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E-lottery application process for liquor & bhang shops begins

Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- The registrations for e-lottery of 27,308 country liquor shops, composite shops, model shops and retail shops of bhang in Uttar Pradesh began from February 14. Now, the application... Read More


Ambulance catches fire; no injuries reported

LUCKNOW, Feb. 18 -- A CNG-powered ambulance caught fire and exploded on Monday evening on Transport Nagar Road, under the jurisdiction of Sarojini Nagar police. Fortunately, no casualties were reporte... Read More


Powermen's body demands cancellation of agreements

Lucknow, Feb. 18 -- Continuing statewide protests against the proposed privatisation of two discoms in the state, the Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti on Monday demanded the can... Read More


uttarakhand: Cong legislator launches protest against smart meters

Dehradun, Feb. 18 -- Congress MLA from Kichha, Tilak Raj Beher launched a protest rally against the government's decision to install smart meters in Dehradun on Monday. At a press conference last wee... Read More


HC hears petition against live-in provisions in UCC

Dehradun, Feb. 18 -- The Uttarakhand high court on Monday directed the state government and Centre to file its response to a writ petition filed by a 23-year-old man challenging specific provisions of... Read More


one booked for bid to extort Rs.5L from legislator of BHEL-Ranipur

Haridwar, Feb. 18 -- An unidentified man was booked for trying to extort Rs.5 lakh from BHEL-Ranipur legislator Aadesh Chauhan, police said on Monday. According to senior superintendent of police, Ha... Read More


2 held in Kotdwar for befriending men on app, extorting them

Dehradun, Feb. 18 -- Two criminals, who were arrested at Kotdwar in Pauri Garhwal on Saturday, for allegedly extorting men on a popular dating app were produced in a court on Sunday and were sent to j... Read More


New measures at 60 stns: Vaishnaw

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Two days after at least 18 people died in a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that taking lessons from the "unfortuna... Read More


Rumbling early morning quake jolts Delhi awake

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Delhi early on Monday morning, uprooting a decades-old tree in a marshy lake and sending panic-stricken residents into the streets, with citizen... Read More


Smartphone sector eyes revival with budget models

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Every time you buy a smartphone, the tech specs you get at a certain price level multiply from the previous buy. This percolation of high tech to lower-price gadgets sparked a ru... Read More