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54 quintals of food worth Rs.1.32 cr seized, 27 licences suspended

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) seized nearly 54 quintals of food products worth Rs 1.32 crore and suspended the licences of 27 establishments across th... Read More


Roadwork, infra projects add to Lko's pollution burden

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Lucknow has recorded a rise in particulate matter levels, with construction activity, road digging and dust resuspension contributing to the deterioration. A CSIR-Indian Institute o... Read More


Two bikers killed in separate road accidents

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Two motorcyclists, both aged around 28, died in separate road accidents in Lucknow on Tuesday. In the first incident, Gautam, a motorcycle repair shop owner from Deputy Kheda, was r... Read More


Unable to defeat Modi, Congress and alliesconspiring to create anarchy: Chouhan

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused the Congress and its allies of trying to create anarchy in the country after failing to defeat Prime Minister Nar... Read More


Shivraj urges farmers to adopt sustainable practices

Lucknow, Nov. 4 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chohan on Tuesday urged farmers to avoid excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, stressing the need to protect soil health thr... Read More


HC regrets harshness on Bareilly SSP, orders petitioner to pay him Rs.50,000 in costs

PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 4 -- Expressing regret for having been "unduly harsh" towards the Bareilly SSP, the Allahabad high court dismissed two habeas corpus petitions filed by a litigant who concealed prior p... Read More


UP to set up 150 faecal sludge treatment plants in first phase

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh will set up 150 faecal sludge treatment plants (FSTPs) across all 75 districts in the first phase of a larger plan to establish 400 such facilities in rural areas, as ... Read More


Opium trail to Punjab runs through UP; Rs.1.3-cr consignments seized

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh is emerging as a transit corridor for opium smuggling to Punjab, with the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) seizing 26.737 kg of the contraband worth an estimated Rs 1.... Read More


'Won't tolerate any attempt to tamper with OPS'

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- Alleging that an attempt was being made to tamper with the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), All India State Government Employees Federation chief Subhash Lamba on Tuesday said any move to ... Read More


Brother, sister-in-law held for woman's murder

LUCKNOW, Nov. 4 -- A woman Anganwadi worker was allegedly murdered by her own brother and sister-in-law over a Rs.42 lakh compensation payout linked to the Mahadeva corridor project in Barabanki, poli... Read More