Lucknow: A 22-year-old BTech student was arrested after a police encounter in Sitapur on Saturday for allegedly killing his three-month pregnant girlfriend, a 20-year-old BSc student, following a dispute over marriage.The accused suffered gunshot injury on his leg after he allegedly snatched the service weapon of a policeman and opened fire while attempting to escape.The…
Lucknow: Sitapur police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to lure poor families to convert to Christianity by offering financial help and medical support. The accused, Surendra Kumar aka Surendra Massey, was apprehended following a raid on a prayer gathering in Misrikh area of Sitapur district, on Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team…
Dr Harishchandra Jaiswal (Photo credit-Social Media) MAU: A doctor posted at a community health centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district was allegedly assaulted by a man after he refused to join the Cockroach Janta Party, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred on Friday at the community health centre in Majhwara Mod, according to news agency…
Varanasi: After six years of silence, a newlywed woman found support in her husband to report repeated rape by a local pathologist, police said Saturday. Setting an example, the 24-year-old husband approached senior police officers seeking justice for her, reports Rajeev Dikshit.Based on his complaint, Mirzamurad police booked Dashrath Patel, 60, under IPC sections for…
LUCKNOW: A joint team of PGI and Mohanlalganj police, along with the surveillance unit, on Saturday arrested two key accused — each carrying a Rs 50,000 reward — in a Rs 74 lakh property fraud case linked to Vrindavan Yojana, exposing a well-organised racket involving forged documents, financial manipulation and intimidation.The arrested accused have been…
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested the alleged kingpin of Bihar of an inter-state online fraud racket that cheated competitive examination aspirants by falsely claiming access to leaked question papers through Telegram channels.The accused, identified as Om Kumar (30), son of Sagar Sao and a resident of West Pandarak in Patna…
LUCKNOW: In a significant administrative reshuffle, state govt has brought the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) under the infrastructure development department, a portfolio held by CM Yogi Adityanath. The move, notified recently, shifts the authority from the industries department, which is overseen by industries minister Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’.Officials said the change was…
LUCKNOW: A 19-year-old woman, allegedly killed by her boyfriend after she became pregnant, was found in a skeletal condition in a forest area on the outskirts of Lucknow on Saturday, officials said.The victim, a resident of Sandana in Sitapur district, had left home on 25 May to attend college in Kuchlai village. When she did…
LUCKNOW: Maharajganj Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have seized 4.532 kg of high-grade hydroponic weed worth around Rs 4.5 crore from a Myanmar national at the India-Nepal border in the Sonauli area of Maharajganj district. The accused, identified as Phyo (30), was arrested after police and SSB personnel recovered six packets of contraband…
LUCKNOW: In a tragic incident in Mahoba district, a 40-year-old man died while lying beside the graves of his wife and six-year-old son, unable to cope with their deaths just 11 days earlier. The shocking development reported from Charkhari town has left three children orphaned.The deceased, Subhan Ahmad, a native of Harpalpur in Madhya Pradesh,…
