A Bengal tiger takes refuge under a shaded shelter to escape the scorching heat during a hot summer day in Lucknow zoo on Tuesday Lucknow: Even as mercury levels dropped by 2-4 degrees Celsius across the state on Tuesday, Banda continued to sizzle under severe hot conditions.Lucknow and other parts of the state saw a…
Lucknow: Chinhat police on Tuesday registered an FIR against two people in connection with the alleged suicide of a young woman in Basant Vihar Colony.The case was lodged based on a written complaint filed by the deceased’s sister, Preeti Kumari. According to the FIR, the victim, identified as Nisha Kumari, died by suicide on April…
Worker unload earthen pots on a hot day in Prayagraj Lucknow: As dry hot winds continued to lash UP mercilessly and skies remained clear, Banda recorded not only the highest maximum temperature in the country on Monday but was also the hottest place in the world, according to data released by the Indian Meteorological Department…
Lucknow: Residents of Emaar Gomti Greens on Tuesday filed a complaint at Sushant Golf City police station alleging unauthorised commercial use of the society clubhouse and intimidation during a protest.In the complaint, the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) said the clubhouse, shown as a private amenity at the time of sale of flats, was later sold…
Lucknow: A nearly painless normal delivery is possible through a procedure called epidural anaesthesia, though presently, the facility is available only in a few corporate hospitals and in select cases in govt set-ups.Experts at a meeting at King George’s Medical University on Tuesday called for increasing awareness and infrastructure for better pain control during delivery.Dr…
Lucknow: An elderly man from the city was duped of over Rs 1.15 crore by fraudsters who lured him with promise of high returns through trading and cryptocurrency investments. Rajendra Singh Chauhan, resident of Puran Nagar in Alambagh, accused a youth from Aashiana and his associates of cheating him using forged documents and fake investment…
Lucknow: Do you know where the first Internet connection in city was installed, or who got the city’s first mobile phone? Both, former officials say, came to the state information department first.Speaking at an event, former IAS officer Rohit Nandan said the first mobile connection in Lucknow in 1996 and the first Internet link were…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board successfully conducted the Home Guards Enrolment-2025 written exam across the state on Apr 25, 26 and 27, with authorities crediting stringent security measures for a largely peaceful and process free of malpractice .The exam was held in two shifts at 1,053 centres across 74 districts, with elaborate…
Lucknow: An 85-year-old retired treasury official was allegedly duped of Rs 84.5 lakh by fraudsters posing as senior police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials, who kept him under a prolonged “digital arrest” through fear and intimidation.The victim, Badaruddin Ansari of Janakipuram Sector-G, told police that the ordeal began on March 7 when he received a…
The fire broke out at an electric vehicle showroom in the early hours of Tuesday Lucknow: Panic gripped residents and shopkeepers of a multi-storey building on Kursi Road when a fire broke out in an electric vehicle showroom located at the ground floor of the building.The building houses a branch of a govt bank on…
