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Crackdown on drug traffickers in Uttar Pradesh: Tenfold jump in preventive detentions in two years

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- Uttar Pradesh Police have significantly stepped up the use of preventive detention and financial provisions against habitual drug traffickers. Seventy-one of them were detained un... Read More


Before establishing Aliganj fake call centre, cyber-fraud network shifted bases from Goa to Kolkata: Police

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- An international cyber-fraud network allegedly shifted its call-centre operations from South Goa and Kolkata to Varanasi and Lucknow, with its members planning to open three to fo... Read More


Bhadohi youth gets artificial arms, a second chance at KGMU

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- Nine months after a devastating electrocution accident, which took away both his hands, 22-year-old Neeraj Yadav of Bhadohi is learning to perform everyday tasks again, with his p... Read More


Lucknow Metro's second corridor likely to take off in October, VVIP ceremony planned

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- Lucknow Metro's long-awaited East-West Corridor project is now nearing execution, with construction of the 11.165-km corridor likely to begin in early October or during Navratri, ... Read More


Balrampur girl's death: DJ owner, operator arrested; outpost in-charge suspended

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- Balrampur police on Wednesday arrested the owner and operator of a DJ system in connection with the death of a seven-year-old girl who collapsed inside her classroom as a Ganesh i... Read More


No surge pricing as Bharat Taxi joins Lucknow Metro's last-mile network

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- Lucknow Metro passengers will now have another option for first- and last-mile connectivity, with the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Wednesday signing an agreemen... Read More


UP higher edu dept to hold weekly review of varsities, degree colleges

LUCKNOW, Sept. 24 -- The higher education department will conduct weekly reviews of state universities and affiliated degree colleges to address student grievances, aiming to resolve the simmering dis... Read More


14 FIRs over Green Gas cyber frauds, police step up 'Digital Kavach' drive

LUCKNOW, Sept. 23 -- With 14 FIRs registered over cyber frauds targeting Green Gas consumers, Lucknow police are stepping up their awareness drive under "Operation Digital Kavach" to prevent residents... Read More


PRAMAAN: Lucknow police turn crash data into road-safety action

LUCKNOW, Sept. 23 -- Lucknow Lucknow police are turning nearly three years of road accident records into a citywide map of crash-prone locations through PRAMAAN (Police Road Accident Monitoring, Assu... Read More


Power lines over 63 Lucknow schools to be shifted

LUCKNOW, Sept. 23 -- : For thousands of children studying in 63 government primary schools in Lucknow, a potential danger overhead is finally being removed. Eleven-kV high-tension power lines passing ... Read More