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Temple caretaker strangled to death, 3 held

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- A 60-year-old temple caretaker was brutally beaten and strangled to death in the Dubagga area of Lucknow, with police arresting three local youths in connection with the crime. The... Read More


Fatehpur court sentences 12to life in 2009 murder case

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- A sessions court in Fatehpur on Thursday sentenced 12 convicts to life imprisonment in a 2009 murder case, prosecution authorities said on Friday. The judgment was delivered by add... Read More


Car plunges into pond, four killed

Kanpur, Feb. 21 -- Four members of a family, including a couple and a two-year-old child, were killed and six others injured after their speeding car veered off the road and plunged into a roadside po... Read More


Yogi unveils 80% honorarium hike for shiksha mitras

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- : With a year to go for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Yogi Adityanath government has announced an 80% increase in the honorarium of shiksha mitras (para teachers) and anude... Read More


Couple awarded death sentence in dark web child abuse case

LUCKNOW/KANPUR, Feb. 21 -- A special Pocso court in Banda district on Friday sentenced a man and his wife to death for sexually exploiting children and selling their videos and photographs to foreign ... Read More


Dist admn cracks whip, over half a dozen officials penalised

Bahraich, Feb. 21 -- The district administration has initiated strong administrative measures against more than half-a-dozen officers and employees of the basic education department, in a crackdown on... Read More


Centre clears ex-Punjab chief secy's prosecution

Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- The Union government has granted prosecution sanction against former Punjab chief secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua, a 1988-batch IAS officer, in a 16-year-old corruption case. The d... Read More


Adulteration checks ramped up in Lko before festivities

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- With Holi preparations and Ramzan driving up demand for sweets and snacks, the Food Safety and Drug Administration has launched an intensive enforcement drive across the city to ch... Read More


forceps found in abdomen 5 yrs after surgery, probe ordered

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 21 -- Kerala's health minister Veena George on Friday promised tough action against those responsible for medical negligence in a case in which an artery forceps was left insi... Read More


NHAI plans to halt cash transactions across toll plazas from April 1 this year

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday said that it is considering discontinuing cash transactions from April 1, 2026 at toll plazas across India. Already 98% of t... Read More