Exclusive

Publication

Byline

New pension system to use family ID for automatic payments

Lucknow, Dec. 5 -- The Social Welfare Department has improved the National Old Age Pension Scheme to make pension payments more transparent and simple. Under the new system, eligible senior citizens w... Read More


Akhilesh urges Centre for strictaction against cough syrup 'mafia'

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take cognizance of the 'cough syrup mafia' as he also requested the Centre to take strict action again... Read More


Ayush expansion, wellness tourism key to UP@2047 vision

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- A stakeholder consultation meeting on the roadmap for a 'Developed UP@2047' was held on Friday. Principal secretary (Ayush) Ranjan Kumar said that expanding Ayush facilities and sta... Read More


Under-19 cricketer granted bail two days after fatal hit-and-run in Jaipur

Jaipur, Dec. 5 -- An under-19 Rajasthan state women's cricketer was granted bail on Thursday, a day after she was detained for allegedly driving a speeding four-wheeler that hit multiple vehicles in J... Read More


Heaters for monkeys,lion, quilts for snakes

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- If winter is here, can heaters be far behind? No, we're not talking about you! Even the lion, owl, Lion Tailed Macaque, and chimpanzee need them. At the Lucknow zoo, authorities hav... Read More


PPPAC clears Bbk-Bah road expansion project

Lucknow, Dec. 5 -- The Barabanki-Bahraich road expansion project has moved a step forward with its approval by the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC). The clearance brings Uttar Pr... Read More


'Op Conviction' nets106 offenders in Lko

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- A month-long push under 'Operation Conviction' resulted in 106 offenders being convicted in 70 cases through November, police said on Thursday. Lucknow Commissioner of Police (CP) A... Read More


Chaos at Lucknow airport as 12 flights cancelled

Lucknow, Dec. 5 -- Chaos, long queues and protests were witnessed at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow on Thursday after IndiGo cancelled 12 flights, leaving hundreds of passenge... Read More


Lko mayor leads verification drive, slum-dwellers allege harassment

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- In a high-intensity enforcement drive, Lucknow mayor Sushma Kharkwal led on-ground action against alleged illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar in the s... Read More


Enigmatic linkman remains untraceable

LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- An alleged "critical linkman" in the interstate and international codeine-based cough syrup trafficking chain has remained untraceable even as the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (... Read More