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Calling wife 'barren' duringquarrel not cruelty: Alld HC

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- The Allahabad high court has held that a man calling his wife a "barren woman" during a quarrel over childlessness and exchange of abuses between them would not constitute cruelty ... Read More


Woman, infant carried on cot atop float across Agra river

AGRA, Aug. 15 -- A woman and her newborn baby were carried across the flooded Utangan river on a cot placed on a rubber tube in Agra's Bah area there being no bridge and proper road connectivity. A vi... Read More


Looted Rs.4.18L, bought iPhone, partied in vns; 4 held

Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- Police arrested four men on Friday for robbing a Jan Seva Kendra operator of Rs.4.18 lakh in Gosainganj. The accused, who allegedly went on a spending spree in Varanasi, were track... Read More


UP STF, ANTF seize drugs worth Rs.1.45 cr; 3 held

Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh STF and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) arrested three alleged drug smugglers and seized narcotics worth an estimated Rs.1.45 crore in two separate operations in... Read More


Boy dragged by car in Knp hit-and-run; driver nabbed

KANPUR, Aug. 15 -- A 14-year-old Class 8 boy was critically injured after a car struck his bicycle and dragged him for nearly 25 metres in the Kalyanpur area here on Wednesday evening. The alleged dri... Read More


HC dismisses PIL over chicken shops' closure in Amroha

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 15 -- The Allahabad high court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging a direction by authorities in Amroha district asking chicken sellers not to open shops on the Kanwar Yatra route du... Read More


HC orders 30% reservation for women lawyers in OBA polls

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ordered 30% reservation for women advocates in the governing/executive council of the Oudh Bar Association (OBA). The court said a... Read More


'Arms trafficker' nabbed in Knp

KANPUR, Aug. 15 -- The UP Special Task Force (STF) arrested an alleged interstate arms trafficker in Kanpur on Friday and recovered four .32-bore pistols and four magazines from his possession. The ac... Read More


Top court quashes criminal cases against 5 comedians

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians over insensitive remarks concerning persons with disabilities on th... Read More


SC stays HC order on Karur kin jobs

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Madras High Court decision striking down a Tamil Nadu government order of compassionate appointments to the families of 41 people who died in... Read More