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Puja, Pandal and Pratima: How Bengal workers shape Lucknow's Durga Puja

LUCKNOW, Sept. 30 -- Every year, as Durga Puja approaches, thousands of men and women from Bengal leave their homes and arrive in Lucknow, transforming the City of Nawabs into a hub of art, music, and... Read More


Durga Puja in Lucknow began in 1909, not 1914

LUCKNOW, Sept. 29 -- While Bengali Club's Durga Puja, which began in 1914, is widely regarded as the city's oldest public celebration of the festival, community elders recall a Durga Puja event that i... Read More


Bigger, taller, higher: Upscaled Lucknow Puja Pandals set to be a big draw

LUCKNOW, Sept. 25 -- Lucknow's pandals have become precincts of commerce, marketing, of making one's brand visible and of being visible. With spending on the frills, buntings and pomp going through t... Read More


Mahila Beat drive: Lko Police taking safety to wherever women are

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- In tune with the spirit of Navratri, when women are worshipped as symbols of strength and Shakti, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate has recently launched a special outreach drive... Read More


NR clears decks for 170-km orbital corridor survey surrounding Lko

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Survey work for the proposed 170-km-long Orbital Railway Corridor encircling the state capital is set to begin likely by October, Northern Railways officials said. Planned as a do... Read More


Kumbh Mela-themed pandal to showcase 13 akharas

LUCKNOW, Sept. 15 -- With Durga Puja days away, Lucknow's pandals are gearing up to rival the artistic grandeur of Kolkata's famed celebrations. Leading the charge is the La-Touche Road Puja Sangsad S... Read More


City's 200-year-old obelisk now lost to time

LUCKNOW, Sept. 8 -- Few outside the old quarters of Lucknow would have heard of 'Kallan ki Lat'. At the centre of a neighbourhood between Gwynne Road and Golaganj here stands the 60-foot-high obelisk ... Read More


Copper instead of silver: Fraud robs railway medals of their sheen

LUCKNOW, Sept. 5 -- A case of large-scale fraud, wherein medals ordered for official felicitation ceremonies turned out to be made of copper instead of silver, has come to light under the Northern Rai... Read More


Routine check in Lucknow puts brakes on fake IAS officer's career of deceit

LUCKNOW, Sept. 4 -- The wheels came off an elaborate fraud that had gone undetected for possibly up to a decade when a routine vehicle checking drive in the state capital unmasked a fake IAS officer o... Read More


In Lucknow, police go door to door with digital arrest safety tips

LUCKNOW, Aug. 31 -- Determined to stop the trend of cyber conmen defrauding unsuspecting citizens of crores of rupees through digital arrest scams, Lucknow Police have left their desks and taken to th... Read More