywood’s golden era filled Kokoro Art Gallery on Sunday as IAS officer and vintage ephemera collector Suboor Usmani opened his solo exhibition, ‘Bioscope: Karwaan Guzar Gaya’, featuring around 70 film postcards charting the visual journey of Hindi cinema. The show will remain open to the public till Aug 20, from 11 am…
Lucknow: A professor and former vice-chancellor of a private university has accused a builder company, its associates and officials of multiple banks of orchestrating a ₹2.11-crore fraud linked to the purchase of two flats in Lucknow.An FIR in this connection has been registered at Kaiserbagh police station.The victim, Prof Mirza, a resident of Lalbagh, in…
Lucknow: A ₹4 lakh robbery in Lucknow’s Gosainganj area was cracked after police traced the suspects through a ₹29 digital payment made for tea and samosas at a shop near the crime scene.Police arrested four men allegedly involved in the robbery and recovered ₹1.5 lakh of the looted cash, two mobile phones and two motorcycles,…
Lucknow: A 70-year-old man was killed and eight others were injured after a group of armed men allegedly attacked members of a family during a dispute over agricultural land in Guman Singh Ka Purwa village under the Subeha police station area of Barabanki on Sunday evening.According to police, the attackers arrived on a tractor along…
Lucknow: A 22-year-old man died after jumping in front of a moving train in Lucknow’s Nigohan area on Saturday. His family said he was struggling with a serious illness for a prolonged period.The incident took place in Sherpur Lawal village under Nigohan police station limits. The deceased, identified as Shivam, was the elder son of…
Lucknow: Jankipuram Police on Saturday arrested a woman in connection with the death of her husband after an alleged domestic dispute in which she is accused of striking him on the head with an iron griddle.Police identified the accused as Tapasya Singh, also known as Preeti and Priyanka.The arrest follows a complaint filed on Aug…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation has introduced the one time settlement (OTS) scheme for house tax collection in the state capital.Around Rs 1,500.76 crore is due as house, water and sewerage tax from 2,24,749 houses in eight zones which includes Rs 724.76 crore of arrears, Rs 497.41 crore of pending dues and Rs 278.58 crore…
Lucknow University vice-chancellor Prof JP Saini Lucknow: Lucknow University vice-chancellor Prof JP Saini will now sit at the university’s second campus office at least twice a week. He announced this after inaugurating the new vice-chancellor’s office on the campus on Independence Day.The move is aimed at ensuring quicker resolution of issues faced by students, teachers…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration has ordered strict action against dairy and milk-product manufacturing units found using adulterants, harmful chemicals or foreign fats, including immediate seizure and destruction of contaminated products and closure of offending units.In an order issued on Aug 15, food safety commissioner Dr Roshan Jacob said inspections and…
