Lucknow: Eight days after a tiger killed a farmer in Sitapur, the big cat remains untraced, triggering panic across several villages. Fresh pugmarks and the first trap-camera images have confirmed its continued presence in the area.The pugmarks were spotted on Thursday morning in a field owned by local farmer Vishnu.Villagers claimed they noticed both large…
Lucknow: A couple allegedly died by suicide after a domestic dispute over travelling to Ludhiana, police said.Post -mortem report confirmed hanging as the cause of death.The couple were married about six months ago. Their bodies were found hanging from the same saree inside their house on Tuesday night.During a preliminary investigation, police questioned family members,…
Lucknow: Rae Bareli police has arrested a man and two women for the abduction and alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl who was taken from the District Hospital, where she had been staying to care for her ailing brother.Police said the case is linked to the Harchandpur area. The victim’s grandmother, 65, told investigators that…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), which has been made the nodal agency for the development of Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region (UPSCR), is gearing up to prepare a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Master Plan-2051 for the six districts included in it.The digital plan will integrate land use, water bodies, forests, green belts and proposed development…
Kanpur: Stressing the need to improve the university’s national standing, governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel on Friday called upon scientists, faculty members and students of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (CSA) to work relentlessly to raise its ranking and ensure that innovations developed in laboratories reach farmers’ fields. Addressing the university’s 28th…
Two-day vigilance search recovers ₹1.62 crore cash Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment detected alleged disproportionate assets worth nearly Rs 35 crore during a two-day search operation at the Lucknow residence of former assistant regional transport officer (ARTO) of Agra, Lalit Kumar.The searches were conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday at Kumar’s house in Aliganj as…
Gorakhpur: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched two Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train packages from Gorakhpur, offering pilgrims an opportunity to visit some of India’s most revered religious destinations, including Tirupati, Rameswaram, Madurai, Kanyakumari, four Jyotirlingas, and the Statue of Unity. The trains will depart on July 31 and Aug 17.The announcement…
Lucknow: Around 4,800 establishments across six districts of the Lucknow EPFO region have registered under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PMVBRY), with nearly 1.9 lakh workers benefiting from the employment-linked scheme since its rollout in Aug 2025.According to EPFO, the Lucknow region, which covers Lucknow, Sitapur, Hardoi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Barabanki and Rae Bareli,…
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: Lucknow Police have arrested the alleged kingpins of an inter-state child trafficking racket — a Rajasthan-based couple accused of sourcing minor girls from UP and selling them into forced marriages. Investigators say the duo has trafficked nearly a dozen girls since 2018.The accused Sonam and her husband Bhupendra Chaudhary were arrested from Kota district…
