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Between poles 'n' plans, the darkness lingers

LUCKNOW, April 18 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is managing nearly 2.5 lakh streetlights with just around 450 maintenance workers, leaving each worker responsible for around 555 streetlig... Read More


Banda hottest in country for 2nd day in row, max temp crosses 45degC

LUCKNOW, April 18 -- For the second consecutive day, Banda was the hottest in the country with maximum temperatures breaching the 45degC mark on Friday. District Banda recorded the highest temperature... Read More


Debt-ridden delivery worker held for ATM break-in bid

Lucknow, April 18 -- Police arrested a 21-year-old Zomato warehouse team leader who allegedly tried to break open an ATM after incurring losses of over Rs.6 lakh in the stock market and cryptocurrency... Read More


Peripheral holding zones, staggered timings, mandi shift top action points

LUCKNOW, April 18 -- In a decisive shift from enforcement-heavy traffic management to long-term structural reform, director general of police Rajeev Krishna has rolled out an expanded decongestion blu... Read More


Three friends drown in Rapti while bathing in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur, April 18 -- Tragedy struck Bariyarpur village under Chiluwatal police station limits on Friday afternoon when three youths, all close friends, drowned in the River Rapti near an under-const... Read More


Student's body found hanging a day after scoring 92%; family alleges academic pressure

KANPUR, April 18 -- A 16-year-old girl who scored 92 per cent in her CBSE Class X board examinations was found dead at her home in the Panki police station area of Kanpur on Thursday evening, a day af... Read More


Time-bound redressal of people's issues govt's top priority: Yogi

GORAKHPUR, April 18 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials to ensure prompt, effective, and sensitive resolution of public grievances, reiterating that time-bound redressal of ... Read More


Aparoksha-2026 begins at IIIT-A

PRAYAGRAJ, April 18 -- The three-day annual technical festival, Aparoksha-2026, commenced with a formal inauguration ceremony at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) on F... Read More


Sonbhadra police detain father of 'kingpin' under PIT NDPS Act

LUCKNOW, April 18 -- Sonbhadra police have secured the preventive detention of Bhola Prasad, father of codeine-based cough syrup trafficking network's alleged kingpin Shubham Jaiswal, under the Preven... Read More


'Parties opposing women's reservation will face backlash'

PRAYAGRAJ, April 18 -- Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday said political parties opposing women's reservation would face backlash from women voters. Speaking to mediapersons at the C... Read More