Lucknow: As many as 936 candidates selected as head operators and head operators (mechanical) in the Uttar Pradesh Police Telecommunications Department beamed with joy upon receiving their appointment letters.For most candidates, it was their first govt job in their families.Expressing gratitude to CM Yogi Adityanath, the selected candidates said that govt has made the recruitment…
LUCKNOW: UP IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma has emerged as a talking point during the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections 2026 after a video of him issuing a stern warning to a political functionary went viral. Who is IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma? A 2011-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ajay Pal Sharma is known…
Speeding luxury bus overturned on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur, injuring over 60 passengers. LUCKNOW: In a road accident on Tuesday morning, more than 60 passengers were injured after a speeding luxury bus overturned on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur district. The bus, travelling from Ludhiana to Azamgarh, met with the accident around 6 am…
LUCKNOW: A 25-year-old woman software engineer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her rented accommodation in Bijnor on Lucknow’s outskirts.The deceased, Vaishnavi Yadav of Ayodhya, had been living in the city for the past four years while pursuing her engineering studies.Police said she was also working part-time as a software engineer with a private…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP on Monday constituted a two-member inquiry committee to probe allegations of seeking sexual favours levelled by a woman functionary against Mahoba district president Mohan Lal Kushwaha.The committee comprises state vice-president Kamlawati Singh and Bundelkhand region general secretary Sant Vilas Shivhare.The controversy erupted after the woman, a former…
Lucknow: Stepping up its attack on the BJP-led govts over farmer distress and rising unemployment, the UP Congress on Monday announced the launch of a statewide ‘Kisan naujawan bachao yatra’ from Saharanpur to Delhi beginning May 1.To be led by the UP Youth Congress western zone with support from the state Kisan Congress, the yatra…
A sorrowful episode has unfolded in the Phulpur neighborhood of Varanasi, where a businessman named Manish Singh, aged 36, lost his life in a violent mob attack. The turmoil erupted after Singh’s car collided with a woman tending to her household chores. VARANASI: A 36-year-old businessman was lynched by a mob after his car hit…
LUCKNOW: A video of UP IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma issuing a stern warning against alleged voter intimidation in West Bengal surfaced on social media on Monday, with barely 48 hours left for the second phase polling.Sharma, who has been made police observer in South 24 Parganas district, took on-ground action following complaints that voters…
Lucknow: Though the mercury levels dropped a bit in most parts of the state on Monday, the record-breaking heatwave continued unabated in Banda, with the maximum temperature touching 47.6 degrees Celsius, the highest in 75 years in the month of April.Banda was also the hottest place in the country.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD),…
Lucknow: With campaigning for the West Bengal Assembly elections coming to an end on Monday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath gave a final push to BJP’s hopes of breaking into the eastern bastion by addressing two public meetings and participating in two roadshows.Reminding the audience of Swami Vivekanand’s statement, “Say with pride that we are Hindus,”…
