Ritika Singh Sisodiya | TNNLucknow: A Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL seeking probe into alleged anti-national activities and the use of social media platforms in making Cockroach Janta Party to incite youth, after the petitioner sought to withdraw the plea following questions over the court’s territorial jurisdiction.A…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Provincial Medical Services Association (PMS) will elect new office-bearers on June 22 to represent members’ issues before higher authorities.The election committee secretary said on Tuesday that election officers and returning officers will be appointed in all 75 districts to conduct the polls in an open and transparent manner. Elections will be…
“Zero tolerance should not be confined to criminals alone. It should also extend to public officials whose negligence, inaction or failure to perform their duties creates conditions that allow crime to flourish”(Drop Cap)“Zero tolerance against crime” has become a popular slogan in contemporary policing across the country. Citizens naturally expect the state to act firmly…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that state govt has sent a proposal to rename Fazilnagar in Kushinagar district as Pawagarh in honour of Lord Mahavir, saying the move would strengthen the area’s historical and spiritual identity.Addressing a gathering during the inauguration and foundation stone-laying ceremony of 278 development projects worth over Rs…
Lucknow: Facing pressure to meet its annual revenue goal, the Uttar Pradesh excise department has decided to add 489 new liquor shops to the existing network of retail vends across the state.Officials said the additional outlets will be opened in 43 districts, expanding a system that currently includes around 27,260 retail vends selling country liquor,…
TNNLucknow: Director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna on Tuesday directed police and administrative officers across Uttar Pradesh to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards any irregularity in the upcoming police constable recruitment examination, stressing that the success of the massive exercise would depend on vigilance and discipline at every level.Chairing a high-level review meeting via…
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ highlighted a 13-hour rescue operation in Gonda earlier this month in which a male Gangetic dolphin was saved using the country’s first Ganga Dolphin Rescue Ambulance and released back into the Rapti river.The dolphin was trapped in shallow water in a canal in Gonda. A…
Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati on Tuesday said that the news about the murder of Anushka Pal, a national kabaddi player, is “extremely heartbreaking and alarming” and demanded strict action against the accused.“The news of the murder of Anushka Pal, a 17-year-old national kabaddi player from Chirodi village in Sardhana Assembly constituency of Meerut, is…
Rohan Sharma orchestrated the robbery along with his associates LUCKNOW: A robbery in which a professional photographer was lured to a fake birthday-party assignment and relieved of costly camera equipment has turned out to be an inside job allegedly masterminded by his own assistant photography aide, who police said hatched the plot to earn quick…
Chaudhary Charan Singh international airport (CCSIA), Lucknow LUCKNOW: Customs air intelligence unit (AIU) sleuths at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) in Lucknow have seized 13 kg hydroponic marijuana worth about Rs 13 crore from a passenger arriving from Muscat and arrested him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.According to an AIU…
