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Chitrakoot pension scam: More skeletons tumble out, rRs.r13.20-cr payout to deceased surfaces

LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- More skeletons are tumbling out as the investigation into the alleged Rs.42.04-crore pension scam in Chitrakoot progresses. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case ha... Read More


LDA extends 'Diwali flat discount' offer till Nov 6

LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has extended its Diwali discount offer on flats till November 6, following the booking of 589 apartments in just 30 days. Prospective buyers... Read More


Warm Diwali helped disperse pollution faster in Lucknow, say experts

LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- As Diwali this year was celebrated a bit earlier, on October 20 to be precise, both day and night temperatures remained slightly above normal. This rise in temperature appears to h... Read More


UP CM orders overhaul of drug control mechanism to ensure medicine quality

LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- In a move aimed at ensuring quality and safety of medicines across Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has directed a comprehensive strengthening of the state's drug cont... Read More


Drain grills fail to stop flow of plastic waste, sludge into Gomti

LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- Despite the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) installing steel grills on major drains flowing into the Gomti, plastic waste and sludge continue to surface along the river, exposi... Read More


ED arrests Mukhtar Ansari's aide from Lucknow airport

LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested late mafia don-turned-politician, Mukhtar Ansari's close associate Mohd Shadab, alias 'Dumpy', on Wednesday morning from Lucknow's Chaudha... Read More


With 2 months still left, 41 UP encounter killings this year touch 2018 mark

LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- Although encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh have sparked debates and raised questions about the efficacy of such measures in controlling crime, the state police gunned down 41 cri... Read More


Yogi approves five-fold increase in financial powers of PWD officers

LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- After three decades, the Uttar Pradesh government has approved a five-fold increase in the financial powers of public works department (PWD) officers, alongside a comprehensive rev... Read More


Azam Khan on SP's list of 20 star campaigners for Bihar polls

LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav and national general secretary Azam Khan are among the 20 star campaigners of the party for the second phase of Bihar assembl... Read More


BSP expels Lko, Knp in-charge over factionalism, indiscipline

LUCKNOW, Oct. 24 -- Shamsuddin Raeen, 47, regarded as a key Muslim leader in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) who started as a booth worker at age 20, was expelled on Thursday as the party in charge of L... Read More