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Mayor flags suspected Rohingya, Bangladeshi workers in Lucknow hospitals

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- Expressing concern over the possible presence of Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators working in government and semi-government hospitals in the city, mayor Sushma Kharkwal on Thu... Read More


20 hits in 25 days: Thieves on a November roll

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- Out of the at least 20 cases of house theft that the city has reported between November 1 and 25, the burglars took advantage of surveillance gaps and the absence of occupants to t... Read More


Kukrail area with 'good' AQI only breathable spot in Lko

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- Lucknow's picnic spot, Kukrail, was the only location with air clean enough to breathe, even as pollution levels remained elevated across the city on Thursday. Known for its dense... Read More


STF arrests Amit Tata in Codeine trafficking probe

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested Amit Kumar Singh, alias Amit Tata, a resident of Jaunpur, for allegedly operating a major illegal network dealing in codeine-bas... Read More


Dumper runs off flyover onto railway track in Barabanki

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- A speeding dumper broke a flyover railing and plunged nearly 25 feet onto the Barabanki-Gonda railway track, on Wednesday night. Passengers on board the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath... Read More


Ex-secretariat official gets 6 yrs in jail for rRs.r23 lakh fraud

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- A court here on Wednesday sentenced a former secretariat official to six years of rigorous imprisonment for using his official position to cheat an individual man of Rs.23.40 lakh,... Read More


SIR war rooms in Lucknow in overdrive as December 4 deadline approaches

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- To ensure timely completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Lucknow district administration has set up assembly constituency-wise war rooms to assis... Read More


UP orders Aakanksha Samiti women to inspect KGBVs fortnightly

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday issued fresh directions for enhanced monitoring at Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas after girls in a Lucknow school allegedly faced assault... Read More


rRs.r6.5 crore compensation fraud: CBI probes Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline project, raids multiple cities

LUCKNOW, Nov. 27 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday and Wednesday carried out searches across Lucknow, Noida and Prayagraj after a complaint from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (I... Read More


Court denies bail to two officers, jolts overloading racket in UP

LUCKNOW, Nov. 26 -- The crackdown on Uttar Pradesh's illegal truck overloading network has intensified after a special anti-corruption court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail pleas of two key ... Read More