Judge Flags Major Gaps In Police VersionLucknow: A local court has acquitted Manoj Chauhan in a six-year-old encounter case in the Alapur area of Ambedkarnagar observing that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.The case dates to Sept 18, 2020, when police claimed that Station House Officer Brijesh Kumar Singh and his…
Lucknow: UP’s tourism and culture sectors have seen a massive rise in government funding over the past few years with tourism budget allocations increasing 22-fold and culture spending rising nearly 20 times since 2017, according to officials at the Tourism Department’s Standing Committee meeting on Tuesday.Tourism minister Jaiveer Singh said: “the sharp increase speaks for…
Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh and additional chief secretary Amrit Abhijat Lucknow: The suggestions related to branding Kanpur’s industrial legacy as the ‘Manchester of the East’, boosting heritage tourism, improving Bundelkhand’s connectivity with Madhya Pradesh and reviving Prayagraj’s Triveni Mahotsav were shared at a meeting to review ongoing projects of the tourism and culture departments on…
Lucknow: A Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that members of the transgender (kinnar) community do not have any legal right to demand traditional ‘badhai’ or ‘neg’ (customary monetary offerings).The court observed that such collection of money may fall within the ambit of an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The…
Lucknow: Taking note of complaints over the non-refund of security deposits collected from candidates during last year’s NEET counselling for MBBS and BDS admissions, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education, Amit Kumar Ghosh ordered the immediate clearance of dues, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday.The order to clear the refund valued at Rs 380 crore as…
Lucknow: A case of alleged instant triple talaq, assault and arson has surfaced in the Saadatganj area of the city, with police registering an FIR against the accused husband.According to the complaint filed by the victim, Saba, a resident of Wazirbagh Akhada, her husband Shadab arrived at her parental home around 4 pm on Tuesday…
A Bengal tiger takes refuge under a shaded shelter to escape the scorching heat during a hot summer day in Lucknow zoo on Tuesday Lucknow: Even as mercury levels dropped by 2-4 degrees Celsius across the state on Tuesday, Banda continued to sizzle under severe hot conditions.Lucknow and other parts of the state saw a…
Lucknow: Chinhat police on Tuesday registered an FIR against two people in connection with the alleged suicide of a young woman in Basant Vihar Colony.The case was lodged based on a written complaint filed by the deceased’s sister, Preeti Kumari. According to the FIR, the victim, identified as Nisha Kumari, died by suicide on April…
Worker unload earthen pots on a hot day in Prayagraj Lucknow: As dry hot winds continued to lash UP mercilessly and skies remained clear, Banda recorded not only the highest maximum temperature in the country on Monday but was also the hottest place in the world, according to data released by the Indian Meteorological Department…
Lucknow: Residents of Emaar Gomti Greens on Tuesday filed a complaint at Sushant Golf City police station alleging unauthorised commercial use of the society clubhouse and intimidation during a protest.In the complaint, the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) said the clubhouse, shown as a private amenity at the time of sale of flats, was later sold…
