Lucknow: Lucknow Police on Tuesday registered FIR against an unidentified Facebook account holder on charges of circulating objectionable, misleading and communal content using name and photograph of prominent Shia cleric Maulana Mirza Mohammad Yasoob Abbas.According to police officials, the case was registered at Chowk Police Station after the cleric submitted written complaint alleging misuse of…
Lucknow: In view of the rising incidents of human-wildlife conflict involving wolves in Bahraich and adjoining districts over the past two years, the forest department has constituted a seven-member expert committee to formulate a comprehensive strategy to prevent attacks during the monsoon and winter seasons.According to an order issued by the forest department, authorities reviewed…
Lucknow: A 29-year-old newlywed woman was found dead in Thakurganj area on Monday, police said on Tuesday, detaining two in the matter for questioning.The deceased was found hanging inside her in-laws’ home in Kashi Vihar under the Thakurganj police station limits. Her family has alleged that she was being harassed for dowry and accused her…
Lucknow: Even as entire state reeled under intense heat and Banda continuing to be hottest place in the country on Tuesday, relief is expected from Thursday as weatherman has predicted thunderstorms in several parts UP.Maximum temperature in Banda was 47.4 degrees Celsius followed by Orai 45.8, Jhansi 45.5, Prayagraj 45.4, Agra 45.3 and Hamirpur 45.2…
Lucknow: A humorous one-act play, ‘The Seduction’, was staged on Tuesday as part of the second day of a three-day theatre festival at the International Buddhist Research Institute, Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar.The play was originally written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov while it has been adapted and directed by Tushar Bajpai.The plot follows an arrogant…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar on Tuesday signed an MoU with a private university for setting up the city’s first-ever plant gene bank at the upcoming Gomti Biodiversity Park, which is being developed at a cost of Rs 14 crore.The project will be spread over two acres of land inside the 25-acre biodiversity…
Lucknow: If you are a humanities student and want to study computer science as one of your subjects in BA, then you need not look for admission in Delhi University or other universities, as now Lucknow University is offering computer science as a subject in BA.In a major push towards advanced computing and artificial intelligence,…
Lucknow: The Centre launched Rural Smart Village Centres (RSVC) nationwide to develop smart and self-reliant villages, with the initiative already rolled out in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka.Existing govt schemes, including the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and other rural development programmes, are being integrated into the RSVC framework, Dr Sapna Poti, director, strategic alliances…
Lucknow: A 36-year-old service manager died after being struck on the head by a sack of construction debris allegedly thrown from the second floor of a hotel in Lucknow on Tuesday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 8 am in Vasundhara Vihar locality of Naubasta Kala under Chinhat police station limits.The deceased was identified…
Starts Champion Reader Award In SchoolsLucknow: After asking govt schools to reduce screen time and cultivate reading habits among children by making newspaper reading compulsory, the education department has now come up with Super 20, Super 30 Reading Campaign to further strengthen the reading culture in schools.The student who will read the maximum number of…
