Uttar Pradesh News

Lucknow: A day ahead of Krishna Janmashtami, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday inaugurated Swami Haridas Auditorium in Mathura and used the event to distribute benefits to thousands of beneficiaries under multiple state and central welfare and livelihood schemes.The programme blended the launch of the new cultural venue with the handover of financial assistance, housing-related … Read more

Lucknow: Kushinagar police have registered FIRs against 104 DJ operators across 19 police stations in the district for allegedly playing music at volumes exceeding prescribed limits during Barawafat processions and Dol Melas.FIRs have been registered at Padrauna, Ravindra Nagar, Ghughli, Turpattti, Hata, Kaptanganj, Ahirauli Bazar, Kasaya, Patherwa, Tamkuhiraj, Bishunpura, Tarayasujaan, Chaura Khas, Sidhua, Seorahi, Khadda, … Read more

Lucknow: A BSc graduate who had been evading arrest for nearly four years in a Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) property fraud case has been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Lucknow Crime Branch, police said on Thursday.The accused, Sachin Singh, 36, was arrested near an Indian Oil petrol pump in Chhota Bharwara, … Read more

Dr Anitha Punyodaya Misra (Image credit-@___anitha1) LUCKNOW:When patients in Gonda complain that their “jee michlaat hai”, “maatha bhanbhanaat hai” or “shareer jhanjhanat hai”, Dr Anitha Punyodaya Misra understands far more than the symptoms. She understands the emotion behind the words.Nearly two decades after moving from Mangaluru in Karnataka to Gonda following her marriage, the gynaecologist … Read more

Lucknow airport (File Photo) LUCKNOW: A passenger was detained by an FRRO officer at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow after his travel pattern raised suspicion during immigration clearance, following which Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) sleuths recovered 1.677 kg of hydroponic weed worth around Rs 2 crore from his luggage.The passenger, identified as … Read more

Alfaz Sheikh, a resident of the Padrauna tehsil area. LUCKNOW: A 10-year-old boy from Kushinagar’s Betia village reached the district magistrate’s office with his piggy bank to contribute to relief efforts for people affected by the floods in Nepal.Alfaz Sheikh, a resident of the Padrauna tehsil area, had been saving money in his piggy bank. … Read more

LUCKNOW: Lucknow’s Shardendu Tiwari, a second-generation soldier, is all set to be commissioned into the Army at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Gaya, on Saturday, marking the culmination of his journey from the corporate world to military service.Born into a military family, Shardendu drew inspiration from his father, a veteran of the Army Service Corps, … Read more

CM Yogi Adityanath also visited the Yogmaya temple, Keshavdev temple and Bhagwat Bhavan. MATHURA: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the state government plans to develop grand temple complexes in Mathura-Vrindavan on the lines of those in Ayodhya and Kashi.The statement by the chief minister came on the second day of his … Read more

Divya Mittal voluntarily resigned from the IAS after a thirteen-year career. Today, I voluntarily resigned from the IAS, bringing an unforgettable 13-year journey to a close.” With those words, Divya Mittal announced on social media on Sunday that she was walking away from the civil services. The resignation of the 43-year-old, 2013-batch Uttar Pradesh-cadre officer, … Read more

The arrests were made on Friday at Kanhaiya Pharma in Transport Nagar, Lucknow. LUCKNOW: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) operational unit in Lucknow has arrested six active drug traffickers and recovered a large consignment of narcotic and psychotropic medicines, including codeine-based cough syrup, tramadol capsules, and alprazolam tablets, collectively valued at an estimated Rs 1 … Read more