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Fake birth, death certificate racket busted in UP's Aligarh, two held

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday busted another fake birth and death certificate racket in Aligarh and arrested two Jan Suvidha Kendra operators, said senior p... Read More


Miscreants attempt to catch fawn inside Lko zoo, one arrested

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- Five people attempted to catch a fawn (the young of a deer) after scaling the boundary wall of Lucknow zoo, following which one person was arrested. An FIR was lodged with Hazratgan... Read More


Madrasa in Sant Kabir Nagar faces derecognition over foreign funding charges

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- The Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board has initiated proceedings to derecognise a madrasa in Sant Kabir Nagar district run by cleric Shamsul Huda Khan, accused of raising funds f... Read More


Bank manager turns fraudster: rRs.r20 cr cyber racket busted in Lko

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- A deputy branch manager of a private bank and two associates have been arrested for allegedly running a nationwide cyber fraud network that siphoned off nearly Rs.20 crore through f... Read More


233 special police teams formed to curb road fatalities in 20 UP districts

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- Special teams at 233 police stations in 20 districts, where fatal road accidents are often reported, have been given the responsibility to prevent and investigate road accidents on ... Read More


Lucknow's air quality dips below post-Diwali levels

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- After two weeks of recording air quality in the 'satisfactory' and 'moderate' categories, Lucknow's air quality turned unhealthier than the post-Diwali levels. The city's air qualit... Read More


Pvt edu institutes under scanner: 2 months on, Unnao yet to file report

LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- It has been nearly two months now since chief minister Yogi Adityanath asked the state higher education department to verify if the courses offered by private universities and colle... Read More


From mafia den to homes for poor: Dalibagh land gets new owners

LUCKNOW, Nov. 5 -- Same locality, same address, new residents - the 2,314-square-metre plot in Lucknow's posh Dalibagh area has undergone a dramatic transformation: from a don's kothi to flats for 72 ... Read More


Yogi hands over 72 EWS flats built on land recovered from Mukhtar Ansari

LUCKNOW, Nov. 5 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday handed over flats, built on land freed from the illegal possession of Mukhtar Ansari in Lucknow's Dalibagh area, to 72 economically weake... Read More


UP Police launches action plan to curb road mishaps, traffic snarls

LUCKNOW, Nov. 5 -- Director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna has issued a comprehensive statewide plan to reduce road accidents and improve traffic management. As per the plan, large metropolit... Read More