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Diwakar Kaushik on NTPC’s growth push and power expansion in UP NTPC is expanding its energy infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh with over 14,000 MW installed capacity and major upcoming projects, including 1,600 MW at Singrauli Stage-III by 2028. Talking ahead of the culmination of the financial year, regional executive director of Northern Region, NTPC, and…

Lucknow: In a first-of-its-kind action in UP, police have invoked the Gangsters Act against a cyber fraud syndicate at the cybercrime police station in Auraiya.A case has been lodged under section 3(1) of the Gangsters Act against four accused linked to an inter-state and inter-district cybercrime network.Officials said invoking the Gangsters Act reflects the organised…

Lucknow: Lucknow girl Pooja Tiwari has secured 7th rank in PCS examination 2024 in her first attempt.Pooja did her schooling from Lucknow Public School’s LDA Colony branch. After completing bachelor’s degree in humanities from National PG College, Lucknow, she did MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University and is currently pursuing PhD from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur…

Lucknow: The PCS results 2024 not only had candidates from UP but also from 10 other states.Out of 932 selected candidates, 92.7% (864) had UP domicile, while 7.3% (68) candidates came from states including Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.An analysis of other states shows that 20 candidates (2.15%)…

MAHOBA: A 58-year-old man died after allegedly suffering a cardiac arrest while playing badminton at a local court in Mahoba on Monday morning, as per media reports.Sudhir Gupta was playing at the time when the incident occurred, which unfolded within seconds and was captured on CCTV.The video, widely shared on social media, shows Gupta suddenly…

Lucknow: A 50-year-old station house officer of Akhandnagar police station in Sultanpur district sustained a gunshot injury under suspicious circumstances at his govt residence within the police station premises on Sunday evening.The injured officer, identified as Arun Kumar Dwivedi, suffered a bullet injury below his right shoulder. Despite being injured, Dwivedi reportedly managed to step…

Lucknow: With the School Chalo Abhiyan kicking off on April 1, the state govt has asked all basic education officials to integrate ‘dropout’ children into the educational mainstream.As per official data, 1.5 lakh children are currently appearing in U-DISE ‘dropbox’, a feature that manages students who have left a school or whose status is unknown….

Kanpur: In a bizarre case, a 64-year-old man from Lakshmanpur village in Auraiya district threw a curveball at tradition. Defying the conventional norm of holding ‘terahvi’ feasts posthumously, Rakesh Yadav decided to celebrate it while still being alive. The grand affair on Monday saw a whopping 1,900 guests from the village and surrounding areas, leaving…

Rajesh Kumar Pandey | tnnPrayagraj: The Allahabad high court has granted protection to a couple who married by choice, citing that no one can make an “honour issue” out of a consenting adult’s decision to marry. The couple feared honour killing from the woman’s family.In an order dated Mar 25, a bench comprising Justice JJ…

Prayagraj: Ruling that interfaith live-in relationships are not prohibited or an offence under any law, the Allahabad high court has allowed a petition filed by a couple seeking protection from the woman’s family. The court said that such relationships do not deprive individuals of their fundamental rights as Indian citizens, emphasizing that no discrimination can…