Lucknow: A teenage boy narrowly escaped an alleged abduction attempt in the Alambagh area after biting one of the suspects and jumping off a moving motorcycle, police said. An FIR was registered on Sunday, six days after the incident.According to the complaint filed by the victim’s father, Pankaj Khatri, the incident occurred on the night…
Lucknow: A four-year-old nursery student was allegedly sexually assaulted by a school van driver in the Talkatora area, police said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Girish Mishra, has been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Police said the child…
Lucknow: Police in Lucknow arrested an 18-year-old youth from Rae Bareli a day after registering a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act over allegations that he raped a 17-year-old girl he had befriended on social media.The accused, identified as Hemant Kumar, a resident of…
Lucknow: Burglars broke into the locked house of a doctor in Viram Khand under the Gomti Nagar police station limits and allegedly stole jewellery worth ₹40-50 lakh, cash, bank documents and the key to a bank locker while the family was away on a pilgrimage, police said on Sunday.According to the FIR, the complainant, Dr…
Lucknow: Police on Sunday booked two youths after a video of a late-night brawl involving a group of youths outside a club in the Vibhuti Khand area went viral on social media.The footage purportedly shows four to five youths attacking each other with belts and exchanging punches and kicks inside the club premises while hurling…
Lucknow: Indira Nagar police on Sunday registered an FIR against 8-10 people for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old man with sticks and iron rods after he allegedly refused to pay an extortion demand.The victim, Akhilesh Kumar, alleged in his complaint that he was returning home from Bajrang Chauraha at around 10.45pm on Friday when he was…
Lucknow: The Nirmohi Akhara has removed Mahant Dinendra Das from the post of Mahant of its Ayodhya branch and appointed Raja Ramchandracharya Das Maharaj as his successor.The decision could also affect Dinendra Das’s position in the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, where he serves as an ex-officio member by virtue of being the mahant…
Lucknow/Ayodhya: The Ayodhya police has detained four men after a video purportedly showing them consuming beer and mutton on a boat in the middle of the Saryu near Guptar Ghat went viral, triggering outrage among devotees and religious leaders.Ayodhya Cantt police said the video surfaced on Sunday, though it is believed to have been recorded…
Mohsin Raza with chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday Lucknow: Former minister Mohsin Raza on Sunday met chief minister Yogi Adityanath and expressed concern over large-scale irregularities allegedly prevalent in Waqf boards.He said that currently only 1,27,000 registered Waqf properties were there, while earlier this number was over 2 lakh. He said that under past…
Lucknow: A family in Basti district was struck by double tragedy when a 70-year-old man died after receiving the body of his son, who was killed in a road accident.The incident took place in Banpur village under the Lalganj police station limits.According to family members, Sunil Kumar Majhi (40) died in a road accident in…
