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Deepotsav 2025: Ayodhya to aim for new world record with 2.8 million earthen lamps at Saryu ghats

LUCKNOW, Oct. 12 -- The ninth edition of the Deepotsav in Ayodhya will aim to set a new world record by lighting 28 lakh (2.8 million) earthen lamps or diyas along the Saryu ghats on the Diwali eve on... Read More


Codeine syrup supplier arrested in Lucknow, city-wide drug network under lens

LUCKNOW, Oct. 12 -- A key supplier of illegal and highly addictive codeine syrup has been apprehended following a coordinated raid by the narcotics department and the Food Safety and Drug Administrati... Read More


Expertise Group delegation from Saudi meets minister, explores investment opportunities in UP

LUCKNOW, Oct. 12 -- A high-level delegation of Saudi Arabia's company, the Expertise Group, met UP's industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi' on Saturday to explore investment opportun... Read More


"Op Prahar": Lucknow police seize tons of illegal crackers ahead of Diwali

LUCKNOW, Oct. 12 -- Under their ongoing "Operation Prahar" to put an effective check on illegal activities, Lucknow Police have seized tons of illegal firecrackers in the past one week as part of thei... Read More


Rae Bareli: UP ministers visit family of lynched Dalit, provide financial aid

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- Uttar Pradesh ministers Rakesh Sachan and Asim Arun on Saturday visited the family of Hariom Valmiki in Rae Bareli, a Dalit man allegedly lynched by a mob on suspicion of theft on ... Read More


UP DGP orders crackdown on illegal firecracker-making, sale & storage

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- The director general of police (DGP), Rajeev Krishna, has issued strict directives to crack down on the sale, purchase, manufacture, and storage of crackers and its raw materials a... Read More


Allahabad HC directs Meta, Google to take down defamatory content against seer

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed social media giants Meta Platforms, Inc and Google LLC to remove ''objectionable content'' targeting Padma Vibhushan Swam... Read More


What measures taken to stop caste-based rallies, HC asks Central, Uttar Pradesh govts

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has asked the central and the state governments as to what measures they are adopting to stop caste-based rallies in Uttar Pradesh. T... Read More


IPS officer's suicide: Mayawati slams 'caste-based harassment' in Haryana

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday expressed deep concern over the recent suicide of a senior IPS officer who allegedly faced caste-based harassment in Haryana. I... Read More


Dalit's lynching: UP Congress chief Ajay Rai tries to visit family, detained

LUCKNOW, Oct. 11 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was on Saturday detained as he came out of the party office in Lucknow to visit Fatehpur to meet the family of a Dalit Hariom Valmiki, 38,... Read More