Lucknow: Do you know where the first Internet connection in city was installed, or who got the city’s first mobile phone? Both, former officials say, came to the state information department first.Speaking at an event, former IAS officer Rohit Nandan said the first mobile connection in Lucknow in 1996 and the first Internet link were…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board successfully conducted the Home Guards Enrolment-2025 written exam across the state on Apr 25, 26 and 27, with authorities crediting stringent security measures for a largely peaceful and process free of malpractice .The exam was held in two shifts at 1,053 centres across 74 districts, with elaborate…
Lucknow: An 85-year-old retired treasury official was allegedly duped of Rs 84.5 lakh by fraudsters posing as senior police and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials, who kept him under a prolonged “digital arrest” through fear and intimidation.The victim, Badaruddin Ansari of Janakipuram Sector-G, told police that the ordeal began on March 7 when he received a…
The fire broke out at an electric vehicle showroom in the early hours of Tuesday Lucknow: Panic gripped residents and shopkeepers of a multi-storey building on Kursi Road when a fire broke out in an electric vehicle showroom located at the ground floor of the building.The building houses a branch of a govt bank on…
Lucknow: The UP Police recruitment and promotion board is preparing to conduct the massive constable recruitment examination from June 8, following the successful completion of the home guard recruitment test last week.The upcoming exam will be held for 32,679 constable and equivalent posts, with officials estimating participation of over 40 lakh candidates, making it one…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment on Tuesday arrested a contractual clerk at Maharaja Suhel Dev University, Azamgarh, for accepting a ₹50,000 bribe at the registrar’s office.According to officials, Surendra Singh, manager of Ram Badhan Singh Mahila Mahavidyalaya in Raunapar (Kadipur), Azamgarh, had approached the vigilance authorities alleging that a bribe of ₹3 lakh was…
Lucknow: As many as 936 candidates selected as head operators and head operators (mechanical) in the Uttar Pradesh Police Telecommunications Department beamed with joy upon receiving their appointment letters.For most candidates, it was their first govt job in their families.Expressing gratitude to CM Yogi Adityanath, the selected candidates said that govt has made the recruitment…
LUCKNOW: UP IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma has emerged as a talking point during the ongoing West Bengal assembly elections 2026 after a video of him issuing a stern warning to a political functionary went viral. Who is IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma? A 2011-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ajay Pal Sharma is known…
Speeding luxury bus overturned on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur, injuring over 60 passengers. LUCKNOW: In a road accident on Tuesday morning, more than 60 passengers were injured after a speeding luxury bus overturned on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur district. The bus, travelling from Ludhiana to Azamgarh, met with the accident around 6 am…
LUCKNOW: A 25-year-old woman software engineer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her rented accommodation in Bijnor on Lucknow’s outskirts.The deceased, Vaishnavi Yadav of Ayodhya, had been living in the city for the past four years while pursuing her engineering studies.Police said she was also working part-time as a software engineer with a private…
