LUCKNOW: A 16-year-old female student was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel in Gomtinagar on Friday morning, triggering a police investigation after her family allegedly attempted to take the body to Haridwar for cremation without informing authorities. Police said a handwritten note carrying the words “I quit” was recovered from the room…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur police claimed to have solved the sensational murder of a self-styled occultist, popularly known as “Pardesi Baba”, with the arrest of the main accused who allegedly killed the occult practitioner believing that the latter had kept his mother under his influence for nearly two decades.The accused, identified as Nagendra (25) resident of Navinagar…
Flights diverted to Lucknow amid Patna weather disruptions (Representative image) LUCKNOW: Bad weather on Friday morning in Patna caused significant disruption to flight operations, leading to multiple diversions to Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA).Air India Express flight IX1346, operating from Delhi to Patna, was among the first to be diverted, landing in Lucknow…
Portion of shed collapses at Lucknow’s Charbagh station, 3 injured LUCKNOW: A portion of the shed at platform 5 of Lucknow’s Charbagh railway station collapsed on Friday morning around 8 am, injuring at least two passengers and a train ticket examiner (TTE). The incident occurred even as the station is undergoing redevelopment by the Rail…
Severe weather has claimed at least 12 lives across Uttar Pradesh overnight LUCKNOW: At least 12 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh last night due to severe weather, the Relief Commissioner said. Fatalities were reported from Pratapgarh (1), Kaushambi (3), Shahjahanpur (1), Fatehpur (1) and Hamirpur (6), where a bridge collapsed amid the storm. Authorities…
LUCKNOW: In another organizational reshuffle, the UP BJP on Thursday announced the presidents for five more districts including Varanasi and Gorakhpur Mahanagar.With this the party has changed all its presidents in the 98 organizational districts, a move which gains significance ahead of the assembly elections due early next year.The party replaced Varanasi district president Hansraj…
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (File photo) LUCKNOW: The state capital Lucknow witnessed a series of flight diversions on Thursday evening as adverse weather conditions in New Delhi disrupted operations, forcing several aircraft to land at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.IndiGo flight 6E329 operating from Delhi to Mumbai was diverted to Lucknow after prolonged holding…
Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur GORAKHPUR: The Baba Raghav Das Medical College administration on Thursday suspended 18 senior MBBS students for a month following allegations of severe ragging against juniors.The students have been suspended from all campus, classroom, and hostel facilities for a period of one month, along with a fine of Rs 25,000…
LUCKNOW: Two persons were burnt alive and another sustained burn injuries after a maize-laden truck and a dumper collided head-on and caught fire on the Kushinagar-Lucknow four-lane highway in Gorakhpur district early Thursday.The impact of the collision was so severe that both vehicles were engulfed in flames within minutes, triggering panic in the area and…
LUCKNOW: A 22-year-old woman from Lakhimpur Kheri, who had been missing three days ago, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room near Charbagh in Lucknow in the wee hours of Thursday. Police based on probe suspect the woman died by suicide following a failed love affair, while teams from Kheri police have…
