Lucknow: Kushinagar police have on Tuesday registered an FIR against 11 named accused and around 30 unidentified persons for allegedly running an organised racket involving forgery and manipulation of govt land records to illegally transfer gram sabha land into private names.The case has been registered at Vishunpura police station on the complaint of Tamkuhiraj tehsildar…
The incident triggered widespread panic in Kakraha and adjoining villages LUCKNOW: The Forest Department has captured the leopard believed to be responsible for the fatal attack on an 88-year-old man in the Katarniaghat Wildlife Division of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, bringing relief to residents of villages that had been gripped by fear following the incident.According…
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties valued at over Rs 240 crore (File Photo) LUCKNOW: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, has provisionally attached 389 immovable properties valued at Rs 240.03 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with an alleged money laundering case involving M/s Bhasin…
Uttar Pradesh DGP Rajeev Krishna directed officers for a zero incident Kanwar Yatra. LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna on Monday directed police officers across the state to ensure a “Zero Incident, Zero Accident” Kanwar Yatra this year, stressing seamless inter-state coordination, robust security measures and courteous policing to facilitate the…
Lucknow: Accused Ramshankar alias Tinnu Yadav and his nephew Manish Yadav were sent to judicial custody on Monday after the completion of their 39-hour police remand in the alleged Ram temple donation embezzlement case.During the remand, police recovered a motorcycle and a car allegedly belonging to Tinnu Yadav and subjected both accused to extensive interrogation…
Tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh chairing a meeting to review projects in Agra and Aligarh divisions on Monday Lucknow: The state tourism and culture departments on Monday launched a statewide ground review of tourism and religious projects proposed for 2026-27.The exercise, covering all 18 divisions of the state, began with Agra and Aligarh divisions…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Braj Teerth Vikas Parishad (UPBTVP) recently signed an MoU with the Heartfulness Institute.The partnership will focus on rejuvenating sacred water bodies and forests, promoting environmental awareness, yoga and meditation, and undertaking community development and youth engagement programmes across the Braj region.Officials said the collaboration will support the ongoing Vraj Vaibhav Abhiyan,…
Lucknow: To ensure that the upcoming kanwar yatra takes place smoothly, chief secretary SP Goyal and DGP Rajeev Krishna held a meeting with senior police and administrative officers of Meerut, Saharanpur, Aligarh, Moradabad divisions and the states of Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan on Monday.DGP said directed police officers to ensure “Zero Incident, Zero Accident”…
Lucknow: City recorded its lowest maximum temperature for July in nine years on Monday as thick cloud cover and intermittent rainfall kept daytime conditions unusually cool. The city’s maximum settled at 27.1 degrees Celsius, 6.5 degrees below normal, while the minimum temperature was 24.8 degrees Celsius, 0.9 degrees below normal, according to the India Meteorological…
A candidate was caught using a mobile phone during the LLM entrance exam at Lucknow University. Fellow students alerted the invigilator, leading to the examinee’s apprehension (Photo credit: X) LUCKNOW: In a failed ‘Munna Bhai’ attempt during the LLM entrance exam at Lucknow University’s second campus on Monday, fellow candidates in the examination hall spotted…
