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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police successfully prevented two suicide attempts in separate districts after distress videos were posted on Instagram, officials said on Friday.The incidents occurred on March 19 in Sultanpur and Kaushambi, where a 19-year-old woman and an 18-year-old youth uploaded videos indicating imminent self-harm. The alerts were flagged in real time under an ongoing…

Lucknow: A Pocso court in Hardoi has awarded 10 years jail to a man for raping a minor girl nine years ago and slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him. The court rejected the plea of the accused for acquittal on the grounds that he had later married the survivor and the couple now…

Lucknow: The Economic Offences Wing of UP Police on Friday arrested the director of a company that allegedly duped investors of over Rs 3.6 crore by floating higher returns schemes.The accused, Santosh Kishan Sapkale, 48, of Surat carried a reward of Rs 25,000. He was arrested from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Park in Surat. He…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has widened its investigation into the arrest of a 19-year-old BDS student, uncovering his suspected links with individuals across multiple states, including Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan and Punjab.Investigators said they have initiated coordination with central agencies and counterparts in these states to dismantle the wider network. The BDS student, a…

Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath took stock of the heavy rains across large parts of the state on Friday and directed officials to immediately carry out an assessment of crop damage so that farmers could be compensated at the earliest.The CM issued directions for all districts to remain on alert mode and instructed district magistrates…

Lucknow: Rain and thunderstorms lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, on Friday morning, bringing relief from warm weather conditions prevailing for the past two weeks. Hailstorm and strong winds also hit many parts of the state. The sudden change led to drop in the maximum temperatures by 5 to 12 degrees Celsius in…

Lucknow: The untimely rains that lashed parts of UP on Friday stoked fears of damage to the agriculturally crucial wheat and mustard crops, which happened to have entered the harvesting stage in the months of Feb and March.The rains, which were accompanied by strong winds, are feared to have “lodged” (the permanent displacement of the…

Lucknow: Sahara Shaher in Gomtinagar is being vacated after the Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of its lease. Over the past five days, trucks and other vehicles have been moving items out of the township, including from ‘Swapna Kuti’, the residence of Swapna Roy, wife of late Sahara group chief Subrata Roy.Additional municipal commissioner Pankaj…

LUCKNOW: A Sitapur family has claimed that their 26-year-old son was allegedly killed in a missile strike in Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict. The news about Ravi Gopal’s death has left his family devastated and they have sought urgent assistance from govt to bring his body back to India. Sitapur dist…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has taken a strict view of widespread power outages linked to smart prepaid meters and issued notices to all seven discoms, including private ones- Noida Power Company and Torrent Power.The notices have been issued in response to a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta…