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LDA clears 7 new private townships, 4 schemes to be launched in 2026

LUCKNOW, Dec. 6 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has approved proposals to launch seven new private townships spread over 385 acres and cleared layout maps for four major residential schemes... Read More


After no takers for years, LDAshelves 'Second Innings Home'

LUCKNOW, Dec. 6 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has formally scrapped 'Second Innings Home', a long-pending housing scheme for senior citizens in Viraj Khand-1, Gomti Nagar, which had strug... Read More


Class 6 student collapses during school exam, dies

LUCKNOW, Dec. 6 -- A Class 6 student died in Lucknow on Friday morning after he collapsed during an examination at Montfort Inter College in Mahanagar, the school authorities said. This is the third s... Read More


2 teenage boys 'sexually assaulted' on trip to Lko

VARANASI, Dec. 6 -- Two teenage boys were allegedly sexually assaulted by a man who took them to Lucknow on the pretext of getting them selected in a cricket team, police said on Friday. A police offi... Read More


Make public SIR data in UP, ease pressure on BLOs: Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, Dec. 6 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded that the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh be made public. In a social... Read More


U.P's tax, non-tax gains rise despite declinein GST collections

Lucknow, Dec. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh on Friday claimed that its overall tax and non-tax revenue in November went up by about Rs 608.06 crore. However, there was a marginal dip in its GST collections in th... Read More


Abdullah Azam sentenced to 7 years in fake passport case

MEERUT, Dec. 6 -- The special MP/MLA court in Rampur on Friday held Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan's son, Abdullah Azam Khan, guilty in the 2019 fake passport case and sentenced him to... Read More


Oppn ruckus over SIR uncalled for: Maurya

PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 6 -- Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday reviewed the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna regions in Prayagraj. Dur... Read More


'SIR is essential for cleanliness of nation'

Lucknow, Dec. 6 -- Just as we bathe in the Ganga to purify our bodies and souls, we also need this campaign (SIR) for the cleanliness of our democracy, said deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak on Sat... Read More


Kashi-Tamil Sangamam guests visit Ayodhya, receive warm welcome

Lucknow, Dec. 6 -- Around 250 distinguished guests from Kashi, who arrived as part of the fourth edition of the Kashi-Tamil Sangam, were given a grand and traditional welcome in Ayodhya. Senior admini... Read More