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EC to set up polling booths in 850 Mumbai societies for high turnout

MUMBAI, Dec. 12 -- In a bid to improve voter turnout in high-profile areas and housing complexes, the state election commission (SEC) has decided to allow polling booths in the city's housing societie... Read More


U.P. Congress president Ajay Rai questions CM Yogi's SIR review

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai has criticised chief minister Yogi Adityanath's plan to conduct a divisional-level review of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the elect... Read More


Azam Khan acquitted in 2017 'army remark' case

MEERUT, Dec. 12 -- In a relief for Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan, the MP/MLA court in Rampur on Thursday acquitted him in a case related to an alleged objectionable remark about Indian Army pe... Read More


UPSNA regional music competition concludes in Lko

Lucknow, Dec. 12 -- The second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi's regional music competition concluded on Thursday at the Sant Gadge Ji Maharaj Auditorium. The final day featured bhaja... Read More


NDA build-up in Tamil Nadu

India, Dec. 12 -- The AIADMK general and executive council meeting in Chennai earlier this week gave pointers to a realignment of Opposition politics in Tamil Nadu ahead of the assembly elections sche... Read More


Notification for firing range extended for 3 yrs

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- In the matter against the alleged encroachment on army firing range land as notified in 1977 (as extended from time to time) in the Arjunganj area, the state counsel informed the L... Read More


STF nabs 2 in Lucknow for trafficking racket

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested two more accused in Lucknow, allegedly linked to an inter-state racket involved in diverting codeine-based cough syr... Read More


Cafe owner duped in 2-hour "digital arrest"

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- A cafe owner in Lucknow's Madeyganj lost Rs.1 lakh after cyber fraudsters "digitally arrested" for nearly two hours by posing as police officials and accusing him of being linked t... Read More


900-metre 'choked artery' in the heart of city

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- A crucial 900-metre two-lane stretch near Hazratganj has become narrower after the recent CM Grid scheme, creating daily traffic congestion and raising serious concerns over Luckno... Read More


Narrow lanes and highfootfall make Old City atraffic violation hotspot?

LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- The latest traffic crackdown by Lucknow Police has thrown up a telling pattern as the west zone - home to Old City's busiest and most congested pockets - recorded the highest numbe... Read More