Lucknow: A 23-year-old Pharm D (Doctor of Pharmacy) student has accused a senior functionary of a private university in Lucknow of sexual harassment, caste-based abuse and criminal intimidation, prompting registration of an FIR after court intervention.The FIR was lodged at Gudamba police station under Sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman…
Lucknow: A 48-year-old farmer was killed in a suspected leopard attack in Bahraich district, with his half-eaten body found nearly 4km inside the Katarniaghat forest after an eight-hour search, officials said on Saturday.The victim, Dashrath Yadav, a resident of Dharampur Bezha village in Murtiha, had left around 2pm on Friday. When he failed to return…
Lucknow: The air was heavy with emotion as Askari Naqvi, a performing artist and exponent of Sozkhwani, presented ‘Sozkhwani ka Funn’ at an event held at Sanatkada on Saturday.Sozkhwani is a traditional mourning art that combines poetry and music to lament the martyrdom of Imam Husain and his 72 companions at the Battle of Karbala…
Lucknow: A key accused in the Sant Kabir Nagar fake passport racket was arrested by the immigration department at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after arriving from Dubai, following the issuance of a lookout circular (LOC) against him, police said.The accused, identified as Vijay Shukla, a resident of Imilidiha under Khalilabad Kotwali in Sant Kabir…
Lucknow: Set in the traditional ‘Rachnadrishya’ storytelling format, two plays, ‘Thes’ and ‘Aparichit’, weaving together themes of love tested by sacrifice and relationships challenged by truth, were staged at Buddha Auditorium, Gomtinagar, on Saturday.Organised by Bharatiyam theatre group, in collaboration with Shivanjana Entertainments, both productions were directed by veteran theatre practitioner Gopal Sinha.“Rachnadrishya is an…
Lucknow: Barabanki police on Saturday busted a land fraud racket and arrested six people for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 45 lakh by impersonating the owner of a 13-bigha agricultural plot and executing a fake sale deed.The arrested accused have been identified as Sunil Kumar Verma alias Sushil, Ravinandan Dwivedi, Vinod Kumar, Rajkumar, Nand…
Lucknow: Commuters passing through the busy Polytechnic Crossing may get relief from daily traffic snarls, with plans for a 700-metre-long underpass at the intersection.The proposed underpass will run from near the HAL gate, pass beneath the Polytechnic Crossing and extend up to Wave Cinema on the Lucknow-Ayodhya Road. The project, estimated to cost Rs 90…
Lucknow: The health department on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the power failure at Lok Bandhu Hospital that allegedly forced doctors to treat patients under torchlight in the emergency ward.Director general health Dr Pawan Kumar Arun ordered the probe after a surprise inspection of the hospital. He reviewed the emergency ward’s power backup system, including…
Lucknow: Allegations of a question paper leak in the UGC-NET Sociology examination held on June 30 have raised serious concerns among aspirants and PhD scholars in the city.Students have demanded a fair and time-bound investigation, saying that if the allegations are proved true, the examination must be reviewed and accountability fixed.Several candidates claimed that they…
Lucknow: Hazratganj police registered FIR against a man for posting an objectionable comment on a Facebook post of a BJP office-bearer. The matter is being investigated with the assistance of the cyber cell.The BJP member, regional vice-president of the party’s Awadh region and resident of Indira Nagar, uploaded a photograph on her Facebook page after…
