LUCKNOW: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has said the post of trust chief executive officer is open to both men and women.The three-member committee appointed to select the CEO is expected to complete the selection process within the next 30 days.The committee has stressed that honesty and integrity would be among the foremost…
Lucknow: The UP govt has launched an exercise to expand foodgrain and farm produce storage capacity by at least two lakh metric tonnes (MT). District magistrates have been directed to identify and secure suitable govt land for constructing new warehouses and cooperative godowns.The move comes amid concerns raised by the Food Corporation of India (FCI)…
How an SDM resolved 35-year-old land record error in a day without a lengthy legal battle Lucknow: A 35-year-old land record error that had prevented two farmers in Mahoba district from accessing land-related services and govt welfare benefits has finally been resolved after the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Kulpahar adopted an “out-of-the-box administrative approach” that…
Lucknow: To prevent building collapses during the monsoon, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has issued notices to owners and occupants of 199 unsafe buildings, asking them to repair the structures or vacate them immediately.Officials said the buildings pose a risk to residents and nearby properties during heavy rainfall. The action is part of LMC’s monsoon safety…
Lucknow: Rainfall and technical faults disrupted electricity supply across several parts of Lucknow on Friday, prompting Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (MVVNL) to issue multiple breakdown and planned shutdown notices from its Gomti Nagar, Jankipuram and Amausi zones.In the Gomti Nagar zone, a series of outages affected localities through the day. Early morning breakdowns were…
Lucknow: Moving beyond conventional degrees, many Class XII students in the city are opting for niche undergraduate courses, driven by passion and a clear intent to become entrepreneurs.Amrita Singh of Lucknow Public College has applied for a BVoC in Beauty and Wellness in Noida, among the few courses offering specialised training in nail art and…
Lucknow: A plea alleging that an auto-rickshaw driver was falsely implicated in a criminal case and later shown arrested in a fake police encounter was withdrawn before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court after records produced by hospital and police failed to support the allegation.A division bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice…
LUCKNOW: A sub-inspector posted at Rahimabad police station was suspended after a viral video allegedly showed him demanding a Rs 1.5 lakh bribe in connection with the investigation of a fraud case, police said on Thursday.The complainant, Vishnu Kumar, in a representation to the joint commissioner of police, alleged that sub-inspector, Guddu Prasad had been…
Lucknow: Senior advocate IB Singh on Friday examined freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose’s political ideology, his differences with Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, the trajectory of the Indian National Army,or INA, and enduring questions around Bose’s life and death during a discussion titled, ‘Netaji: Bharat Ki Ankahi Gatha’ at Mahamana Hall of the Allahabad High…
Lucknow: A power outage at Lok Bandhu Hospital early Friday disrupted emergency and diagnostic services, forcing doctors to use mobile phone flashlights to treat patients after the backup system failed.The power went off around 12.30 am and remained unavailable for about 30 minutes. The generator and inverter failed, leaving the emergency ward, radiology department, OPD…
