An FIR has been lodged against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay in Ghaziabad over an alleged road-rage incident, which he has claimed was “planted” in connection with his reporting on alleged corruption in Uttar Pradesh, according to a social media post by the journalist. Upadhyay, who runs the YouTube channel ‘Top Secret’, said a police team reached […]
Two persons, including a Nepali national, were detained after 10.026 kg of 24-carat gold estimated to be worth over Rs 15 crore was recovered from their vehicle, which was involved in an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway here, police said on Sunday. Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities, who were informed about the recovery by […]
A 50-year-old man was allegedly killed by his daughter and her lover for opposing their relationship, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Friday in Ramwapur Tiwari village, they said. The deceased, identified as Krishna, was allegedly attacked after he saw his daughter with her lover near a canal and allegedly began hitting […]
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that government authorities cannot force private landowners to execute sale deeds for the acquisition of land. The Lucknow Bench of the court said on Friday that land can be purchased through a sale deed only when the owner voluntarily agrees to sell and both sides mutually agree on the […]
After resigning as general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Champat Rai has issued a detailed letter regarding the role of Nripendra Misra, former IAS officer and temple construction committee chairman, in the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Rai had stepped down on June 26 following allegations of a case […]
A case has been registered against five people based on a customer’s complaint after he alleged that the eatery owner assaulted him when he asked for hot samosas instead of cold ones, at a shop in Jalupura market here, police said on Thursday. The Chaubeypur police station registered the case last Friday based on the […]
A bank employee allegedly shot dead his wife, also a bank official, and his sister before shooting himself in the Gomti Nagar area here around 12:15 pm on Thursday, the police said. The incident took place outside an ICICI Bank branch in Gomti Nagar, where the woman, identified as Divya Mishra (37), worked as a […]
In an unusual turn of events in Ayodhya, a monkey reportedly grabbed Rs 42,105 belonging to a woman in the Civil Lines area under Kotwali Nagar police station. However, the police was able to recover the entire amount—but not how you think. Apparently, officers used a simple ‘banana trick’ to distract the monkey. Anju Devi […]
The Basic Education Department has sealed a private school in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district after a video purportedly showing Hindu girl students wearing burqa and dancing at an Independence Day event went viral, officials said on Wednesday. An inquiry found that the school was being run without recognition. The school, located in Ausani Buzurg in […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted search operations under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at 10 premises in Rampur, Saharanpur and Delhi in connection with an ongoing alleged money-laundering investigation relating to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur. The investigation pertains to alleged […]
A wanted person allegedly tried to escape from police custody after snatching a service pistol from a police employee near Mandwal Minor on Assandh Road in Rajound during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. He allegedly opened fire at a police team and was shot in the left leg in retaliatory firing before being […]
A Facebook friendship turned costly for a man from Gorakhpur’s Khajni area after cyber fraudsters allegedly duped him of Rs 15.20 lakh by claiming that a woman’s luggage had been detained at Delhi airport, police said on Tuesday. Indralal Jaiswal, a resident of Khoria alias Bhiti village, approached police after realising that he had been […]
In a major development ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, BJP president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday appointed Rajasthan leader Satish Poonia as the party’s in-charge for Punjab. Senior general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Vinod Tawde has been given charge of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Former BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh will […]
The Uttar Pradesh Home Department has handed over the Special Investigation Team’s final report in the Ayodhya Ram temple donation theft case to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to take further action, an official statement said on Monday. The three-member SIT, headed by Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, was constituted by the […]
In a major multi-state crackdown against the ISI-backed, Pakistan-based Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) ahead of Independence Day, security agencies busted its terror syndicate and thwarted plans for subversive attacks aimed at disrupting the occasion. In a coordinated operation carried out on August 12, using a real-time intelligence-sharing system with state police forces, they made 254 […]