Lucknow

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Hearing, visually-impaired woman found dead in Lucknow

9:03 pm January 17, 2021

Lucknow: A hearing and visually-impaired woman was found dead near here on Sunday morning with her throat slit, police said. The 45-year-old woman’s body was found at a village in Gosainganj police station area in Lucknow district, according to police. The woman was murdered and her throat was slit. Prima facie, there are no signs […]

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Mandate of 30 days’ notice under Special Marriage Act optional: Allahabad HC

10:41 pm January 13, 2021

Lucknow: In a judgement that is likely to bring relief to inter-faith couples, the Allahabad High Court Wednesday declared as optional the mandatory publication of notice of intended marriages under the Special Marriage Act, saying it violated the Right To Privacy. Making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad […]

UP records 511 new COVID-19, 10 deaths

7:41 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday reported 511 fresh coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 5,94,175. The death toll due to the infection has reached 8,514 with 10 more fatalities being reported in the past 24 hours. It was 8,504 on Monday. The active cases in the state has now come down to 10,560, of which […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold wave, thick fog in parts of UP

7:27 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: Cold to severe cold conditions prevailed over parts of Uttar Pradesh with Kanpur being the coldest city in the state where the mercury dipped to 4.4 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. It said a dense fog to very dense fog enveloped isolated places in the state. State capital Lucknow recorded a minimum temperature […]

Spurious liquor kills 5 in UP’s Bulandshahr; accused held

11:06 pm January 8, 2021

Bulandshahr/Lucknow: Five people have died and 16 others hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, police said on Friday. The authorities have suspended four policemen and removed three senior Meerut zone excise officials from their post for laxity. An excise inspector and three other members of the department have also be suspended. Police have also […]