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Showers take the sheen off Lucknow's 3rd rank

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- Lucknow's third rank in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 was washed away by the rainwater on Saturday evening, as heavy rainfall exposed the crumbling drainage infrastructure and poor ... Read More


traffic chaos on key roads leaves commuters fuming

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- A spell of heavy rain on Saturday afternoon unleashed traffic chaos on Lucknowites as commuters waited for over an hour in long snarls and gridlocks on major roads. Serpentine queue... Read More


13-yr-old drowns while bathing in Kukrail river in Rahim Nagar

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- A 13-year-old city boy drowned in the Kukrail river near a Jal Nigam barrel in Rahim Nagar area under Mahanagar police station limits on Saturday afternoon, triggering a multi-agenc... Read More


32 held after raid on hookah bar in Aliganj

Lucknow, Aug. 3 -- Thirty-two people were arrested after police raided an illegal hookah bar in Aliganj, police said. "A police team from Aliganj reached the cafe and discovered 25 hookahs with flavou... Read More


PM highlights Kashi bond, agri outreach

VARANASI, Aug. 3 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted his government's farmer-centric policies and spoke about his deep emotional connection with the people of Varanasi, which he ha... Read More


CM forms 'Team-11' to lead flood relief ops

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted an 11-member ministerial team (Team-11) to oversee flood relief operations across 12 affected UP districts and warned the officials th... Read More


Jabee first AMU student to swim across the English Channel

AGRA, Aug. 3 -- Afrin Jabee, a B.P.Ed. student at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), became the first-ever student of the university to successfully swim across the English Channel, said Prof Vibha ... Read More


New chief secretary in charge, bureaucratic reshuffle likely

Lucknow, Aug. 3 -- Senior IAS officer Shashi Prakash Goyal's appointment as the new Uttar Pradesh chief secretary on Thursday is likely to pave the way for a reshuffle in the state bureaucracy as well... Read More


16 lanes to get facelift for smoother pilgrim flow

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- With the rising footfall of pilgrims after the consecration of the Ram Mandir in January, the Ayodhya administration has shifted its attention to renovating 16 narrow lanes across t... Read More


Give back possession of shop to its owner forthwith: HC to LDA

LUCKNOW, Aug. 3 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) to immediately give back the possession of a shop to its owner in Sahara Bazar in ... Read More