Lucknow: Under Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana, department of social welfare ensured the marriage of over 1.8 lakh couples from OBC families. An official from the department said marriages of 1,80,017 couples from OBC families were solemnised over the past nine years. In 2025-26, a total of 26,286 OBC couples were married under the scheme.Under the…
Lucknow: Citing his govt’s ‘100-year vision plan’ for Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party can never match the BJP’s work over the past 12 years as both parties were driven by family interests while the BJP leadership treated the public as its family.Addressing an event in…
Lucknow: Building on the success of training 780 youths and enabling 585 of them to secure jobs in its licensed area of Greater Noida, Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) is now preparing another 500 youths for employment opportunities.Under its flagship CSR initiative, “Project Saksham– Skilling & Livelihood Program,” NPCL will train 500 local youths in…
Lucknow: A sub-inspector posted at Loni Katra police station in Barabanki district has been accused of assaulting a 14-year-old boy during an attempt to intervene in a dispute between children in Daulatpur village. The boy’s family has lodged a complaint on the Chief Minister’s Jan Sunwai (public grievance) portal, seeking a fair inquiry and strict…
Lucknow: Rae Bareli police on Thursday said they have solved the murder of a 45-year-old watchman within 72 hours, arresting his cousin who allegedly killed him over an extramarital relationship with the victim’s wife.The accused — Raj Kishore — allegedly attacked Binda Prasad, a watchman employed at a Jal Jeevan Mission water tank project, while…
Lucknow: Intense hot and humid conditions continued across the state on Thursday, with Banda emerging as the country’s hottest location at 43.2 degrees Celsius.Odisha’s Boudh recorded 42.8 degrees Celsius, while Brahmapuri in Maharashtra registered 42.3 degrees Celsius. Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh and Bathinda in Punjab shared the fourth spot at 42.2 degrees Celsius.Across Uttar Pradesh,…
LUCKNOW: An audit report submitted on May 30 has drawn attention to Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited’s (UPPCL) transactions on the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), highlighting a difference between the average prices at which electricity was purchased and sold during 2025-26 and recommending improvements in power scheduling.According to the audit report, UPPCL purchased 1,619.56 million…
Lucknow: Two brothers-in-law were killed after a speeding dumper truck rammed their motorcycle from behind and dragged it for nearly two kilometres on Kisan Path in Sarojini Nagar area on Thursday afternoon.The accident occurred around 1.30 pm between Daroga Khera on Kanpur Road and the Gahru underpass. The deceased were identified as Ramsevak Yadav, 50,…
Lucknow: Tobacco consumption has increased in UP, according to the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6), raising concern among health experts.The survey found that tobacco consumption among men rose from 44% in NFHS-5 (2019-21) to 45.2% in NFHS-6 (2023-24), while among women it increased from 8.5% to 9.6%, according to the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6),…
Lucknow: A 75-year-old visually impaired woman was killed and her son injured after a long-simmering feud between two neighbouring families turned violent in Banthra on Wednesday night.The deceased, Siyavati Rawat, suffered a fatal head injury during the clash in Mawai Padiyana village around 9.10 pm. She was rushed to hospital but succumbed to her injuries…
