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Five arrested for cooking non-veg food on boat in Ganga in Kashi

Varanasi, June 24 -- Five people have been arrested for allegedly cooking non-vegetarian food on a boat in the middle of the Ganga under the Dashashwamedh police station area, police said on Tuesday. ... Read More


Suspected child marriage, trafficking attempt busted

PRAYAGRAJ, June 24 -- A suspected case of child marriage and human trafficking was thwarted after a teenage girl in Pratapgarh was allegedly sold and prepared for marriage to a middle-aged man from Ma... Read More


SIT formed to investigate Atiq Ahmed's alleged benami properties

PRAYAGRAJ, June 24 -- The police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe properties allegedly acquired through benami transactions by slain mafia don Atiq Ahmed and his associates... Read More


Labourer electrocuted while unloading sand in Pratapgarh

PRAYAGRAJ, June 24 -- A 25-year-old labourer died after suffering an electric shock while unloading sand from a truck in Pratapgarh district on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place near Bajha... Read More


Rethink on slashing fire NoC height threshold to 12m

LUCKNOW, June 24 -- The commercial building fire in Lucknow's Aliganj area that killed 15 people on Monday has triggered a wider policy rethink in Uttar Pradesh, with the state government examining ch... Read More


Pyres burn, queries remain after devastating inferno

LUCKNOW, June 24 -- On Monday, thick black smoke billowed from a commercial complex in Aliganj as desperate calls for help echoed from inside. By Tuesday, the smoke had given way to funeral pyres and ... Read More


Two victims from Kanpur, families grapple with enormity of loss

Kanpur, June 24 -- The deaths of two young men from Kanpur in the fire at a Lucknow commercial establishment have left their families grieving and grappling with uncertainty, with one household now fa... Read More


Survivors recount horror: Smoke spread fast, escape routes vanished

LUCKNOW, June 24 -- For those who survived Monday's deadly fire in Aliganj, escape came through a combination of instinct, chance and split-second decisions. While many remained trapped inside the smo... Read More


LDA revives action against Aliganj building, raises questions over past approvals

LUCKNOW, June 24 -- A day after the deadly Aliganj fire, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Tuesday issued a fresh notice over alleged building violations, reviving questions over how a struct... Read More


Akhilesh visits injured at KGMU, points towards 'corrupt' clearances

Lucknow, June 24 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav roundly criticised the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday for alleged negligence and corruption in granting fire safety clearances, holdin... Read More