The tremendous increase in the price of tomato is not hidden from everyone. As per data released by consumer affairs ministry, tomato prices in metros were ruling at Rs95/kg in Kolkata, Rs92/kg in Delhi, Rs80/kg in Mumbai and Rs55/kg in Chennai on July 29. There has been no decrease in the[Read More…]
Tag: Lucknow
Lucknow Metro to provide free drinking water, toilet facilities
As a first in the country, Lucknow Metro stations will provide free drinking water to commuters at all 21 metro stations of the North-South metro corridor. The stations will have a kiosk, that will provide purified and chilled water to commuters for free. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) is also[Read More…]
Fire breaks out at Lucknow’s KGMC’s trauma centre in Lucknkow, patients evacuated
A fire broke out in King George Medical College Trauma Centre in Lucknow on Saturday evening. The patients of the centre have been evacuated. Lucknow: Fire in the Medicine Department of King George Medical College Trauma Center; all patients evacuated pic.twitter.com/FgHCySrJr2 — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 15, 2017 More[Read More…]
TCS to wrap up operations in Lucknow; nearly 2000 employees to get affected
At least 2,000 employees will be affected as the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is preparing to bid farewell to Lucknow. The staff members on Wednesday have claimed that they were told by their team leaders that the company is wrapping up the work at the centre. Reportedly, 50% are women[Read More…]
Lucknow to get better air connectivity from July 5
Lucknow’s air-connectivity will expand to three more cities by July 5th. The state capital will get connected to Jaipur, Bhopal and Dehradun by air. In a move to tap the air traffic in unexplored sectors, Air India has decided to operate 72-seat small passenger aircraft with moderate fares ranging between[Read More…]
International Yoga Day: PM leads celebrations in Lucknow; MP, UP, Delhi, Mumbai takes part
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, led a gathering of 50,000 yoga enthusiasts at the Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan in Lucknow on Wednesday on the occasion of International Yoga Day. UP Governor Ram Naik and chief minister Yogi Adityanath and cabinet ministers will also be present at the event. The Prime Minister addresses[Read More…]
Fasting Muslims to participate in International Yoga Day with PM Modi
On the International Yoga Day celebrations in Lucknow, PM Modi will be performing asanas. And over 300 Muslim men and women under the banner of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch will be among the 55,000 participants at the Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan. “More than 1,000 Muslims had contacted us about participating in[Read More…]
Lucknow: Charge sheet filed against former SP minister Gayatri Prajapati in gang-rape case
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed a charge sheet against former minister Gayatri Prajapati of the Samajwadi Party and six accomplices. They are accused of gang- raping a Chitrakoot woman and attempting to rape her minor daughter. The SIT submitted the charge sheet in the Protection of Children from Sexual[Read More…]
Signature dish ‘galouti kebab’ to return in Tunday Kababi from Wednesday
The iconic Tunday Kababi in Lucknow will bring back its signature dish – the buffalo meat galouti kebab from Wednesday. With a history of being more than 100 years old, Tunday Kababi was forced to discontinue these kebabs after the Yogi Adityanath government put a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses on[Read More…]
Shivpal Yadav to meet Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath today
Days after Mulayam Singh’s younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav met the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath leading to speculations that she might join BJP, now Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav will meet Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday. Significantly, Aparna and her husband Prateek Yadav met Adityanath just two days after[Read More…]
Lucknow: Meat sellers go on strike
Meat sellers in Lucknow have gone on an indefinite strike protesting against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh. The mutton and chicken sellers who have pulled down their shutters have threatened to intensify their stir from Monday, Mubeen Qureshi of the Lucknow Bakra Gosht Vypar[Read More…]
UP CM makes surprise visit to Hazratganj station
NIA takes over probe in Ujjain train blast
Gang-rape accused Gayatri Prajapati sent to 14-day custody
Months after being on run, rape-accused ex-UP minister Gayatri Prajapati was detained on Wednesday from the city by Lucknow Police. “Prajapati was arrested from Aashiyana area of the city early this morning,” said senior superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Manzil Saini. So far, six other accused have already been arrested in[Read More…]
Rape accused Gayatri Prajapati arrested in Lucknow
Accused of rape, former UP Minister, Gayatri Prajapati has been arrested from Lucknow on Wednesday. Police arrested three partners of Prajapati on Tuesday in connection with the case. Earlier Prajapati’s two aides were arrested from Noida near Jewar on the Yamuna Expressway on March 7. Gayatri was absconding from February[Read More…]
Ujjain train blast: Terror suspect killed in Lucknow
Anti-terror operation in Thakurganj area of Lucknow ended after almost 12 hours in the wee hours of Wednesday, killing one terror suspect. Initially, police denied reports of two terror suspects being in a house in the outskirts of Lucknow. “After opening the doors of the house (where the terrorist was[Read More…]
4 killed, 6 injured after car rams into night shelter in Lucknow
Four labourers were killed and six others injured after a car crashed into a night shelter in Lucknow early this morning. Four dead and four injured after a car hits a night shelter in Lucknow’s Dalibagh. (spot visuals) pic.twitter.com/FyYM0ylRtH — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 8, 2017 The deceased have been[Read More…]
UP horror: Minor girl gang-raped in Lucknow, parents held hostage
In a horrific act, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Lucknow by five men who took turns between assaulting her and holding her parents hostage to prevent them from intervening. The girl has said she was assaulted early on Tuesday in the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Medical tests are[Read More…]
The Growth of Urdu Journalism in Lucknow
Being the city of Nawabs and ‘cultural centre’ of Northern India, Lucknow remained a good patron of literary activities. With political crises at Delhi, poets bereft of patronage left for Lucknow which provided them with some option and most of them permanently migrated. Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810) and Mirza Muhammad[Read More…]
RSS’ Muslim outfit to cut goat shaped cake on Bakri Eid
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Muslim unit Muslim Rashtriya Manch in Lucknow has decided to celebrate the Bakri Eid festival by cutting a cake baked in the shape of a goat, instead of sacrificing a goat or any other animal. The decision may sound funny but a 5-kg cake has already[Read More…]