Prayagraj: The UP Board’s ambitious initiative to digitise attendance in affiliated schools has failed to gain traction even a year after its launch, with most institutions yet to adopt the system regularly.A review of attendance records from over 29,000 affiliated schools revealed patchy compliance despite repeated directives from the board. Officials attributed the poor response…
Lucknow: Lucknow Zone Police have launched a sweeping crackdown on cybercrime under ‘Operation Vajra,’ registering 35 cases, arresting 39 accused, freezing or lien-marking Rs 1.98 crore and taking action against more than 1,240 mule bank accounts, officials said on Friday.The statewide campaign was initiated on the directions of DGP Rajeev Krishna to curb cyber fraud…
Kanpur: Police on Friday claimed to have solved a Rs 15 lakh house theft case and arrested a repeat offender who allegedly financed lavish trips to Goa with his girlfriend using stolen money.The accused, Anshu Pasi (28), allegedly visited Goa five times after committing major thefts. Police recovered Rs 1 lakh in cash, 632 grams…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at 14 locations across Uttar Pradesh in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged embezzlement of government funds worth approximately Rs 4 crore, officials said. The raids took place at locations spread across Lucknow, Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Pratapgarh, and Amethi, they added. The probe relates…
Lucknow: Congress MP and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Prayagraj on July 10 as part of the party’s nationwide campaign against paper leaks, irregularities in examinations and rising unemployment.The programme in Prayagraj is among the first-phase events announced by the Congress to highlight what it described as a…
Lucknow: Police Response Vehicle (PRV) team of UP Police’s 112 emergency service helped avert a tragedy in Amethi by rescuing a man who was attempting suicide.UP 112 received a distress call reporting a domestic dispute in Saresar village under Jagdishpur police station on Friday. PRV 5344 was immediately dispatched to the spot.Police found a man…
Salni Vishwkarma with the gold medal For eight-year-old Salni Vishwkarma, a gold medal at an international karate championship in Nepal is more than just a sporting triumph — it is the result of grit, free coaching, and the determination of a family fighting financial hardship every day.A resident of Chanakyapuri in Gota, Salni won the…
ShalabhLucknow: In a push for planned development, the state govt has started working on preparing master plans for tier II towns with a population between 50,000 and 1 lakh.A total of 93 towns have been identified in the state that are going to be covered under the scheme, and a geographical information system-based master plan…
Prayagraj: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) will soon launch a BTech programme in Aerospace Engineering. The institute has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Texas at Austin to take aerospace engineering education to a new level.The formal agreement was signed last week during the visit of MNNIT director Prof…
Lucknow: Police in Rae Bareli, Unnao, Hardoi and Lakhimpur Kheri conducted coordinated crackdowns on hardened criminals, leading to multiple arrests after separate encounters.Senior officers said local police, Special Operations Groups (SOG), SWAT teams and surveillance units carried out joint operations. Illegal firearms, live cartridges, looted jewellery, motorcycles, mobile phones and cash linked to robbery and…
