Lucknow: For Hockey India chief selector RP Singh, the sight of the Indian women’s hockey team celebrating on the blue turf was more than a sporting triumph. It was a deeply personal moment, one that brought together the pride, patience of a long selection process and memories of his own journey in Indian hockey.Singh, a…
Lucknow: More than 40 unique United Kingdom-origin Scotch whisky, gin and other brands will be available at lower price points in key cities of Uttar Pradesh within a fortnight.Carrying out an exhaustive review of the foreign brands and labels that have been registered with UP excise department, senior officials said that at least 40 premium…
Lucknow: Mandi Parishad director Jitendra Pratap Singh on Friday said that newly appointed mandi secretaries would be given special training to make the mandi more effective and farmer-friendly.During the training, the new appointees will be taught about mandi operations, departmental working procedures, how to resolve farmers’ problems quickly, revenue and other processes.Singh has directed mandi…
Vice President honours AFMC’s Op Drishti for humanitarian care Lucknow: Recognising humanitarian eye care services for underprivileged and tribal communities, including people living along the LoC, Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan honoured Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) Operation Drishti with Sant Ishwar Samman on Friday.The honour was received by Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, under whose leadership the…
Lucknow: A 35-year-old woman and her 22-year-old brother-in-law were found hanging inside a room in Hardoi’s Bilgram area on Friday morning. The incident came to light when the woman’s eight-year-old son peeped through a window and discovered the bodies.Police said the deaths occurred in Habibnagar village under Bilgram Kotwali. The child woke up around 8…
Lucknow: The biennial Rajya Sabha elections for 10 seats in the state are emerging as a pitched battle to test confidence, loyalty and perception in the two rival camps — NDA led by BJP and India Bloc helmed by Samajwadi Party. While BJP and SP have enough numbers to get eight and two candidates elected,…
Officials clarified that the price of only the brands that are being sourced from the UK through the seaports would be impacted Noida: Several liquor brands imported from the UK, including premium Scotch whiskies, will become cheaper in the state from Oct 10 after the UP excise department cut their maximum retail prices by 5%…
On July 24, 2023, Hindon submerged around 200 houses and displaced over 500 residents in Behlolpur, Chotpur, Chhajarsi and Lakhnavali Noida: Noida Authority has set up a five-member committee to study a proposed Rs 29,000-crore riverfront project along 25km of Hindon. The plan aims to partially straighten the meandering river, restore it to its original…
Fuel dispensed without PUCC checks at a Shastri Nagar fuel station as app glitch slackened the drive GHAZIABAD: Though the rollout was planned well in advance, the administrative machinery was still unprepared for the rollout of the ‘no PUCC, no fuel’ rule in Noida and Ghaziabad on Thursday, and the first day of the drive…
Firefighters doused the fire at Kala Pathar substation in half an hour Ghaziabad: Several areas of Indirapuram, including Abhay Khand, Gyan Khand and Nyay Khand, saw an hours-long power cut on Thursday that lasted from 3am to, in most affected areas, 6am. A cable fire at the Kala Pathar substation sparked the outage. Authorities are…
