The Latest Breaking News from Lucknow

Four more Vande Bharat routes to be launched this month amid low demand

Come the last week of July, the Indian Railways is considering introducing four new Vande Bharat train routes - Delhi to Chandigarh (243 km), Chennai to Tirunelveli (622 km), Gwalior to Bhopal (432 km) and Lucknow to Prayagraj (200 km).

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2023

Fugitive soldier and private academy director arrested in UP for rigging soldier recruitment process

LUCKNOW: A fugitive soldier and manager of the Mission Defense Academy, near CRPF Camp in Bijnor police station area of Lucknow were arrested by a team of STF on the charges of rigging soldier recruitment process by preparing fake selection letter or by guaranteeing examinees to get their medical test…

The Times of India · Jul 9, 2023

Man arrested for hoax bomb call in Lucknow wanted to take revenge from 'wife’s lover'

LUCKNOW: Police on Sunday arrested a Sitapur man from Banda who was accused of making a call to UP 112 on July 7 stating that the "lover" of his wife had planted a bomb at Hazratganj metro station.

The Times of India · Jul 9, 2023

Over 6k fuel stations to open in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: IOCL, BPCL and HPCL, the leading PSU oil marketing companies (OMCs), are set to open 6,609 new fuel station across Uttar Pradesh.

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2023

ICC World Cup 2023 Schedule: List of Matches, Venues and Time Table

NEW DELHI: The ICC on Tuesday announced the final schedule of the 2023 edition of the ODI World Cup, with India's marquee clash vs arch rivals Pakistan being scheduled for October 15 in Ahmedabad.

The Times of India · Jun 27, 2023

Bureaucracy: 11 IPS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh; SPs of several districts shifted

According to the Lucknow correspondent of Dynamite News, 2012 batch IPS officer Rajkaran Nayyar has been transferred as Senior Superintendent of Police to Ayodhya and S Anand has been shifted to Ballia as Superintendent of Police. Must read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 24, 2023

Rajiv Mishra, fleeting comet of Indian hockey, dies a lonely death

LUCKNOW: Rajiv Mishra, who dazzled like a comet on the timeline of Indian hockey in the late '90s but vanished equally fast after an untimely injury, died a lonely death in Varanasi. His body was found at his home on Friday morning.

The Times of India · Jun 24, 2023

NR Lucknow division IRSS officer named as the only central govt officer to e-marketplace award

LUCKNOW: Earlier in the month of March, an emergency request was raised to senior divisional material manager (Sr DMM) of NR Lucknow division by railway hospital (Cariappa road based), for vials of Koate DVI 500 IU injection for a 10-year-old boy suffering from a ultra-rare platelet deficiency called Congenital thrombotic…

The Times of India · Jun 23, 2023

No protective gear, a ‘compulsion’: In top UP cities, machines fail to stop manual scavenging

At 9 am each day, Ravi and his fellow workers gather outside one of the water tanks in Varanasi, armed with a hoe, rod, and a 10-foot bamboo stick, waiting for a supervisor to hand out their daily assignments.

Newslaundry · Jun 23, 2023

Pending applications, stigma: Central scheme to help manual scavengers find other jobs stuck in quagmire in UP

“Kya hi badla?...we dealt with latrines earlier, and we do the same even now,” said Kallu, a 51-year-old resident of Lucknow who has been working as a manual scavenger for nearly three decades.

Newslaundry · Jun 22, 2023