Lucknow: Brief showers, cloudy skies and gusty winds on Thursday afternoon brought relief from sultry conditions prevailing since morning.Light to moderate rain was reported from several parts of the city during the afternoon and evening, while Sarojininagar and Gomti Nagar received heavier spells.India Meteorological Department (IMD) said light to moderate rain is likely to continue…
Lucknow: More than a dozen municipal dustbins are missing along the 2 km Heritage Zone stretch from the Bada Imambara to the Chhota Imambara in Husainabad, revealed a TOI reality check.With bins gone, visitors have been discarding garbage in corners of the monuments, including umbrella domes (locally called chattris). Rainwater carries the waste into drains,…
The festival opened at LU’s Malaviya Hall Lucknow: Ahead of its 69th convocation on July 31, Lucknow University on Thursday launched Dikshotsav-2026, an eight-day cultural and academic festival inspired by an initiative of Uttar Pradesh Governor and Chancellor Anandiben Patel.The festival opened at Malaviya Hall, with students showing keen interest in the event.The first day…
Lucknow: In Lucknow, the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences opened PRITHVI 2026, India’s first National Palaeoscience Film Festival and National Dialogue on Earth Science Communication. Scientists arrived with specimens and slides, filmmakers with hard drives and storyboards, and journalists with notebooks ready.The hall felt like a studio and a laboratory at once. Curators spoke about…
Lucknow/Ayodhya: Sant Samaj, a body of seers from Ayodhya, on Thursday came out in support of senior VHP functionary and former Ram Temple Trust general secretary Champat Rai and sought his re-induction into the Ram Temple Trust.It also held deliberations on restoring Ayodhya’s ‘honour and prestige’ amid the Ram Temple donation theft controversy.The daylong meeting…
Lucknow: Researchers at the chemistry department of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) have received an Indian patent for developing an eco-friendly technology to produce primary amines, an important ingredient used to make many life-saving medicines and specialty chemicals.The patented technology, titled “Method for metal-free direct transformation of aryl boronic acid to primary amines” (patent no….
Lucknow: A Pocso court in Bahraich awarded death sentence to a 26-year-old man for the murder and sexual assault of a seven-year-old boy. The conviction came in record two months from the registration of the FIR.Special judge Arbind Kumar Gautam sentenced Mukesh Nishad under the charges of BNS 103 (1) (murder), and Pocso Act. The…
Lucknow: A pastor and his wife were among seven people booked on Thursday by the Lucknow Police for allegedly running an illegal religious conversion racket under the guise of a multi-level marketing (MLM) network in Mohanlalganj.An FIR was registered at Mohanlalganj police station under Sections 352 and 351(2) of the BNS and Sections 3, 5(1)…
Senior journalist Sunita Aron with Gyanendra Sharma Award Lucknow: State information commissioner PN Dwivedi on Thursday urged senior journalists to conduct skill-building workshops for the younger generation. He was speaking at the 2nd Gyanendra Sharma Memorial Award ceremony at UP Press Club on Thursday. Veteran journalist Sunita Aron was given the award this year. Presented…
Lucknow: In the third crackdown in 23 days on an international cyber fraud syndicate operating from the city, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate has busted a fake Apple Customer Support call centre running out of a luxury apartment in Vibhuti Khand and arrested four alleged masterminds accused of extorting money from US citizens through impersonation, fake…
