Lucknow: Panic gripped the Khurram Nagar area on Friday afternoon after a blast triggered a massive fire at a restaurant operating inside a petrol pump premises. No casualties were reported in the incident.Eyewitnesses said they heard a loud explosion before flames rapidly engulfed the restaurant. While preliminary findings point to an AC compressor explosion as…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited on Friday said it will return excess smart meter charges to 93,138 consumers.The announcement came as UPPCL said it had begun implementing consumer relief measures following directions issued by the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission.According to the statement issued by UPPCL director (commercial) Prashant Kumar Verma, the utility has…
Having been associated with RSS from an early age, Gopal became the north Karnataka region’s prant pracharak in his early 40s. LUCKNOW: A veteran Sangh pracharak and VHP functionary, Gopal Nagarakatte (aka Gopal Rai) has been in the limelight lately for all the wrong reasons. As in-charge of the construction work in the Ram temple…
Lucknow: Hours after the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) announced that power tariffs for 2026-27 would remain unchanged, the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad asked energy minister Arvind Kumar Sharma to ensure the withdrawal of pending legal appeals that it says could push tariffs up later.In a letter to Sharma, the consumer body…
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath meets Mahant Nritya Gopal Das at Medanta hospital Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday visited Medanta Hospital in Lucknow to enquire about the health of Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, president of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, and wished him a speedy recovery.During the visit, the CM sought information…
Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav visit Civil hospital to inquire about the health of SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary, who was admitted after a cardiac arrest, in Lucknow, on Friday Lucknow: Samajwadi Party’s chief spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary was on Friday afternoon rushed to the Civil Hospital following complaints of chest…
Donation theft case accused Avinash Shukla being escorted by police during the probe, in Ayodhya on Friday LUCKNOW: Investigation into the alleged embezzlement of donation at Ram Temple has gathered pace, with Ayodhya police tracing an SUV, allegedly belonging to one of the accused Avinash Shukla, which was used to transport misappropriated cash from the…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of residential rooftop solar installations in the country in June 2026 under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, according to the state govt.Officials said 71,888 residential rooftop solar systems were installed during the month, the highest monthly figure achieved by any state under the scheme. The…
Lucknow: Coal India Limited (CIL) and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to develop renewable energy projects across Uttar Pradesh, a step towards strengthening the state’s energy security and expanding clean power generation.The agreement was signed in the presence of UPRVUNL managing director Mayur Maheshwari and…
Lucknow: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations from the Ram Temple is set to reconstruct the donation management process end to end, mapping every step from the point devotees make offerings to the final deposit of funds into authorised accounts, in what officials described as the next decisive phase of…
