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Lucknow: The Gonda police on Saturday busted a sophisticated inter-state racket involved in illegal scrap trading and large-scale GST fraud, arresting three accused who allegedly siphoned off over ₹4 crore in tax revenue using forged documents, fake firms and manipulated e-way bills.The action was taken jointly by the Kotwali Nagar police and the crime branch…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has asked the Uttar Pradesh govt whether it can seal a place of worship without any notice or giving any opportunity of hearing to the property owners.Hearing a writ petition filed by a Muzaffarnagar resident, Ahsan Ali, who had moved this court against the sealing of a mosque on his…

Kanpur: An FIR was registered against four teachers in Kannauj on Sunday, following a Class V student’s suicide after she was allegedly scolded at a primary school over a dirty uniform.The case was lodged on the complaint filed by the 10-year-old girl’s mother, a day after the incident.The girl was a student of the village…

Varanasi: A 17-year-old teen of Ghamahapur village under Rohania police station was brutally beaten to death near Panditpur by some miscreants for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. They had taken the victim to recover the cellphone Saturday night.ACP (Rohania) Sanjiv Sharma said that in a dispute of mobile theft the prime accused Ramesh Patel took…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has ruled that a daughter-in-law is not legally bound to maintain her parents-in-law under Section 125 of CrPC (now Section 144 of BNSS), stating that moral obligations do not translate to legal ones without statutory backing.The court observed that the right to claim maintenance is a statutory right and is…

Varanasi: A swift action by the crew of IndiGo flight 6E-185 averted a major tragedy by stopping a 30-year-old passenger, who claimed to be “possessed”, from opening the emergency exit door twice, just after the take off from Bengaluru and before landing at Varanasi airport.The passenger, Mohammad Adnan from Mau, was caught by CISF after…

Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will distribute appointment letters to newly selected nursing officers of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, at an official event on Sunday.An official spokesperson said that a total of 665 nursing officers have been selected at the institute, including 345 men and 320 women, reflecting a balanced…

Lucknow: In a two-decade-old case, the MP-MLA court in Lucknow on Saturday acquitted former MLC Brijesh Singh and four others in connection with the 2004 firing incident involving slain-mafia don Mukhtar Ansari and former BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.The case relates to exchange of fire that took place on Jan 13, 2004, near the Sadar railway…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh irrigation department has received the SKOCH award in Delhi for innovative water management initiatives, marking national recognition of its role in major infrastructure projects linked to Maha Kumbh 2025.The department was honoured for two projects: the channelization of the Ganga through the merging of three streams into a single channel during…

Lucknow: Power bills in Uttar Pradesh will rise in April following an increase in the fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS), according to an order issued by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).Under the order, a fuel and power purchase adjustment surcharge (FPPAS) of 2.14% will be applied to April bills, resulting in…