Lucknow: In India’s fast-growing ride-hailing economy, Lucknow is set to become the next testing ground for an alternative model even as the cooperative department prepares a formal roll-out of Bharat Taxi platform in the state capital later this month.Projected as a pointed challenger to online cab service, the initiative – currently operational in Delhi and…
Lucknow: Think twice before you post your real-time vacation photographs on social media. Reason: it might bring burglars to your home. In a new trend, burglars are now using digital footprints to identify locked homes, says Lucknow police after probing some recent thefts in the city.The warning follows a case in which a Lucknow couple…
Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University will introduce four new postgraduate courses from the 2026-27 session – MA in English, MA in Geography, MSc in Psychology and MSc in Cognitive Science. The proposals for the four new courses will be placed before the academic council for final approval on Monday. Admission coordinator Prof Amit Kumar Singh…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority has set user fees and timings for activities including skating, lawn tennis, badminton, pickleball and box cricket in the sports hub ‘Oxygen Sports Arena’ built at a cost of Rs 7 crore at Gate number 3 of the Lohia Park in Gomti Nagar.LDA vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar said the site earlier had…
Lucknow: Researchers at the Isabella Thoburn College have developed a low-cost indoor air filtration system using industrial fly ash and agricultural biomass to tackle toxic kitchen air pollution.The innovation has been developed by research scholar Farheen Zehra under associate professor Alfred Lawrence and published in a journal of the American Chemical Society.According to the researchers,…
Lucknow: The highest number of revenue-related cases in the state were disposed of in Lucknow, according to the April report of the Revenue Court Computerised Management System (RCCMS).The report also noted that Jaunpur has remained among the top five districts in revenue case disposal at the district-level courts for the past 16 months.A state govt…
Lucknow: Ahead of Bada Mangals, observed on all Tuesdays of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has urged residents and organisers of community feasts (bhandaras) to adopt a “zero waste” approach, linking the city’s centuries-old tradition with sanitation and environmental concerns.Prior registration is mandatory, either through helpline 1533 or via the ‘Lucknow…
Lucknow: Hariom Shiv Vanmali (30) had not imagined in his wildest dream that refusing to sell a piece of his land will cost him so dear. He was kidnapped, drugged and filmed inappropriately with a woman and then blackmailed to sell the land. However, the presence of mind shown by his wife, Rita, saved the…
Modern Coach Factory has sent the trainset for trials Lucknow: The Modern Coach Factory (MCF) in Raebareli rolled out its first Vande Bharat trainset on Saturday, marking its entry into the group of manufacturing units producing these semi high speed trains.The 16-coach chair car rake has been dispatched to the Research Designs and Standards Organisation…
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday said govt should have continued keeping petroleum product prices under control, as it did earlier in view of Assembly elections in several states.In a post on X, she said the recent hike in prices of commercial LPG cylinders has triggered apprehension among people that petrol, diesel, cooking gas and…
