Lucknow

Lucknow: Police on Thursday arrested a key accused involved in the illegal sale of codeine-based cough syrups and other psychotropic medicines. In a joint operation, the Indiranagar police and surveillance team of Lucknow Police Commissionerate arrested a wanted accused linked to the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrups and other narcotic and psychotropic substances. “The…

Lucknow: The ongoing LPG supply crunch has pushed delivery timelines in the city from the usual 24 hours to five to eight days, disrupting cooking schedules in many households.Residents across the city, including Sadar Bazaar, Gomti Nagar, Nirala Nagar, Burlington, Phoolbagh (Jankipuram), and Purana Kila, said the longer wait time has disrupted routine cooking, especially…

Lucknow: A retired Army officer was defrauded of over Rs 15.63 lakh in a cyber fraud case involving impersonation, social media manipulation, and a fake immigration emergency linked to a foreign national.According to a complaint submitted to the Cyber Crime Police Station in Lucknow, Major General (Retd), a resident of Rail Nagar under Aashiana police…

Lucknow: The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has registered a case in connection with an alleged Rs2.78 crore fraud in the disbursal of Mudra loans at the Bank of India branch in Barauli Malik, Barabanki, following directions from the Allahabad high court. The agency’s anti-corruption branch in Lucknow has launched a probe into the alleged…

Lucknow: To tide over the LPG supply crisis, Green Gas Limited (GGL) plans to provide 6,000 piped natural gas (PNG) connections every month across the city.The city gas distributor currently serves 1.59 lakh active consumers, including 82,000 in Lucknow, 75,000 in Agra and the remainder across Unnao, Ayodhya and Sultanpur. Official sources said field teams…

Lucknow: Maharashtrian community celebrated Gudi Padwa, the Marathi New Year festival with fervour at home on Thursday, hoisting ‘gudi’, a bamboo pole decorated with silk cloth, neem leaves and a pot on the top, at the entrance of their houses and prayed to Lord Surya for health and prosperity.Maharashtrian homes across the city came alive…

Lucknow: The first day of Chaitra Navratri witnessed rituals and festivity across the city on Thursday. Many observed fasts and offered prayers at their homes and temples. Long queues were seen at several shrines.A fair was organised at Badi Kaliji temple, where five priests recited Durga Saptshati path. Devotee Nishikant Sharma said he prayed for…

Lucknow: Even as Uttar Pradesh records a decline in overall tuberculosis (TB) cases, experts have raised concern over a steady rise in more severe lung forms — multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB.The issue was highlighted at a training programme held at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) on Thursday.Prof Ajay Kumar…

A 30-year-old man, Vishnu Yadav, was brutally murdered by his in-laws in Lucknow. LUCKNOW: A 30-year-old Pratapgarh man, Vishnu Yadav, was beaten to death by his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sisters-in-law in front of his wife at their Aashiana residence, police said on Thursday.“The victim’s wife was tied up, gagged, and held hostage while the assault…