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Uttar Pradesh police constable recruitment exams concluded smoothly statewide on Monday, with over 7.23 lakh candidates appearing. LUCKNOW: The written examination for the Uttar Pradesh police constable and equivalent posts direct recruitment-2025 was conducted successfully across the state on Monday amid elaborate security arrangements, the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) said.The examination…

AI-generated image used for representational purpose. LUCKNOW: Hardoi police have registered a case against three persons, including a pastor, on allegations of conducting illegal religious conversion activities in Mohammadapur village under the Tadiyawan police station area on Monday.Two of the accused have been arrested, while efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining suspect, police said.Station…

Auto-rickshaw driver accused of a brutal assault and attempted strangulation of a woman was apprehended after a police encounter in Gomti Nagar. LUCKNOW: A 28-year-old auto-rickshaw driver accused of molesting a woman, assaulting her inside a moving vehicle, and allegedly attempting to strangulate her before throwing her onto a roadside stretch in Gomti Nagar was…

A notorious contract killer, Bhanu Pratap Singh, carrying a Rs 1.7 lakh bounty, was killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh STF in Ayodhya. LUCKNOW: A wanted contract killer carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 1.7 lakh was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Ayodhya late Sunday night,…

Lucknow: Students of Lucknow University (LU) are conducting the first-ever comprehensive study on the city’s ‘Bada Mangal’ bhandara culture, documenting over 2,100 community feasts organised across the city so far.The initiative, led by the Anthropology Department, aims to analyse the social, cultural and religious dimensions of the long-standing tradition.“We have formed eight teams and divided…

Lucknow: King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has started a diagnostic facility for detecting complex lung diseases using C-arm guided radial endobronchial ultrasound. The facility is expected to benefit around 400–500 patients every month.Earlier, doctors used conventional bronchoscopy and CT-guided biopsy, which had limitations in accessing small or deep lung lesions.Dr Darshan Bajaj, a faculty member…

Lucknow: City residents will get a chance to witness a rare celestial spectacle this week as Venus and Jupiter are set to appear extremely close in the evening sky, creating what astronomers popularly describe as a ‘cosmic kiss’.According to experts, the two brightest planets will reach their closest apparent approach on Tuesday, making the phenomenon…

Lucknow: After nearly a week of relatively comfortable weather, the mercury in the state capital crossed the 40 degrees Celsius mark on Sunday, signalling a fresh spell of intense heat. The maximum temperature rose above normal levels, bringing back hot and uncomfortable conditions across the city.The maximum temperature hovered around 40.4 degrees Celsius, about one…

Lucknow: Weather forecasts and warnings are set to become more precise and timely across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and adjoining regions with the upgradation of the Lucknow Meteorological Centre into a Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC).With the upgrade, the Lucknow centre will become the country’s eighth RMC, joining the existing centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Nagpur,…

Lucknow: The death of a 22-year-old woman who fell from the Madiaon overbridge has taken a dramatic turn, with her father alleging murder and naming her boyfriend and his relatives in an FIR on Sunday.Shilpi Gautam, a resident of Birampur Singhamau in Bakshi Ka Talab, died after falling from the overbridge around 11 pm on…