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Over 30k criminals held, 9,467 hurt in encounters in U.P. since 2017: Police

LUCKNOW, July 17 -- The U.P. Police claimed to have arrested more than 30,694 criminals, while over 9,467 were shot in the leg and 238 were killed during operations targeting fugitives and repeat offe... Read More


U.P. power staff body cites Odisha failures, urges CM to halt privatisation

LUCKNOW, July 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti has urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to halt the ongoing process of electricity privatisation in the state, citing t... Read More


Greed for flashy life led Lucknow youths into crypto scam: Police

LUCKNOW, July 17 -- Aspirations for a flashy lifestyle, quick money, and social media-driven notions of success prompted several Lucknow youths to become ground-level agents in an international cyber ... Read More


LU vice-chancellor appointed IIM-C director

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- Lucknow University vice-chancellor professor Alok Kumar Rai has been appointed as the director of Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C). According to a letter issued by ... Read More


CM Yogi hails PM Modi for cabinet nod to Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday felicitated Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the Union Cabinet's approval of the 'Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana', calli... Read More


Month on, police Racer bikes 'struggling' to alleviate traffic woes

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- A month since the launch of 42 high-performance 'Racer Mobile' units by Lucknow Police, the ambitious traffic response initiative seems to have lost its momentum already. The Race... Read More


Religious conversion case: Fresh FIR against Chhangur Baba aides for threats to retract statement

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- A fresh FIR has been lodged in the ongoing investigation into the alleged religious conversion racket in Balrampur, naming three associates of the alleged kingpin Jalaluddin Shah a... Read More


U.P. busts Indo-Nepal bus permit racket, seeks STF investigation

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- In a crackdown on forged cross-border permits being used by private buses operating between India and Nepal, the Uttar Pradesh transport department has unearthed a racket involving... Read More


U.P. Police driving people to suicide, alleges Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- Blaming the Uttar Pradesh Police for driving people to suicide, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that harassment by the force has led to loss of lives ac... Read More


LMC says 90 open drains repaired; SHO shunted

LUCKNOW, July 16 -- Four days after a 43-year-old man died after falling into an open and waterlogged drain in Thakurganj, the station house officer (SHO) of the local police station was shunted to po... Read More