Lucknow

Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal directed divisional commissioners and district magistrates to carry out an immediate survey of crop after last week’s unseasonal rain and said that compensation should be released under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).Addressing the officers via video conferencing on Wednesday, the CS said that a special fitness and safety…

Lucknow: A family was duped of Rs 12.9 lakh by fraudsters posing as Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officers who kept them under digital arrest from 3:25 pm on Mar 16 till 8:30 pm on Mar 18.According to FIR filed at Cyber Crime Police Station, an assistant professor of a govt institute in Delhi and resident of…

Lucknow: A 71-year-old retired engineer from the electricity department lost over Rs 1.17 crore in a months-long “digital arrest” scam, after fraudsters posing as officials from TRAI, CBI, RBI and even the judiciary coerced him into transferring money under the guise of legal scrutiny, police said.According to the FIR filed at the cyber crime police…

Lucknow: Bhartendu Natya Akademi now has auditoriums and classrooms equipped with advanced technology and upgraded infrastructure aimed at strengthening its role as a centre for theatre education and performance. The academy has undergone major renovation with a budget of Rs 22 crore. The Akademi’s two auditoriums —Thrust and BM Shah—now have advanced light and sound…

Lucknow: Photographs of historic buildings, ghats and landscapes clicked by city-based photographer Anil Risal Singh and lensman and painter Anil Sharma from Varanasi are on display in a 3-day photography exhibition that began at UP State Lalit Kala Akademi on Wednesday. The exhibition will remain open to visitors from 11am to 6pm daily till Mar…

Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority will roll out its one-time settlement (OTS) scheme from April 18 and set up a dedicated help desk to facilitate applicants.The decision was taken during a review meeting chaired by LDA vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar on Wednesday.A special OTS help desk will be established at the single-window counter on the ground…

Lucknow: Attacking Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Wednesday said that the SP’s PDA stood for ‘Parivar Development Authority’, whose sole objective is to advance the political interests of a single family.Chaudhary’s attack came hours after Akhilesh stepped up his criticism of the BJP, accusing the saffron party brass of…

LUCKNOW: A fast-track court in Kushinagar district on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death by hanging for the sexual assault and murder of a seven-year-old boy, barely a month after the crime came to light.The judgment was delivered by special judge, Pocso, Dinesh Kumar. The judgment came within 30 working days of the FIR…

Lucknow: A young man was found murdered with his throat slit in an open field in Chinhat on Wednesday.The blood-soaked body was recovered from a deserted ground in Hardasikheda late Tuesday night, with liquor and cold drink bottles found nearby. The deceased was identified as Ritesh Singh, a resident of Kalyani Vihar Colony, Chinhat. He…

Lucknow: To preserve and promote Uttar Pradesh’s folk and tribal heritage, UP Institute of Folk and Tribal Culture, Lucknow, signed MoU with Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut to work together in education, research, training and cultural exchange.Subharti University was represented by its Vice-Chancellor Prof Pramod Kumar Sharma, while state govt was represented by Atul Dwivedi,…