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Mayawati terms UPI fee 'capitalist profiteering attitude'

LUCKNOW, Sept. 19 -- A meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) all India committee will be held under party chief Mayawati in Lucknow on September 23. The meeting is significant as the BSP chief may ... Read More


School bus, Janrath catch fire in separate incidents in Lucknow; 5-year-old boy hurt

LUCKNOW, Sept. 19 -- Two buses, including one carrying 25 schoolchildren, caught fire at separate locations in the state capital early Saturday. A five-year-old boy suffered burns when his hand touche... Read More


Union minister Bhupender Yadav calls for 'mission-mode' drive against pollution before winter

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Union minister for environment, forest and climate change Bhupender Yadav on Friday said automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras should be installed at fuel stations to ... Read More


Second wife among three held for killing man, dumping body in Mohanlalganj; minor detained

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Two days after the body of a man was found stuffed inside a wooden box and dumped in a minor irrigation canal near Bhavakheda village in Mohanlalganj, police on Friday arrested th... Read More


3 UP PAC women battalions to be equipped with modern firearms

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- : Women personnel of three Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalions are set to gain enhanced operational capability with access to modern firearms, including 9... Read More


Blending tradition, digital age: Lko's BSV to set up modern recording studio; construction to begin soon

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalya (BSV) is planning to set up a modern recording studio on its campus. The initiative comes as part of the university's plans to extend its ident... Read More


Four sentenced to 7 years for role in Rohingya trafficking network

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- A special NIA court in Lucknow on Thursday sentenced four men to up to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for their role in a case involving a Rohingya trafficking network that ... Read More


Busy with Saifai Mahotsav, birthdays, previous govts had no time for artisans: Adityanath

LUCKNOW, Sept. 17 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday took a swipe at previous governments, alleging they had no time for artisans as they were busy organising the Saifai Mahotsav, bringing... Read More


UPI charge akin to 'chungi', aims to extract money from people: Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, Sept. 17 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked the BJP government over the newly announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select UPI transactions. He likened the c... Read More


Allahabad HC pulls up SBI for encashing widow's FD for husband's loan

LUCKNOW, Sept. 17 -- Calling the process "abominable" and "clearly an anathema to banking practice", the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has pulled up the State Bank of India (SBI) for debit... Read More