Tag: Lucknow

Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s palatial government bungalow was vandalised and many structures were razed to the ground before it was vacated on the direction of the Supreme Court, officials of the estate department said on Saturday. With the keys of the sprawling house handed over to them on Friday, a team […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked for details in a case where his Principal Secretary S.P. Goel has been accused of seeking a Rs 25 lakh bribe, an official spokesman said. A Lucknow-based businessman has alleged that senior IAS officer Goel sought money to approve widening of a road to his […]

Lucknow: In wake of a Supreme Court order cancelling allotment of government residences to Uttar Pradesh’s former Chief Ministers, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati vacated her palatial official bungalow on Wednesday, her aide announced. In a letter to the state Estate Department, the four-time UP Chief Minister’s personal secretary Mewa Lal Gautam said while […]

Lucknow: A woman teacher on Tuesday tried to set herself on fire in front of the Vidhan Sabha building here, alleging that the Principal of her school had molested her and the police was not entertaining her complaint. The woman said that she had also gone to the 5, Kalidas Marg residence of the Chief […]

Mumbai: Jitesh Singh Deo from Lucknow on Thursday bagged the Mr. India World 2017 title. He will represent India at the Mr World competition. The finale of the gala sponsored by Peter Engand, was held at Bandra Fort here. It was judged by Bollywood’s “Queen” Kangana Ranaut, designer Manish Malhotra and tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi […]

Lucknow: A senior leader of a Hindu outfit — Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha — on Friday slammed veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan for his “Hindu terror” remarks and said people like him should be “shot dead”. Referring to the statement made by Haasan on Thursday in a column in a weekly magazine, Mahasabha leader Pt. […]

New Delhi:  Aiming to improve and develop airport infrastructure to meet growing traffic demands, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will undertake new development works at Lucknow, Deoghar, Rajkot and Allahabad airports. According to a civil aviation ministry statement, AAI plans to construct new integrated passenger terminal building at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow, […]

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) on Thursday organised a special ride for elderly people from an old age care centre, days after a similar arrangement was made for disabled children. The 30 inmates of Aastha Hospice travelled from Charbagh station to Transport Nagar. Wheelchair support was provided for them. The group arrived at […]

Lucknow: An IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre was found dead under mysterious circumstances here on Wednesday, police said. Anurag Tiwari of the 2007 batch was posted as the Commissioner of Karnataka Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. He was in the Uttar Pradesh capital for the past two days. Tiwari, 35, belonged to […]

Lucknow:Rebuffing allegations that intolerance was rising in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Sunday no nation in the world was as tolerant as India. Singh made the remarks two days after actor Naseeruddin Shah had expressed concern over “intolerance” in the country while referring to the killing of a policeman in a mob […]

Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a 15-year- old cancer survivor was allegedly raped by two men in Sarojini nagar here and was later sexually assaulted by another person whom she asked for help, police said today. The incident took place last night when the girl had gone out to meet an acquaintance, Additional Superintendent of […]

A man accused of duping youths by promising them jobs through a fake website has been arrested in Mahanagar area here, police said today

Lucknow: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched her roadshow here on Monday on her first visit after becoming the General Secretary in charge of East Uttar Pradesh along with her brother and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Congress General Secretary in charge of western Uttar Pradesh, also accompanied them. Priyanka Gandhi was […]

New Delhi: If caught smuggling gold at an international airport in Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Varanasi), the accused will now lose their passports, according to the Customs Department. The department is coordinating with the UP Passport Office for such an action to curb growing smuggling of gold at Lucknow and Varanasi international airports. The move […]

Lucknow: A vegetable market is the last place you would think of going to learn or even read Sanskrit but then the Nishatganj vegetable market is trying to be different. In this market, names of all vegetables are written in Sanskrit on tiny placards. The mundane Aloo or potato is known as ‘Alookam’ and tomato is […]