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Festive rush overwhelms city'straffic plans, commuters crawl

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Despite a detailed traffic plan involving 13 route restrictions, additional police deployment, designated parking spaces and no-stopping zones, Lucknow's roads remained congested du... Read More


BJP office parking adds to woes

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Even the stretch outside the BJP office on Vidhan Sabha Marg became a bottleneck during the festive rush on Saturday, with a queue of vehicles, mostly SUVs, allegedly parked outside... Read More


Major govt hospitals brace forfirecracker-related emergencies

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Government hospitals in Lucknow have been put on high alert to deal with emergencies arising from firecracker-related incidents during Diwali, with around 70 beds reserved across fo... Read More


Twinkling lights along key roads, crossings usher in Diwali cheer

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Residents and commuters moving on Lucknow's prominent roads and crossings witnessed a festive makeover as the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) illuminated key public spaces with ... Read More


Diwali gift: UP govt employees' DA raised to 63%

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday increased the dearness allowance (DA) by 3% for state employees, staff of aided educational and technical institutions, regular and full-tim... Read More


Four UP govt hospitals to go in pvt hands for 30 yrs under PPP mode

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- The Uttar Pradesh health department has planned to give four hospitals under the private-public-partnership (PPP) mode in a bid to increase specialist medical facilities. The aim is... Read More


SP leader's wife opts for VRS from govt service amid buzz over polls

Lucknow, Nov. 8 -- Anupama Saroj Singh, deputy commissioner in the GST department in Uttar Pradesh and wife of Samajwadi Party spokesperson Anurag Bhadauria, has taken voluntary retirement from the Pr... Read More


'Missing man's kin get Rs.5L ransom call'

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- The family of a 27-year-old Class 4 employee of animal husbandry department who went missing from a hotel on Kanpur Road on October 30 alleged to have received a Rs 5 lakh ransom ca... Read More


Higher turnout puts women voters at centre of battle

LUCKNOW, Nov. 8 -- Women, who have consistently recorded higher voter turnout than men in successive major elections in Uttar Pradesh since 2012, are fast emerging as an influential electoral constitu... Read More


Bismillah Khan's family demolishing ancestral home for makeover, clarifies VDA

VARANASI, Nov. 8 -- Amid questions being raised on social media over the demolition of the ancestral home of shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan in Varanasi, the Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) ... Read More