Workers unload a cooler from a cycle cart outside a shop on a hot summer day Lucknow: Large parts of Lucknow. including the posh Gomtinagar area, continued to face electricity disruptions over the past two to three days as rising temperatures led to transformer overloads, transmission line breakdowns and repeated technical faults across multiple zones…
Lucknow: Sarojini Nagar police on Tuesday busted a family-run interstate burglary gang from Bihar, arrested four individuals, and recovered jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh and other valuables from their possession.The gang allegedly surveyed locked homes during the day, struck at night with cloth tied around their faces, and even stole CCTV DVRs to erase the…
Lucknow: The state govt has ordered swift assessment of horticultural crop and orchards affected by adverse weather conditions and timely provision of relief to farmers.Minister of state (independent charge) for horticulture, agricultural marketing, agricultural foreign trade and agricultural exports Dinesh Pratap Singh on Tuesday said that necessary proposals regarding disaster relief management should be forwarded…
LUCKNOW: A viral video showing a man performing life-threatening stunts on a moving electric scooter on the streets of Lucknow has triggered action from the city traffic police, who have seized the vehicle and initiated proceedings to cancel its registration.The incident, which surfaced on social media on Monday, showed the rider recklessly speeding through the…
Lucknow: The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of Lucknow University on Monday submitted its report at an emergency Executive Council (EC) meeting, flagging serious allegations against an assistant professor in connection with a reported paper leak and harassment case involving a BSc student.According to the report, multiple girl students from the department came forward during the…
Lucknow: The emergency Executive Council meeting of Lucknow University on Monday recommended “stern disciplinary action” against the assistant professor of zoology department who has been arrested for making sexual advances towards a girl student.A disciplinary committee has been formed which will table its interim report on Tuesday in another emergency EC where a stringent service-related…
Sarah Moin scored 98.75% marks in her ISC exams Lucknow: Sarah Moin, a deaf-blind meritorious student often referred to as the “Helen Keller of Lucknow”, will be provided with a laptop integrated with a refreshable Braille display to enable her to take the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG).The decision was taken by the office of…
Lucknow: The arrested LU assistant professor, accused in the alleged paper leak and harassment case involving a BSc student, has claimed that he never leaked any examination paper and had only offered to provide the student with “important questions” from the question bank.A senior police officer associated with the probe said the police are now…
Lucknow: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) will now train its students in the Chinese martial arts of kung fu and tai chi as part of its self-defence programme.The Kung Fu Federation of India and the Uttar Pradesh Kung Fu Association will jointly train students in these disciplines. According to AKTU officials, kung fu…
Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University Lucknow: Students of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) will no longer have to write their semester examinations with the help of a scribe or in Braille, which requires a certified transcriber for evaluation. Instead, they will now use special laptops that have a software named non visual…
