Lucknow: Five students from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) and a sports teacher from Bulandshahr met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Raksha Bandhan.Accompanied by teacher Milli Asthana, the girls — Tamanna, Priyanshi, Prachi, Soni, and Chetna — represented Uttar Pradesh chosen to meet the President for Raksha Bandhan.Officials said the…
Lucknow: Thieves broke into the locked house of a local BJP functionary in Mohanlalganj and decamped with cash and gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees while the family was away celebrating Raksha Bandhan.Police said Vimlesh Sharma, a BJP functionary associated with the Mohanlalganj unit, lives near Phulwariya Turn. According to her complaint, thieves…
According to the Chitrakoot Police, drone cameras are being utilised to monitor the flood-affected areas CHITRAKOOT: Chitrakoot district administration has been put on high alert after a sharp rise in the water level of the Mandakini River triggered a flood-like situation in several low-lying areas, including the prominent Ram Ghat and Nirmohi Akhada, officials said.The…
IAS officer Divya Mittal, a 2013-batch officer (File Photo) LUCKNOW: IAS officer Divya Mittal, a 2013-batch officer, announced her resignation from the service in a social media post about an hour ago, bringing an end to her “unforgettable” 13-year journey.In a deeply personal and poetic note, Mittal said that while her official position had ended,…
Bhagwati Charan Varma’s women characters are among the most fascinating aspects of his fiction. He does not portray women merely as idealised figures, victims, wives or objects of male desire. His women possess desires, contradictions, ambitions and moral agency.Through them, Varma repeatedly questions the boundaries between love and desire, morality and social convention, freedom and…
Lucknow: A jewellery trader from Lucknow is feared to have drowned in a river while bathing at Ghaurhar Ghat in Jauras village of Barabanki district on Raksha Bandhan on Friday, police said.They said Lal Ji Rastogi of Gosaiganj in Lucknow had been staying at his maternal aunt’s house in the village for the past 15…
Lucknow: Panic gripped Jodhanpurwa village in Hardoi on Friday after a crude hand grenade wrapped in a plastic bag was found outside a house. A bomb disposal squad later transported the explosive to Lucknow for examination.According to police, the grenade was discovered in a field adjoining the house of Satish Kumar. He told police that…
Lucknow: Basti police have busted an interstate cybercrime gang that allegedly gained access to victims’ mobile phone galleries and contact lists on the pretext of offering easy loans, morphed their photographs into obscene images and then blackmailed them.Four members of the gang, including a SIM card supplier, have been arrested, police said.The accused have been…
Lucknow: Cosmetic smile makeovers, popularly known as ‘Hollywood smiles’, are no the privilige of celebrities. Dentists in the city say a growing number of young professionals and middle-aged residents are opting for smile-enhancement procedures, driven by social media, weddings and greater awareness of aesthetic dentistry.Private clinics said monthly consultations for smile makeovers have increased from…
Lucknow: It could take nearly two more decades for Lucknow to stop untreated sewage from entering Gomti and its tributaries. The city’s sewage treatment plan targets 2044 for achieving the goal.According to a planning document prepared by Jal Nigam Rural, the nodal agency for Gomti clean-up, the city’s sewage treatment capacity is set to rise…
