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Ex-banker, professor duped of Rs.3.6 cr in digital arrest scams

LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- Cybercriminals posing as law enforcement officials duped a retired banker and a retired professor of over Rs.3.6 crore in separate "digital arrest" scams, prompting Lucknow cyber po... Read More


Anti-narcotics drive: Police to go after masterminds

LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- After more than 1,000 suspected drug peddlers were identified in Lucknow and nine arrested in just two days, attention has now shifted to the "big fish" operating behind the network... Read More


LMC explores replicationof waste-to-energy plant

LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has begun exploring the feasibility of setting up a waste-to-energy plant in the state capital after a high-level civic delegation studied Ah... Read More


App to speed up tracing of missing persons

LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police's newly launched digital platform, the Yaksh App, is expected to significantly strengthen efforts to trace missing persons across the state by creating a ce... Read More


SP veteran, Vijay Singh Gond, eight-time MLA, dies at 71

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) veteran and eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond, who represented the Duddhi Assembly constituency in Sonbhadra district, died on Thursday at a Lucknow hospital. He... Read More


Work picks up pace, demolition continues

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- The demolition of two buildings, which were purchased for the road-widening project continued on Thursday amidst heavy police presence. The demolition work on these two buildings b... Read More


Action likely against 170 brick kilns over unpaid regulatory fees

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 9 -- The district administration is preparing to take action against 170 brick kilns over long-pending non-payment of regulatory fees. District magistrate Manish Kumar Verma has instru... Read More


BJP to conduct booth level verification of ASD voters: Chaudhary

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- State BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Thursday said that BJP workers would visit every polling booth with the electoral rolls to verify whether any names had been wrongly deleted... Read More


Woman nabbed for duping Varanasi trader of Rs 35 lakh

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- Varanasi police on Thursday, arrested a woman from Haryana for her alleged involvement in duping a trader of Rs 35 lakh. The accused identified as Richa Bhargava, a resident of Kas... Read More


2 men, cow hurt in leopard attack; big cat captured after 10-hour op

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 9 -- Two men and a cow were injured when a leopard that entered Chhibaiya village under the Jhunsi police station limits of the district attacked them on Thursday. The animal later ent... Read More