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'UP accounted for 14.8% of all crime cases against women'

LUCKNOW, Oct. 1 -- The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)'s "Crime in India 2023" report, while showing the sheer scale of the challenges faced by Uttar Pradesh, also contained a critical data point... Read More


Lko women get added safety with night escort service

LUCKNOW, Oct. 1 -- Lucknow police have launched a night escort service under Mission Shakti 5.0, giving women travelling alone between 10 pm and 6 am the assurance of a safe ride home by a police resp... Read More


Thanks to stamp duty rebate, women own 55% of UP houses

Lucknow, Oct. 1 -- A small but significant policy change introduced two decades ago has steadily emerged as a big tool of socio-economic empowerment of women in Uttar Pradesh, where more than 55% of h... Read More


Elderly couple killed, three injured in wolf attacks in Bahraich

Bahraich, Oct. 1 -- An elderly couple was killed in a wolf attack in the early hours of Tuesday in Majhra Taukli under Kaiserganj tehsil here, forest officials said, adding three others were injured i... Read More


Police bust interstate gangof gadget thieves; 5 held

LUCKNOW, Oct. 1 -- Lucknow police have busted a notorious interstate gang of gadget thieves and arrested five accused from Lucknow, all hailing from Tamil Nadu's Vellore. The gang targeted students in... Read More


Govt ignoring rising wild animal attacks: Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW, Oct. 1 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government is not serious about controlling attacks by wild animals in the state, saying such inci... Read More


New excise policy attracting investors to the state: Minister

Lucknow, Oct. 1 -- Uttar Pradesh minister of state (independent charge) for excise and prohibition, Nitin Agarwal, has stated that investments worth Rs.6,747.88 crore have been recorded in the excise ... Read More


'Raza plotted unrest to revive influence'

MEERUT, Oct. 1 -- Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan conspired to trigger unrest in Bareilly in a bid to reassert his political and religious influence, police investigatio... Read More


16 more held for Bareilly violence; key accused held after encounter

MEERUT, Oct. 1 -- As a police crackdown after the September 26 violence here continued, 16 more accused were arrested and sent to jail on Tuesday, police said, adding a key accused was caught after an... Read More


Charging stations razed, Maulana's relatives held

MEERUT, Oct. 1 -- The district administration has stepped up action against associates and relatives of Maulana Tauqeer Raza, accused of involvement in the recent Bareilly violence. On Tuesday, joint ... Read More