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CEC flags missing names, asks BLOs to add women, young voters

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar here on Tuesday described booth level officers (BLOs) as the foundation of Indian democracy and urged them to ensure that all eligib... Read More


Fresh vigilance search at house of MLA's brother yields Rs.49 lakh

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- : The vigilance department on Tuesday seized cash and valuables worth around Rs.49 lakh and sealed a house valued at nearly Rs.1 crore during a fresh search in a disproportionate a... Read More


Declared dead, man found driving scooter in Agra, jailed

Agra, Aug. 26 -- An accused declared dead in a 1999 forgery case was found riding a scooter on Agra roads earlier this year, nearly three decades after the case was filed. He surrendered before an Agr... Read More


Seers allege Ayodhya cops stopped their meet on donation row

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- A group of seers has alleged that police stopped their meeting called at Ayodhya's Om Ashram on Tuesday to discuss the alleged embezzlement of offerings at the Ram Temple there. Th... Read More


CBI court sentences three in two KCC loan bribery cases

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- A special CBI court in Lucknow on Tuesday sentenced three accused, including two former bank officials, to rigorous imprisonment in two separate bribery cases involving Kisan Credi... Read More


ED raids 11 premises in UP, Haryana, seizes Rs.3.80 crore cash

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow zonal office, seized unaccounted cash amounting to Rs.3.80 crore during searches at 11 premises in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Monday ... Read More


Video shows councillors taking 'oath to share civic funds', probe ordered

MEERUT, Aug. 26 -- A video purportedly showing several Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation councillors taking an unusual oath to share civic funds among themselves has gone viral on social media, promp... Read More


K'taka hand over probe into death of three from TN in firing to CID

India, Aug. 26 -- Bengaluru : The Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred the investigation into the death of three persons in a firing incident involving forest department personnel in the Cauver... Read More


Principal arrested while accepting bribe to clear pending bills

Meerut, Aug. 26 -- The Anti-Corruption Organisation arrested Vandana Singh, principal of the Cooperative Dairy Training and Research Institute, red-handed while she was allegedly accepting a bribe of ... Read More


Heavy rain lashes UP, Azamgarh records 180mm; orange alert issued

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- Uttar Pradesh witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall at several places till Tuesday morning, with Azamgarh recording the highest rainfall of 180 mm in 24 hours, while the state's s... Read More