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State capital records heaviest rain since 2017

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- A late evening downpour on Wednesday brought the heaviest single-day rainfall in the city since 2017, with 117.6 mm recorded across areas from Kanpur Road to Sitapur Road, Faizabad... Read More


Several city areas plunge into darkness

Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- Wednesday's rain brought massive power outages in its wake, reported from multiple areas due to substation and feeder breakdowns across the region. Several key substations and feed... Read More


Yogi: Cong 'appeasement' politics led to Partition

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the 1947 Partition was a dark chapter "born out of appeasement politics of the Congress party" that shattered Sanatan Bharat's ... Read More


Gallantry medals for 17 UP cops, one civilian on I-Day

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- As many as 17 police personnel and officers and one civil defence chief warden have been selected for the prestigious Gallantry Medals for bravery in the line of duty on the occasi... Read More


City-wide security checks for Independence Day

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- Lucknow Police, along with the railway protection force (RPF) and government railway police (GRP), conducted an extensive security-checking drive across the city on Thursday. The m... Read More


Book on Vajpayee by Pathak to be launched on late PM's death anniv

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak has authored a book on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, titled 'Atulniya Atalji (Vyaktitva, Vichar aur Virasat)', which will be rele... Read More


Negligence costs contractual power worker's life at Lucknow substation

Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- A 25-year-old contractual worker Gaurav Yadav from Dharaura died on Thursday after coming into contact with an 11,000-volt line at the 33/11 kV Itaunja Power Substation under the B... Read More


After she praises Adityanath, SP expels MLA Pooja Pal

Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- After Samajwadi Party MLA from Chail Pooja Pal showered praises on chief minister Yogi Adityanath for bringing the killers of her husband Raju Pal to justice, she was expelled by S... Read More


No school will be closed in state: CM

LUCKNOW, Aug. 15 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday asserted that no government school would be closed in the state, as alleged by the Opposition. During a marathon discussion on 'Vision-20... Read More


Dozens killed, many missing as flash flood hits J&K village

Jammu, Aug. 15 -- At least 38 people were killed, and several others remain missing after torrential rain triggered a flash flood in a remote village in Jammu & Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday... Read More