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Broken match-making 'deal' led to murder; neighbour held

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- The motive behind the murder of 30-year-old Poonam whose skeletal remains were found in a mustard field in Nagram on January 7 was finally revealed with the police arresting her ne... Read More


FIR lodged over IndiGo flight bomb threat

Lucknow, Jan. 20 -- The Sarojininagar police on Monday lodged an FIR against an unknown person for a bomb threat scribbled on a tissue paper inside the aircraft lavatory. This followed a Delhi-Bagdogr... Read More


Manikarnika Ghat row: 18 protesters detained

VARANASI, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Pal community reached Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi on Monday to stage a protest against the alleged damage to an idol of Ahilyabai Holkar on the wall of a platform ... Read More


Shankaracharya protests, Mela admin says he was not insulted

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 20 -- Even as Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati continued his protest on the second day on Monday over his palanquin having been stopped on the way to the Sangam on Sun... Read More


Crime, corruption continue unabated in UP: Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Raising questions over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh while citing some recent incidents of crime, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday allege... Read More


600-km CCTV trail: Hunt intensifies for infant kidnapped from train

KANPUR, Jan. 20 -- A 10-month-old baby's alleged kidnapping from a running train has triggered a sweeping multi-district search across Uttar Pradesh. Railway police are scanning CCTV footage from stat... Read More


Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakurgranted bail in fraud case

GORAKHPUR, Jan. 20 -- The district court in Deoria on Monday granted bail to former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, observing that his continued judicial custody was not required at this stage of the case... Read More


Live wire to guard crops kills farmer, body dumped in forest

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- A dispute over charges of irrigation water led to a 30-year-old farmer dying after coming in contact with a live electric wire illegally installed around a field. Police have arres... Read More


Man held for killing live-in partner, burning body

JHANSI, Jan. 20 -- The UP Police arrested a retired railway employee from Jhansi, who allegedly murdered a woman with whom he was involved in an extramarital affair and whom he considered his third wi... Read More


'FD scam': Bank Mitra, aide held

LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- Para police in the city on Monday arrested Shiva Rao, a 'bank mitra' (banking correspondent) and his aide Deepak Kumar for allegedly embezzling lakhs of rupees by issuing forged fi... Read More