Lucknow: Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Baliyan (32) was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a gym in Shamli district on Wednesday evening, triggering protests and a road blockade by family members and supporters.The attack took place around 7 pm near Aryapuri Nala Patri in the City Kotwali area. Police and eyewitnesses said four attackers … Read more
A waterlogged stretch at the Ambedkar Park underpass in Gomti Nagar on Wednesday Lucknow: Intermittent rain and overcast skies along with light breeze kept weather pleasant on Wednesday.Several parts of the city, including Gomtinagar, Chinhat, Hazratganj, Hussainganj and Chowk, received intermittent showers from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. A few rain spells occurred in the … Read more
Lucknow: PGI police on Tuesday arrested a husband-wife duo accused of running a fraud racket that allegedly siphoned money from bank accounts using forged passbooks, cheque books and other documents. Police said they recovered multiple banking documents, ATM cards, mobile phones and paperwork linked to suspected fake companies.The accused were identified as Neha Singh (36) … Read more
Lucknow: Kanpur Superstars’ Adarsh Singh scored the first century of UPT20 League Season 4, but his knock could not change his team’s fortunes as the Superstars continued to struggle at the bottom of the points table, with just one win from seven matches and two points.The hard-hitting Adarsh dominated the Gorakhpur bowling attack and went … Read more
Lucknow: The Lucknow police commissionerate crime branch has launched “Operation Digital Kavach”, a coordinated campaign aimed at tackling cyber fraud carried out in the name of “digital arrest” through investigation, immediate financial intervention, recovery of defrauded money, arrest of accused and public awareness.The initiative is being conducted under the direction of the police commissioner and … Read more
UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary Lucknow: Slamming the Samajwadi Party’s announcements, UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday said the SP has again come before the public with a “bag full of false promises” to conceal its past misdeeds and failures.In a post on X, Chaudhary said the party, under whose rule serious questions were … Read more
Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi Lucknow: To speed up project execution and turn intents into real investment, UP is set to roll out district-level facilitation strategy.Under this, annual investment targets for all 75 districts in the state will be fixed and strictly monitored.“While Invest UP will anchor this strategy through Udyami Mitras and … Read more
Delegates at BRICS Forum on Day 2 Lucknow: What does a global group like BRICS have to do with an ordinary college student? A lot, especially when it comes to the future of jobs, technology, education and opportunities.At the 18th BRICS Academic Forum, which concluded at Lucknow University on Tuesday, the focus also turned towards … Read more
Flash floods in Nepal have triggered alerts in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar LUCKNOW/PATNA: The flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal on Wednesday have triggered alerts in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with authorities in both states closely monitoring the Gandak and Narayani rivers and preparing for a possible rise in water levels.The concern stems … Read more
Lucknow: BJP’s OBC Morcha national president, Amar Pal Maurya, will be accorded a grand welcome by the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit on Wednesday.Chairing a meeting on Tuesday, UP BJP OBC Morcha president Prakash Pal said Maurya will arrive in Lucknow from New Delhi by the Swarna Shatabdi Express and will be greeted at multiple locations … Read more