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'Time to re-read and respect Balraj Sahni'

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- "Balraj Sahni needs to be read, understood and championed once again" - this was the collective sentiment expressed by writers, activists and social thinkers during a programme organ... Read More


Food licences, registrations surge by over 200%: U.P. govt

Lucknow, May 2 -- Food licences and registrations in the state have surged by over 200% in recent years, with over 1.16 lakh (1,16,316) active licences and 7.43 lakh (7,43,767) registrations now in pl... Read More


U.P. begins VPD monitoring in real time

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- Uttar Pradesh has launched real-time digital surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) using its own platform, and became the first state in India to do so, said mission dir... Read More


Woman robbed of jewellery by bike-borne accused

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- A woman was allegedly robbed of her necklace and mangalsutra by two motorcycle-borne accused while she was on her way to her brother-in-law's wedding procession in Mahanagar area on ... Read More


LMC fines sanitation agency Rs 25K for safety violations

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) fined a private sanitation agency Rs25,000 after its workers were found violating safety norms during a surprise inspection in Alam Nagar ward... Read More


UP SC-ST panel seeks FIR on insult of Baba Saheb

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- The Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribe Commission on Thursday directed the Lucknow Police Commissioner to register a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ag... Read More


'Don't compare party leaders with any revered figure'

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- A day after a poster was put up outside Samajwadi Party office here, featuring the split faces of party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Dr BR Ambedkar, the SP president on Thursday asked hi... Read More


Maharashtra Day celebrated at Kala Mandapam

Lucknow, May 2 -- A cultural programme to celebrate the Maharashtra Foundation Day was organised at Kala Mandapam Auditorium of Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Thursday. It was organised by UP... Read More


Congress, SP, BSP couldn't do it for decades, says OP Rajbhar on caste census

LUCKNOW, May 2 -- Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief and state cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Thursday said that political parties like the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), and Bahujan... Read More


Credit war erupts in Raj over caste census

Jaipur, May 2 -- A day after the Union cabinet approved the move to include caste enumeration in the national Census, both the BJP and Congress have claimed credit, even as experts view it as a potent... Read More