Lucknow

Lucknow: Five officials, including three cops, were suspended and a notice issued to a village head over lapses in handling the Ambedkar statue row that triggered violence and stone-pelting on police personnel in Deoria district.District Magistrate Madhusudan Hulgi said disciplinary proceedings were initiated against officials accused of failing to promptly inform senior authorities about the…

Lucknow: A Special ATS court in Lucknow on Saturday sentenced an active member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 for conspiring to wage war against the Govt of India by stockpiling prohibited arms and ammunition.The convict, Sunil Ravidas alias Kamlesh, a…

Lucknow: Bahraich police solved the theft of a computer from the district jail within three hours of the case being registered, arresting the accused and recovering the stolen equipment on Saturday.The theft was reported after an all-in-one computer went missing from the visitor pass room of Bahraich district jail during the intervening night of July…

Lucknow: Hardoi police on Saturday claimed to have solved the double murder of two Jal Jeevan Mission workers in Sandila, arresting 5 persons, including three juveniles. Police said the killings were the result of a conspiracy allegedly triggered by a relationship between one of the victims and the sister of a juvenile accused.The victims, Arun…

Lucknow: A 26-year-old railway employee allegedly died by suicide after hanging himself while on a video call with his girlfriend.The deceased was a resident of Alambagh. He was employed in the electrical department of Indian Railways and had secured the job on compassionate grounds following the death of his father.According to family members, he lived…

Lucknow: In a relief to patients, doctors at the endocrine and breast surgery department of SGPGIMS have developed a new method to deal with benign thyroid lumps – which are non-cancerous lumps of tissue or fluid on the thyroid gland.Usually described as harmless and painless, they are found in at least 12% of the Indian…

Lucknow: A 17-year-old girl was hacked to death by her elder brother in a Sitapur village on Saturday morning allegedly over her relationship with a youth from her neighbourhood.Police said the accused fled after killing his sister.According to police, tension was simmering in the family after the girl eloped with the youth on July 22….

A mother receives breastfeeding counselling from a doctor and community health worker in a govt hospital maternity ward in UP during World Breastfeeding Week, as posters and an NFHS-6 chart highlight the drop in exclusive breastfeeding among infants under six months from 59.7% (2019–21) to 34.6% (2023–24) alongside challenges like returning to work and formula…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) on Saturday issued the official notification for Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) 2026, a qualifying examination for recruitment to various Group ‘C’ posts in govt departments.According to the notification, the online registration and application process will begin on Aug 3 through the commission’s official website. Interested candidates…

Lucknow: An eight-year-old girl was injured after being attacked by a cow in the Arjunganj area on Friday.According to local residents, the girl, identified as Sunaina, 8, was passing through the area when a herd of cattle crossed the road. One of the cows charged at her, tossing her into the air several times. Sunaina…