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2027 UP polls: ECI trains officials for first-level checking of EVMs

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, starting with a workshop in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Wednesday to train di... Read More


Vigilance searches reveal Rs.28-cr assets linked to ex-clerk

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment has unearthed alleged disproportionate assets worth around Rs.28 crore belonging to former clerk at the chief medical officer's (CMO) offi... Read More


Pay rape victim compensation within 40 days: HC to Sitapur, Bahraich DMs

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Taking a tough view of the delay in payment of compensation to rape victims, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the district magistrates of Sitapur and Bahr... Read More


How Sikar man lured four Ayodhya cops into trap after 800-km journey

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Four Ayodhya policemen arrested in Rajasthan for allegedly accepting a Rs.2.80 lakh bribe, in addition to Rs.4 lakh earlier, were not expecting a trap when they travelled nearly 80... Read More


Former SP MLC Kamlesh Pathak, 9 others get life term in double murder

KANPUR, Aug. 20 -- A special MP/MLA court in Auraiya on Wednesday sentenced former Samajwadi Party MLC Kamlesh Pathak and nine other accused to life imprisonment for the 2020 double murder of lawyer M... Read More


DRI busts ivory trafficking syndicate in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an alleged syndicate involved in the illegal trade of ivory artefacts, intercepting four members of the network and seizing... Read More


HC orders CBI probe intoShravasti 'encounter',questions SHO's claim

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ordered a CBI inquiry into an alleged police encounter in Shravasti at night in May last year, observing that the FIR contained se... Read More


Bring Japanese technology to small farmers: Shivraj

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Union minister for agriculture and farmers' welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday urged Japanese industries and institutions to develop technology and machinery that would be ... Read More


Japanese investments worth Rs.3.19K cr in UP to open doors to over 10K jobs

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- A virtual groundbreaking ceremony was held for projects worth Rs.3,195 crore by Escorts Kubota Limited and Minda Corporation Limited at the Uttar Pradesh-Japan Investment Meet 2026... Read More


Japan a long-term partner for UP, says Suresh Khanna

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Uttar Pradesh's finance and parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna on Wednesday said strong law and order, world-class infrastructure and investment-friendly policies have pl... Read More