Chief minister Yogi Adityanath during the launch of Tiranga Yatra in Lucknow on Sunday Lucknow: Asserting that the anti-national forces are using social media to spread rumours and mislead people, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that online platforms have become a medium for conspiracies against the country.Addressing the inaugural programme of ‘Kakori Train…
Lucknow: A 25-year-old man was allegedly tied up and severely assaulted after he was caught meeting a married woman at her house in Khirwan Dera village of Kanpur Dehat.According to police, the man had gone to meet the woman at her residence late Thursday.However, neighbours grew suspicious and locked the house from outside, following which…
Lucknow: Two men were killed after a speeding pickup truck coming from the opposite direction rammed into their motorcycle on the Maskanwa-Babhanan road in Gonda district on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Ranjit, 39, and Gangadhar Rao, 42, both residents of Chuwad village.The accident took place near Deennagar village under the Chhapia police station…
Lucknow: Customs and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel arrested two men carrying 13.62 tonnes of metal ash allegedly smuggled from Nepal into India through the Sonauli border in Maharajganj in a truck.Acting on a tip-off, a joint Customs-SSB team intercepted a DCM truck arriving from Nepal near the border check-post late Saturday.A search of the…
KGMU VC Prof Soniya Nityanand Lucknow: Prof Soniya Nityanand became the first vice-chancellor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to be appointed for a second consecutive term.UP Governor and KGMU chancellor Anandiben Patel on Sunday approved the appointment under Section 16(1) of King George’s Medical University Act, 2002. The order was issued from Jan Bhavan…
Lucknow Municipal Corporation Lucknow: All development works carried out by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation will come under a ground-level audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The audit will check whether projects shown as completed in records match their actual status on the ground or not.Principal accountant general (audit-I), Prayagraj wrote to the…
Lucknow: Police registered FIR against two former officials of a private banking and securities group for allegedly siphoning off Rs 37 crore from a city-based businessman’s demat account through forged documents and manipulation of electronic records.The case was lodged at Ghazipur police station on court directions following a complaint by businessman Amit Agrawal, who alleged…
Lucknow: Nearly 21 years after a Lucknow-based timber businessman was kidnapped after being lured to Varanasi on the pretext of a business deal, a city court sentenced six men to life imprisonment for abducting him and demanding ₹1 crore ransom for his release.Additional Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Singh-II convicted the six accused in the abduction…
After becoming the first vice-chancellor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to bag a second consecutive term,Prof Soniya Nityanand on Sunday said the next three years will focus on consolidating gains in academics, patient care and infrastructure. In an interview with Vivek Chauhan, Prof Nityanand outlines her vision for KGMU’s future projects, academic growth plans…
Lucknow: Nearly one in seven stroke patients in India is below the age of 45, with hypertension, diabetes, obesity and sedentary lifestyles emerging as key risk factors among younger adults, experts said at a neuro conclave on Sunday.Citing data from the ICMR National Stroke Registry Programme and a study published in the International Journal of…
