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Now, blue drum horror in city: Youth kills father, dismembers body

Lucknow, Feb. 24 -- A 21-year-old BCom student allegedly shot his father, a liquor businessman and pathology lab owner, dead on the morning of February 20, chopped the body into several pieces, and pu... Read More


Boong's young star keeps head down, prepares for Class 6 exam

New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Gugun Kipgen, the 13-year-old lead actor of the Manipuri-language film Boong, which won the Best Children and Family Film award at the 2026 BAFTAs, is staying away from the limel... Read More


Protest ends after LU students submit memo, but legal notices follow

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- A 19th-century monument at Lucknow University became the centre of a two-day standoff, as the shuttered Lal Baradari, once a royal leisure pavilion where Muslim students had, until... Read More


'Ginti Mein Aao' exhibition to trace U.P's census journey

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- To educate youths about the history of the census in the state, the department of culture will display rare postal records and stamps highlighting the evolution of census operation... Read More


711 register for LDA's Narmada apartment

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) received 711 applicants for its premium housing project, Narmada Apartment, which offers 300 flats and 12 penthouses. The authority opened r... Read More


Footpaths 'stolen', pedestrians forced to go with traffic flow

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- Pedestrians in the state capital continue to risk their lives, treading on the path of speeding traffic as footpaths have either vanished or are omitted entirely from new road plan... Read More


Five dead, 45 hurt as double-decker bus overturns on Purvanchal Expressway

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- Three children were among five passengers killed when an overcrowded double-decker private bus overturned near the Purvanchal Expressway toll plaza in Lucknow on Monday afternoon, ... Read More


'Driver allegedly drunk, emergency exit blocked'

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- Allegations of drunk driving, overcrowding and blocked emergency exits have emerged in the fatal bus accident near the Purvanchal Expressway toll plaza. Survivors claim the driver ... Read More


'Bus modified illegally to take in more passengers'

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- Illegal structural modifications in the ill-fated bus have come under the scanner, with transport authorities confirming that the vehicle was altered in violation of norms. Accordi... Read More


Tutor held for repeated sexual assaults on minor student, forcing abortion

LUCKNOW, Feb. 24 -- A private tutor, hired by a government-employed couple to help their 13-year-old daughter with her studies, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting the minor repeatedly... Read More