Lucknow: The double-decker bus introduced by the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department for the city’s heritage sightseeing circuit – Lucknow Darshan – is parked at the workshop for maintenance for over 25 days, leaving tourists disappointed.Launched on January 7 this year, the bus was introduced as a dedicated heritage tourism initiative to offer visitors a guided…
Lucknow: A one-day conference on “Development of Judicial Skills” for Civil Judges (Junior Division) of the 2022 batch was organised at the Judicial Training and Research Institute (JTRI) in Lucknow to strengthen professional competence, judicial ethics, constitutional values and technological awareness among newly inducted judicial officers.Justice Vikram Nath was the chief guest and Justice BV…
Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati said state govt should extend all possible help to people and families who suffered massive loss in destruction caused by recent severe storms in various parts of UP and help them resume their lives.Talking about increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, besides increase in prices of other essential…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will launch a statewide programme on Sunday to honour part-time instructors and distribute the revised honorarium at a state-level function at Lok Bhavan.The honorarium of part time instructors was increased from Rs 9,000 to Rs 17,000 per month by the state cabinet last month. The hike has been made effective…
RAMPUR: A court in Rampur sentenced Azam Khan to two years’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 in a 2019 case related to his alleged derogatory “tankhaiyya” remarks against district administration officials during the Lok Sabha election campaign.Advocate Swadesh Sharma said the conviction was based on documentary and oral evidence presented before…
‘Darling, leaked papers for you’: What Lucknow teacher told female student; viral audio sparks row LUCKNOW: “Darling, I have retrieved two papers for you. When will you come meet me?” an assistant professor from the zoology department of Lucknow University is allegedly heard telling a female student in a viral audio clip that has triggered…
BHADOHI: A cyber cafe operator and his brother in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi have been booked for allegedly blackmailing a 25-year-old woman by creating AI-generated obscene images of her, police said on Saturday.The accused has been identified as Talib, who runs a cyber cafe in Ghosiya, and his brother Rafiq allegedly extorted Rs 50,000 from the…
Lucknow: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband in Lucknow, who later packed her body in a trolley bag, dumped it near the Indira Canal in Chinhat and then went to police claiming she was missing, officers said.The accused, identified as Altaf alias Kallu, 25, was arrested after police found inconsistencies…
Lucknow: The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) has initiated a review following a complaint by the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad (UPRVUP) alleging unauthorised testing of smart meters of IS 16444 standard at Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited’s (MVVNL) Hi-Tech Testing Laboratory in Gomti Nagar.The development comes amid growing concerns…
62 fall sick after eating ‘prasad’ at religious event (Image credit-X) KANNAUJ: At least 62 people allegedly fell sick after consuming ‘prasad’ during a religious ceremony held at a private residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place in Simuapur village, where a ‘Satyanarayan Katha’ was organised at the…
