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Late monsoon leaves UP with 40% rain deficit; orange alert for 19 dists

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Despite the arrival of a delayed monsoon in UP on June 30 - running 12 days behind schedule - the state continues to grapple with a 40% rainfall deficit. According to data released ... Read More


11 firms vie to shape U.P's proposed new Vidhan Sabha building

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Around 11 private consultancy firms are in the race to prepare the preliminary survey for the proposed Vidhan Sabha project on the land that once housed Subrata Roy's famed Sahara S... Read More


Twenty years of dodging the law end with a knock at dawn

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- A man who allegedly managed to stay one step ahead of the police for nearly two decades by constantly shifting hideouts and sneaking back home only at night was finally caught in a ... Read More


DG family welfare appointed nodal officer for surrogacy cases

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Uttar Pradesh will soon begin inspection of premises for which applications have been submitted for starting surrogacy/IVF clinics. The decision was taken under the Assisted Reprodu... Read More


U.P. Lalit Kala Akademi announces artist grants

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- The UP State Lalit Kala Akademi announced the results of the 'Financial Assistance Scheme for Exhibitions 2026-27' to encourage budding and young artists in the state. Akademi direc... Read More


Man carrying Rs.80k to buy rickshaw found dead along Agra Expressway

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- A 30-year-old man who had left home with Rs.80,000 to purchase an auto-rickshaw was found dead along the Agra Expressway in Lucknow's Kakori area on Wednesday, police said. The auto... Read More


Shariat law on marriage age cannot override PCMA, Pocso, says HC

PRAYAGRAJ, July 9 -- The Allahabad high court has held that the Muslim personal law principle recognising puberty as the age of marriage cannot override central laws such as the Prohibition of Child M... Read More


Guv emphasises integrating AI with languages, combating social issues

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Governor Anandiben Patel emphasised integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Indian languages to democratise knowledge and make education more inclusive, during the convocation... Read More


NIA raids three B'shahr homes in nationwide ISIS-AQIS crackdown

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at three residential premises in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr as part of coordinated raids at 20 locations acr... Read More


Step-father of victim, aide get 20 years' RI

LUCKNOW, July 9 -- Nearly four years after a minor girl was allegedly abducted from her house by her step-father in the middle of the night, gang-raped and assaulted, a special Pocso court in Lucknow ... Read More