Following the completion of twenty five years in politics, Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya launched his political outfit Jansatta Dal in Lucknow on Friday. Thousands of supporters of Raja Bhaiya participated in the ‘Raja Bhaiya Rajat Jayanti Abhinandan Samaaroh’ at sprawling Ramabai ground and while delivering the speech, the[Read More…]
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UP govt to install Ram statue in Ayodhya, taller than Statue of Unity
Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday proposed a plan of installing 221-metre bronze statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, state Principal Secretary (Information) Avanish Awasthi told media in Lucknow. As per the plan, the height of the actual statue would be 151 metres, its overhead umbrella would be 20 metres while[Read More…]
UP medical officer commits suicide
Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh medical officer committed suicide on Monday in Gonda district, police said. Deputy Chief Medical officer (Dy CMO) of Gonda, Gayasul Hassan’s body was found hanging from a tree at his official residence by helpers. According to the police, his family was asleep when he hung[Read More…]
History of cricket in Lucknow: flipping the pages of history
After 24 years of drought, the international cricket scene would once again arrive at Lucknow. In 1994, India won the last game that took place at the venue of KD Singh Stadium in the Nawabi city. It has been a heavy wait for the fans, the city has been kept[Read More…]
UP govt renames venue hosting India-Windies 2nd T20I after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lucknow: Ahead of the first-ever international cricket match in the state capital — the T20 International between India and West Indies on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday rechristened the Ekana International Cricket Stadium as “Bharat Ratan Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium”, an official said. The match, which[Read More…]
Miss Universe Great Britain visits Sheroes Hangout Café Lucknow
Lucknow: Miss Universe Great Britain Dee Ann Kentish Rogers visits Sheroes Hangout Cafe Lucknow and spends time with the Acid Attack Survivors. Dee Ann Kentish Rogers is the first black woman to wear the crown. This is the first time the title has been won by a black woman since the[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow constable’s son appointed as SP, father feels proud
Police-constable Janardan Singh has become a proud father on Monday, after his son IPS officer Anoop Kumar Singh, who had assumed office as Superintendent of Police Lucknow (North) in the police station where his father, Janardan, was a constable. Few hours before meeting in the office, Singh started his day[Read More…]
Patient refused treatment despite having Ayushman card, told to get money from PM Modi
Modi government launched Ayushman Bharat Scheme aims to provide better health benefits to the poor people of the country. While many beneficiaries of the this scheme were treated for free, there has been a major negligence associated with Ayushman Bharat Scheme in medical college of Lucknow. In a recent shocking[Read More…]
UP cop held after he kills Apple executive, home ministry seeks report
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh constable was on Saturday arrested and booked for murder after he shot and killed a young Apple executive from close range, an official said. The state government has ordered a probe and the Union Home Minister has sought a report on the incident. The constable and[Read More…]
Lucknow: Doctors a km away from launch event, clueless of PM’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme
While Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Sunday launched PM Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat scheme at a grand function in Lucknow, surprisingly, doctors just a kilometre away from the launch event, handling patients at ‘Critical Care Unit’ of the government-run Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Combined Hospital showed a clueless face[Read More…]
Lucknow: Police breaks traffic rules, pictures of cops tripling without helmet goes viral
A video and several pictures of three policemen went viral over the social media where the cops were seen violating the traffic rules. A motorist riding next to the cops’ vehicle caught the three policemen riding a bike without wearing a helmet and doing tripping at the 1090 crossing in[Read More…]
Government may soon offer subsidy of up to Rs 1.4 lakh on Electric Vehicles
In a bid to boost the sales of electric vehicles in the country, the central government has announced that it will offer a subsidy of upto Rs 1.4 lakh on the purchase of EVs, including cars, motorcycles and even three-wheelers. The decision was taken at a meeting held on 23[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Women ‘shiksha mitras’ tonsure their heads in protest
Lucknow: Over a dozen ‘shiksha mitra’ women activists demanding full benefits of assistant teachers and other welfare schemes on Wednesday tonsured their heads against the state government’s apathetic attitude towards them. Hundreds of state ‘shiksha mitras’ are out on the streets for over a month. They say the government is[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Constable commits suicide in Lucknow
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh head constable shot himself dead on Saturday apparently unable to continue with 20-hours of work shift each day, police said. Raj Ratan Verma was posted at the Dial 100 emergency response service and was apparently under a lot of stress by the overtimes and prolonged duty[Read More…]
Akhilesh goes biking in Lucknow, plays cricket after vacating govt bungalow
Lucknow: Having vacated his sprawling official bungalow day back following the Supreme Court’s orders, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit the streets of the state capital on his high-end sports bicycle and went straight to the Gomti Rover Front, a dream project of his tenure, which[Read More…]
Three killed in UP dust storm
Lucknow: Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on[Read More…]
Lucknow’s legendary Begum Hamida Habibullah dead at 102
Lucknow: Former UP minister and one of the most popular faces in the state capital, Begum Hamida Habibullah passed away here on Tuesday morning. She was 102, family sources said. Daughter of the late Nawab Nazir Yar Jung Bahadur, Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court, Begum Hamida was a front-ranking[Read More…]
Safe city plans for women in eight metropolitan cities initiated
The Central government on Wednesday began a process of formulating a comprehensive safe city plans for women in eight metropolitan cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Hyderabad. The process was started in the Steering Committee meeting constituted by the Home Ministry under the chairmanship of Union[Read More…]
NTPC boiler blast: Death toll reaches 26; Rahul Gandhi meets injured
The death toll in the NTPC boiler blast in Uttar Pradesh rose to 26 on Thursday, with more injured workers succumbing to their burn injuries, officials said. Doctors warned that the toll was likely to rise further as more than a dozen contractual labourers were battling for life with more[Read More…]
Not forming new party as of now: Mulayam Singh Yadav
Former Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Monday dismissed reports of forming a new party as of now. Prior to his press conference, there was speculation that he may float a new party. However, no such announcement was made by him. Addressing the media in Lucknow, “I am not[Read More…]
Adityanath, Rajnath inaugurates Lucknow Metro; open to public from tomorrow
Home minister, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath jointly flagged off 8.5 km stretch of the first phase of metro train in Lucknow on Tuesday. The metro services will be opened for public use on Wednesday from Transport Nagar to Charbagh from 6 am to 10 pm[Read More…]
Rajnath, Adityanath to flag off Lucknow Metro on 5 Sep
Union home minister, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath will flag off the Lucknow Metro on Tuesday, 5 September. The first train will be flagged off by Singh, who represents the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, and the chief minister from the Transport Nagar metro station. However, the[Read More…]
Watch: Little boy mercilessly slapped by teacher 40 times, video goes viral
In a shocking video that is going viral, a little boy is slapped mercilessly and repeatedly, by his teacher in the classroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, for not responding to the attendance call. The boy, a student of class 3, was struck 40 times by the furious teacher, according to[Read More…]
Lucknow ensnared by swine flu, 135 cases reported
Various parts of Lucknow have been hit by the deadly swine flu and with six fresh cases this week, making it a total of 135 cases. Lucknow accounts for over 40 percent of the 313 cases in the state. “Twenty-six samples were submitted on Saturday to KGMU’s lab. The report[Read More…]
Toilet Ek Prem Katha declared tax free in Uttar Pradesh by CM
Toilet Ek Prem Katha stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar were in Lucknow today to promote their upcoming film and also to spread awareness about the importance of building toilets and putting an end to defecation in the open — a message he is giving out with his forthcoming film.[Read More…]