Lucknow: Sitapur police on Sunday arrested three persons for allegedly attempting to persuade villagers to convert to Christianity by offering financial inducements during a prayer gathering in Ramnagar Khatkari village under Ramkot police station limits.The accused — Manjeet Kumar, Vishnu Kumar and Nand Kishore Maurya — were taken into custody after police received a tip-off…
Lucknow: Hardoi police have registered a case against three people, including a pastor, for alleged illegal religious conversion activities in Mohammadapur village under Tadiyawan police station limits. Two of the accused have been arrested, while raids are on to nab the main suspect, officials said on Monday.SHO, Tadiyawan, Ikhtiyar Hussain said Ram Pravesh and Ram…
Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Ayodhya airport development project has received the IINA Platinum Award 2026 Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Ayodhya airport development project has received the IINA Platinum Award 2026 Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Ayodhya airport development project has received the IINA Platinum Award 2026 Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) Ayodhya airport…
Lucknow: The transport department on Monday seized a private sleeper bus for carrying 167 passengers against the capacity of 47. Of the 167 passengers, 35 men were caught travelling on the roof of the bus.The overloaded bus (UP11BT0077) was carrying labourers travelling from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, to Patiala in Punjab. The bus entered Gorakhpur through the…
Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak Lucknow: Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Sunday launched an attack on Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over his remarks over alleged irregularities in donations offered at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, accusing him of spreading rumours and attempting to create a false narrative around the issue.Pathak alleged that the…
Lucknow: Public transport infrastructure in key UP cities, considered as a weak link in a developing ecosystem, is set for a major overhaul.Determined to bring a turnaround within the 17 cities governed by municipal corporations (Firozabad and Saharanpur too would be brought under the fold within a year), the state has set the ball rolling…
Candidates who appeared for the UP Police Constable written examination gathered at Lucknow’s Charbagh Railway Station on Monday, waiting to board trains for their return journey (Photo credit: Manoj Chhabra) LUCKNOW: Thousands of aspirants travelling to appear for the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Examination caused widespread disruption across the state’s railway network on Monday,…
LUCKNOW: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her father, two uncles and an aunt after she returned home.The accused allegedly attempted to disguise the murder as a case of snakebite and later suicide before secretly cremating the body without informing the police, officials said.The incident…
Photo credit: UP government Three years after the Uttar Pradesh government announced investment proposals worth Rs 40 lakh crore at the Global Investors Summit (GIS) 2023, the focus is shifting from signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to projects that have begun taking shape on the ground.State officials say investments in sectors ranging from defence manufacturing…
SITAPUR: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district arrested three persons and registered a case after receiving information about an alleged religious conversion activity being conducted under the guise of a prayer meeting in Ramnagar Khatkari village under the Ramkot police station area. The accused allegedly sought to persuade villagers, including economically vulnerable residents, to convert…
