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Lakhimpur Kheri: Man accused of sexually exploiting 6-year-old arrested in encounter

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, May 6 -- Hours after a six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in a village under Sadar Kotwali area on Tuesday evening, a joint team of Lakhimpur police and SWAT unit arre... Read More


Climate stress, pests shrink mango harvest

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, May 2 -- Suresh Pal of Bhangaiyachat village in Nighasan tehsil of Kheri district stood desolately in his orchard, staring at his mango trees that had promised a bumper harvest this y... Read More


55-year-old man held for raping minor in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 27 -- Neemgaon Police in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district arrested a 55-year-old man on Sunday night for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl from his neighbourhood th... Read More


Shortage rumours, farm needs keep fuel queues long in Kheri

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 25 -- A sharp surge in demand for petrol and diesel continued to result in huge rush at fuel stations across parts of Kheri district on Saturday, with some outlets temporarily r... Read More


Fuel rush continues in Kheri amid shortage, price hike rumours

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 24 -- Even as fuel supplies continued to reach petrol pumps across the district on Friday and authorities reiterated that stocks of petrol and diesel were adequate in Lakhimpur ... Read More


5-year-old mauled to death by leopard in Dudhwa buffer zone

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 19 -- A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in an area with no previous record of big cat movement in the Dudhwa buffer zone on Saturday night, officials said. T... Read More


Thieves strike at a LPG godown in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, decamp with 108 cylinders

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 4 -- Amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia that caused disruption in the cooking gas supply across India before the government stepped in to improve it, some unidentified burglar... Read More


14-year-old killed in leopard attack near Dudhwa buffer zone

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, March 3 -- In a tragic incident of human-wildlife conflict in the north Nighasan forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, a 14-year-old boy from Jasnagar, under the Tikonia Kotwali are... Read More


Deaf-mute minor gang raped at cousin's wedding in Lakhimpur Kheri; 1 held

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, March 1 -- Two men allegedly gang raped a deaf and mute minor girl who had come to attend her cousin's wedding in a village under Singahi police station limits, police said here on Su... Read More


Three children among six killed in two road mishaps in Lakhimpur Kheri

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Feb. 8 -- Dense fog and poor visibility turned deadly on Saturday night as six people, including three children, lost their lives in two separate road accidents across Lakhimpur Kheri... Read More