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LMC proposes budget of Rs 4,692.71 cr for 2026-27

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation will table a budget of around Rs 4,692.71 crore for the financial year 2026-27 in the Special House scheduled to be held on Saturday, aligning its... Read More


30.3degC: An unusually warm February day

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- The state capital witnessed an unusually warm February day on Friday as the day temperature crossed 30degC for the first time this season. Lucknow recorded a maximum temperature of... Read More


State 'absolutely liable' for unnatural custodial death

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday held that the state is "absolutely liable" for the unnatural death of a prisoner in its custody, even if the death is a suic... Read More


LESA to install cams, intensify night patrols

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- After a spate of transformer copper thefts, the LESA has decided to tighten security by installing surveillance cameras and increasing night patrols at vulnerable substations. At a... Read More


Chain-snatching accused injured in encounter

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- A 22-year-old man, wanted in a chain-snatching case involving a bank manager's wife, was injured in an alleged police encounter late Friday night. Police said the criminal, Vivek K... Read More


Vendor hit by speeding car, dragged for 1km on bonnet, run over

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- A 35-year-old street vendor was killed in a horrific hit-and-run incident in the Krishna Nagar area here late on Wednesday night after he was allegedly knocked down by a speeding c... Read More


LPL set to change cricketing ecosystem of Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- The maiden edition of the Lucknow Premier League (LPL), a franchise based tournament on the pattern of the Indian Premier League, is all set to change the cricketing ecosystem of t... Read More


US vedic scholar praises Yogi for restoring Ayodhya's glory

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- American vedic scholar David Frawley, a Padma Bhushan awardee, met chief minister Yogi Adityanath here on Friday and discussed yoga, ayurveda and Sanatan culture with him. "Yogi Ad... Read More


BJP MLA moots Innovation Hub near IIM-l

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh has proposed to set up a Multi-Institutional Innovation Hub/Start-up Facilitation Centre near IIM-L in the state capital to encourage innovation-based entre... Read More


UP BJP chief: Shivaji a symbol of good governance

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not only a great warrior but also a symbol of good governance, public welfare, national pride, and cultural pride, said Pankaj Chaudhary, UP BJP pre... Read More