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Lucknow Weather Today: IMD sounds a heavy rain alert across Uttar Pradesh. Check city-wise forecast

UP Weather Today July 10: Uttar Pradesh faces intense monsoon activity with a red alert for heavy rainfall on Friday. Orange and yellow alerts are also in effect for western and other districts respectively. Najibabad recorded the highest rainfall, receiving 306 mm on Thursday. This wet spell is expected to…

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Illegal, unsafe buildings: Supreme Court seeks action reports, summons senior MCD officials to Court

In a matter concerning illegal and unsafe buildings and structures across the country, the Supreme Court has passed strong directions by directing senior officials of municipal corporations and development authorities in Delhi, Gurugram, Lucknow, Patna and Tamil Nadu to submit status reports on the action taken against buildings that pose…

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Indian Teen Skincare Is Broken: How Parents and Brands Are Making Acne and Young Skin Worse

The advice starts at home, and that's the problemYour mother means well. That's the first thing to understand, and also the thing that makes this harder to say. When you came home from school with a cluster of pimples across your forehead, she handed you besan mixed with haldi and…

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ED raids ex-Samajwadi Party MLA Deep Narayan, his associates in Uttar Pradesh

The ED conducted searches in Jhansi and Lucknow as part of an ongoing investigation into former MLA Deep Narayan Singh Yadav. The probe aims to uncover evidence of illicit financial transactions and acquired assets. Incriminating documents and digital devices were seized during the extensive search operations. The investigation is based…

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Five Indian Cities Where a Food Walk on the Streets Tells You More Than Any Museum

Lucknow: The Tehzeeb Is in the Serving, Not the DishYou don't understand Lucknow by reading about the nawabs. You understand it by watching the man at the tunde kabab counter in Aminabad hand you your parcel with both hands, with a slight incline of the head, as if the transaction…

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Why Kolkata Is India's Most Underrated Food City and the Restaurants You Must Eat At

The Biryani Argument Kolkata Wins Every TimeKolkata biryani contains a potato. That single fact has launched more food arguments than anything else in the Indian culinary conversation, and the city wins every one of them on merit. When Nawab Wajid Ali Shah arrived from Lucknow in 1856 after the British…

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Allahabad High Court to hear plea seeking CBI probe into Ram Temple donation irregularity allegations

The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow Bench will hear a PIL seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Ram Temple donations. The petition demands an audit by the CAG and an FIR. This comes as the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust holds a crucial meeting amid the controversy. Police…

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Lucknow's Awadhi Food Culture Is So Specific It Cannot Be a Stopover

The Galouti Tells You Everything Before You Take a SeatThe galouti kebab was invented for a Nawab who had lost his teeth. That is not a legend, it is a design brief. The cooks of the Awadhi court in the 18th century ground meat so fine, with so many spices…

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5 Indian Cities Where Food Alone Is Worth the Travel: Eating Your Way Across India

Kolkata: The City That Feeds You Before You AskKolkata does not wait for you to find food. It finds you. Step off a train at Howrah and within three minutes someone is selling you a kathi roll so good that the Nizam's restaurant on Park Street, which invented it, still…

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Chirag Paswan backs stronger NDA in Uttar Pradesh, says LJP keen to contest polls

Chirag Paswan announced his party will host Ram Vilas Paswan's birth anniversary in Lucknow to bolster its Uttar Pradesh presence ahead of elections. The LJP (Ram Vilas) aims to strengthen its national footprint, including in UP, and is keen to contest the assembly polls, with alliance decisions to be made…

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'Lotus will bloom again in UP': Nitin Nabin on assembly polls after arriving for 2-day visit

BJP National President Nitin Nabin expressed strong confidence in the party's victory in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, citing the 'double engine government's' transformation of the state. He noted the immense enthusiasm of party workers during his two-day visit to Lucknow, which included extensive meetings with senior leaders and…

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Prof Arun Mohan Sherry is new IIM Shillong director

Prof Arun Mohan Sherry, the founding director of IIIT Lucknow, has been appointed the new director of IIM Shillong for a five-year term. President of India made the appointment. Sherry, with over three decades of experience, aims to integrate AI, data science, and lifelong learning into business education, emphasizing globalization…

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Senior SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary suffers cardiac arrest, hospitalised

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Rajendra Chaudhary was admitted to Civil Hospital in Lucknow after suffering a cardiac arrest. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak visited the hospital and confirmed Chaudhary's condition has stabilized, with a team of doctors monitoring him. Cardiology specialists have been consulted, and he will be…

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Cyber fraud case: All 119 detained in Lucknow call centre raid now arrested

Authorities have arrested 119 individuals following the unearthing of a sophisticated fake international call center in Lucknow. Operating under the name "Solaris Solution," the center allegedly used the "Dollar App" to perpetrate technical frauds and inducements, primarily at night. Police seized numerous laptops, mobile phones, and digital evidence during the…

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Anupam Misra takes charge as CMD of Hindustan Copper

Hindustan Copper Ltd has appointed Anupam Misra as its new Chairman & Managing Director, taking over from Sanjiv Kumar Singh. Misra, an IIT Kharagpur and IIM Lucknow alumnus with extensive experience in marketing and international trading, joins HCL as the company embarks on a significant Rs 7,189 crore expansion to…

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Supreme Court: Plea seeks national fire and life safety framework for high-risk public occupancy premises

A Supreme Court plea urges the Centre and states to establish a national fire and life safety framework for high-risk public places like schools, hospitals, and hotels. The petition, filed after recent deadly fires in Delhi and Lucknow, calls for immediate safety audits and stricter enforcement to prevent future tragedies.…

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Lucknow to Jantar Mantar: India’s youth are screaming, but who is listening?

Fifteen young people were suffocated to death. They were professionals. They were employed by a gaming studio. They worked in a room with no ventilation. In a building with only one exit, without even the minimum fire safety protocol.

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After Lucknow fire tragedy, Chhattisgarh CM Sai orders statewide safety audit of buildings

Following recent fire tragedies nationwide, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has mandated a thorough safety review of all multi-storey buildings, including residential complexes, commercial spaces, and educational institutions. This statewide inspection drive will scrutinize fire safety equipment, emergency exits, structural integrity, and adherence to occupancy limits. Strict action will…

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5 Short Books Under 200 Pages That Will Permanently Change How You Think and Read

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl (165 pages)Frankl wrote this book in nine days. He had survived Auschwitz, Dachau, and two other Nazi concentration camps. What he produced is not a memoir of suffering - it is a clinical argument about why some people survive catastrophic conditions while others,…

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Smoke inhalation, not flames, killed all 15 in Lucknow fire: Post-mortem reveals

Suffocation from toxic smoke, not flames, caused the deaths of 15 individuals in Lucknow's Aliganj fire. Post-mortem examinations revealed no significant burn injuries, but evidence of smoke inhalation, including soot in nasal passages and facial swelling. Doctors emphasized that fires in enclosed spaces rapidly deplete oxygen and release deadly gases,…

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A front-page exposé on MP CM’s family land deals. But primetime couldn’t care less

Remember the primetime coverage of 2G, Commonwealth Games, Robert Vadra’s land deals in the UPA years? None of it would have been possible without the unspoken compact between print and television. Where one format would follow the stories broken by the other.

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What the Lucknow fire says about the everyday gamble of being alive in India

What lies in an afternoon? A few desperate phone calls, corridors swallowed by thick black smoke, shattered windowpanes, and lives trapped inside rooms that had seemed utterly ordinary only minutes earlier. Imagining death by burning is not easy. Many find a grim comfort in believing that smoke suffocated the victims…

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Trapped: From Lucknow to Delhi and Jaipur, the deadly pattern behind India's summer blazes

A wave of deadly fires across India in recent months has exposed critical safety lapses and lax enforcement of regulations. From coaching centres and hotels to factories and even residential buildings, tragedies have claimed nearly 50 lives. These incidents highlight how rapid urban growth is outpacing essential safety compliance, leaving…

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Lucknow fire incident: FIR cites illegal commercial use, single entry/exit in building that claimed 15 lives

A devastating fire in Lucknow's Aliganj building, claiming 15 lives, has led to an FIR alleging severe negligence. The building, housing multiple businesses, reportedly lacked essential fire safety measures, emergency exits, and smoke prevention systems. Police have arrested four individuals, including the building owner and operators of establishments within the…

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Citywide safety inspections at coaching centres; hundreds of buildings sealed: Delhi Mayor

Following a tragic fire in Lucknow, Delhi authorities have launched a city-wide inspection of coaching centres and educational institutes. Municipal Corporation, Fire Services, and police are scrutinizing buildings for fire and building safety compliance, particularly in student hubs like Mukherjee Nagar. Hundreds of properties have already faced action, including sealing…

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