CCEA approves Rs 14,926 crore rail expansion to boost Ghaziabad–Sitapur corridor Lucknow: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved a Rs 14,926 crore railway expansion project for the third and fourth lines between Ghaziabad and Sitapur, aimed at significantly enhancing capacity on the crucial corridor.The 403-km…
Lucknow: Lucknow has emerged as the leading district in rooftop solar installations in the country, overtaking Surat, according to official data released up to Apr 15.The figures relate to installations carried out under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, a central govt scheme aimed at promoting residential solar power generation.According to the UP New…
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the much-awaited Ganga Expressway from Hardoi district on April 29.“The occasion will mark a milestone in the state’s infrastructure development, directly benefiting crores of people,” an official said.The Ganga Expressway has a total length of 594 kilometres. It starts from Bijoli village in Meerut and ends near Judapur…
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Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi Lucknow: Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi, the special representative of Iran in India, on Saturday said that recent efforts to advance Iran-US peace talks failed after Washington allegedly deviated from a mutually accepted framework.Speaking to reporters in Lucknow, Ilahi said Iran had earlier proposed a 10-point plan as the basis for negotiations…
LUCKNOW: The UP Police and the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested a key accused of links with a suspected ISIS-linked module.The accused, identified as Majul, a resident of Sauftpur village under Nangal police station in Bijnor, was detained by airport authorities upon arrival from South Africa and handed over to local police on Apr 18.He had…
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC has modified its own order, which was pronounced in open court on Friday, directing the registration of an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in the alleged dual citizenship case. Acknowledging that Rahul should have been given an opportunity to be heard, the court issued him a…
Lucknow: The UP education service selection commission completed preparations to conduct the assistant professor recruitment examination on Apr 18-19, with stringent measures in place to ensure a cheating-free and transparent process.The examination will be held in four shifts across 53 centres in six districts — Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Agra and Meerut.Commission chairman Prashant Kumar…
Following a fire that reduced homes to ashes in the Vikas Nagar slum, families take shelter amid the rubble under makeshift tarpaulin sheets, in Lucknow on Friday Lucknow: A day after an inferno gutted over 280 shanties in Vikasnagar and rendered more than 1,000 people homeless, scenes of grief unfolded as displaced families returned to…
Lucknow: Under a harsh Friday sun and the lingering stench of smoke, survivors of the Vikas Nagar fire bent over charred remains rebuilding their shattered lives — one bamboo pole, one torn tarpaulin, one salvaged cloth at a time. Sarees now serve as roofs, plastic sheets as walls, and broken sticks hold together fragile shelters…
