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Lucknow: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 313.12 crore of Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd. (APIL) and its promoters under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for alleged financial irregularities. According to officials, the attached assets comprise residential land parcels measuring 9.08 hectares located in Agra, which…

Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested former district president of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Suresh Chaudhary and branch manager Piyush Kumar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs45,000 to facilitate a bank loan under a govt scheme. The action was carried out by CBI’s anti-corruption branch.Piyush, manager of a nationalised bank…

Panic buying gripped Basti as residents, fearing LPG price hikes and potential shortages, queued for cylinders. BASTI: Long queues and chaotic scenes were witnessed outside an LPG agency in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district on Thursday as consumers rushed to collect cooking gas cylinders amid rumours of a possible price hike, officials said. A large number…

Lucknow: In a case involving ‘digital arrest’, a sub-inspector (SI) posted at the police training centre in Sitapur was allegedly duped of Rs6 lakh by cybercriminals. Cyber police managed to recover Rs 95,000 and froze several suspicious bank accounts linked to the fraud. The incident came to light on Wednesday.The victim, Narayan Singh of Shantinagar…

Lucknow: The shortage of commercial LPG cylinders disrupted the food ecosystem of the state capital, forcing many eateries, street vendors, cloud kitchens and tiffin services to scale down operations or shut temporarily. The crisis began affecting both livelihoods and access to affordable food across several parts of the city.The impact was visible across major commercial…

Lucknow: Demanding a ‘rashtra mata’ status on cow and a nationwide ban on its slaughter, seer Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Wednesday announced an 81-day statewide campaign beginning May 3 for the cause. “Kavishti Yatra, a Vedic term for struggle undertaken for the protection of cows, would start from Gorakhpur on May 3 and conclude there…

Lucknow: The two-day regional training camp for officers for the field work for the National Household Income Survey to be be carried out between Apr 1 and Mar 31 next year, began on Wednesday.The exercise will be carried out by the National Statistical Office’s Field Operations Division under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation….

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov on Wednesday. Novoselov was accompanied by Lohum CEO Rajat Verma and the company’s chief of staff Ayush Sabat, who praised the investment-conducive environment in Uttar Pradesh.During the meeting, the four held discussions on how UP can be developed as a hub for advanced material research…

Lucknow: Marking four years of public service in the Sarojininagar Assembly constituency, MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Tuesday launched a series of development and welfare initiatives during an ‘Aabhar Diwas’ programme held at his residence in Aashiyana.The event, attended by over 10,000 residents, party workers and supporters, also coincided with his birthday.Singh inaugurated three Ran Bahadur…

Lucknow: The state cabinet on Saturday approved UP’s financial participation in two under-construction water projects — Lakhwar Multipurpose Project in Uttarakhand and the Renukaji Dam Project in Himachal Pradesh.The cabinet approved an expenditure of Rs 356.07 crore as UP’s share in the Lakhwar project, the cost of which is Rs 5,647.17 crore. The project is…