Image generated by Playground AI LAKHIMPUR KHERI: At least eight people were killed and two others critically injured after a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said. The accident occurred between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages while the van was travelling from Lakhimpur to Sisaiya, according to news…
LUCKNOW: The Government Railway Police (GRP), Lucknow, on Sunday launched an investigation into the murder of an unidentified woman whose dismembered body was found concealed inside a box and a heavy-duty cargo bag in the sleeper coach of the Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express.The gruesome discovery was made after the train completed its 503-km journey and terminated…
Tensions erupted in Lucknow on Sunday after the Municipal Corporation carried out a demolition drive on the “illegal” chambers outside the Civil Court complex in Kaiserbagh. The bulldozer action was targeted at the chambers constructed near the High Court and Civil Court premises, and was part of an anti-encroachment drive ordered by the Lucknow Bench…
LUCKNOW: Tensions erupted in Kaiserbagh on Sunday after police resorted to a lathi charge to disperse protesting advocates during a demolition drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation outside the Civil Court complex.The demolition drive targeted chambers constructed near the High Court and Civil Court premises as part of an encroachment removal operation ordered by…
LUCKNOW: A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Beniganj Kotwali area has alleged that she was abducted, tied to a tree and assaulted by a man after she rejected his marriage proposal, police said on Sunday.According to circle oficer Ajit Chauhan, the incident took place on May 11. Police said a case was registered based on a…
3 min readLucknowMay 17, 2026 02:18 AM IST From a policeman uploading videos of his poetry recitals to another boasting nearly 4 million followers via allegedly staged reels, the Uttar Pradesh Police is staring at concerns over online activity by the force. Cracking down on this growing trend of police personnel posting ‘objectionable and staged’…
RAMPUR: A court in Rampur sentenced Azam Khan to two years’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 in a 2019 case related to his alleged derogatory “tankhaiyya” remarks against district administration officials during the Lok Sabha election campaign.Advocate Swadesh Sharma said the conviction was based on documentary and oral evidence presented before…
‘Darling, leaked papers for you’: What Lucknow teacher told female student; viral audio sparks row LUCKNOW: “Darling, I have retrieved two papers for you. When will you come meet me?” an assistant professor from the zoology department of Lucknow University is allegedly heard telling a female student in a viral audio clip that has triggered…
BHADOHI: A cyber cafe operator and his brother in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi have been booked for allegedly blackmailing a 25-year-old woman by creating AI-generated obscene images of her, police said on Saturday.The accused has been identified as Talib, who runs a cyber cafe in Ghosiya, and his brother Rafiq allegedly extorted Rs 50,000 from the…
62 fall sick after eating ‘prasad’ at religious event (Image credit-X) KANNAUJ: At least 62 people allegedly fell sick after consuming ‘prasad’ during a religious ceremony held at a private residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place in Simuapur village, where a ‘Satyanarayan Katha’ was organised at the…
