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UP govt transfers 11 IPS officers, Lucknow gets new police commissioner

The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 11 Indian Police Service officers, including the police commissioners of Lucknow and Prayagraj, officials said on Saturday. IPS officer Amarendra Kumar Sengar is the new police commissioner of Lucknow. He has replaced S B Shiradkar who has been posted as additional director general of police (ADG) Lucknow Zone. Earlier, Sengar was ADG Lucknow Zone. ADG Bareilly Zone Prem Chand Meena has been made ADG/MD Police Housing Corporation. He will be replaced by Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma. Vinod Kumar Singh has been made ADG Cyber Crime while ADG/MD Police Housing Corporation Prakash D has been given the responsibility of ADG Railway. ADG Railway Jai Narayan Singh has been sent to PTC Sitapur. ADG Special Security L V Antony Dev Kumar has been posted as ADG, CBCID. ADG Security Raghuveer Lal has been given the additional responsibility of ADG Special Security Force along with his current post. ADG, CBCID K Satyanarayan has been

Over 1,200 illegal structures razed in demolition drive in Lucknow

The demolition work of illegal buildings on the river bed of Kukrail river in Akbarnagar has been completed, officials of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Wednesday said. Around 1,169 illegal residential properties and over 100 commercial properties were demolished using heavy machinery, including bulldozers, they said. The demolition work to vacate the illegal encroachment over an area of 24.5 acre land began in December last year. Over 1,320 illegal structures, including the religious places of both Hindu and Muslim communities, have been demolished in the area. The LDA officials said that around 100 buildings were demolished on Tuesday and added the work of clearing the debris will be undertaken now. The families living in Akbarnagar who lost their houses have been provided alternate accommodation under the PM Awas Yojna in other part of the city. Over 1,800 families of Akbarnagar have received the accommodation. The state government has proposed to develop an eco-to

Popularised by Rahul Gandhi, pocket version of Constitution drawing fancy

Measuring roughly 20 centimetres in length and nine centimetres in breadth, a leather-bound copy of the Constitution, which was frequently flashed by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the Lok Sabha elections has a deep Lucknow connection thanks to its publishers, who first printed it in 2009. And if publishers Eastern Book Company are to be believed, people have started showing more interest in the coat pocket edition of the Constitution after Gandhi pulled it out on several occasions during the campaign. Sumeet Malik, one of the directors of the Eastern Book Company, told PTI that the idea of printing a court pocket edition came from Supreme Court advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who suggested that they should publish a version that fits easily in the lawyers' court pockets. "The first edition was launched in 2009 and there have been about 16 editions of this book, which have been published so far. And over the years, these copies have been purchased by many lawyers and

Tata Power Renewable Energy deploys more than 850 e-bus charging points

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) on Wednesday said it has deployed more than 850 e-bus charging points at various locations in the country. The robust bus charging network has led to more than 1 lakh tonnes of tailpipe CO2 emissions savings, the company said in a statement The locations include Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Jammu, Srinagar, Dharwad, Lucknow, and Goa, the statement said. **** Mamaearth partners with Reliance Retail * Mamaearth, a personal care brand owned by Honasa Consumer, has partnered with the country's leading retailer Reliance Retail. This would make its range of products available at over 1,000 Smart Bazaar/ Smart Point stores across the country, the company said in a statement. Honasa Consumer Co-founder and CEO Varun Alagh said, "The partnership with Reliance Retail is also an extension of our endeavour to make products accessible to a wider set of consumers. We are 1,000 stores strong now and with the increasing demand for Mamaearth produ

Lucknow gears up for an international business conclave on June 15-16

The International Business Conclave 2024, organised by the state's Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), will focus on trade with Gulf, Asian, European, and Latin American countries

UP thief goes for power nap during robbery, woken by police next morning

The burglar was nabbed by the Lucknow police on Sunday morning after neighbours noticed the main door open and found it suspicious since no one currently lives there

School bomb threat linked to students' online chat group, says UP police

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) Tej Swaroop Singh said group of children aged between 10-11 years wrongly forwarded a message of a bomb attack to a private school's email ID in Lucknow

LS polls highlights: Biggest allegation I have faced is owning 250 pairs of clothes, says PM Modi

From the elections in 49 LS seats to Rahul Gandhi's warning to poll officials to abide by their oath to the constitution, catch all the latest election news here

LS polls Phase 5: EC asks voters in Mumbai, UP to ensure higher turnout

On the eve of phase five of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission on Sunday pointed out that Mumbai, Thane and Lucknow have shown apathy towards voting in the past and asked these city dwellers to turnout in higher numbers. The poll authority noted that in the past these cities have "suffered" from urban apathy in voting. "The Commission specially calls upon these city dwellers to erase the stigma by turning out in higher numbers," it said. On May 3 too, while referring to voter turnout in phase two, the Commission had said it was "disappointed" with the turnout level in some metropolitan cities. The EC had last month assembled many metro Commissioners here to work out a strategy to fight urban apathy. Urban and youth apathy is described as a phenomenon when young voters and those living in metros fail to turn up at polling stations on election day. So far, the last four phases have registered a voter turnout of 66.95 per cent. Around 45.1 crore electors have exercised their

LS polls: Rae Bareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats to vote in phase 5 on Monday

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday. Voting will also take place for the assembly bypoll to Lucknow East assembly constituency. The seats going to polls in the fifth phase are Mohanlalganj (SC), Rae Bareli, Amethi, Jalaun (SC), Jhansi, Hamirpur, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambi (SC), Barabanki (SC), Faizabad, Kaisarganj and Gonda. Besides Defence Minister Singh (Lucknow), Minister of Women and Child Development Irani (Amethi), those in the fray are Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishor (Mohanlalganj) and Minister of State of Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Fatehpur). Rahul Gandhi is in the fray from Rae Bareli, which was represented by his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi earlier. Over 2.68 crore voters are eligible to exercise their polling rights and 1

Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Noida to be developed as 'financial cities'

The new township policy, integrated township policy and affordable housing policy are pitched as the key enablers of these targets

LS polls: Rajnath Singh holds roadshow in Lucknow before filing nomination

Lucknow will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20. Rajnath Singh will face Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra from this seat

Realtors strike gold in Tier-II, -III cities for bargain land deals

IndiaLand Group plans to invest about Rs 700 crore in the next few years in the real estate sector

IPL 2024: LSG vs DC head-to-head, Lucknow pitch report, weather forecast

Lucknow vs Delhi head-to-head: Lucknow have dominated the meetings between the two sides, winning the only encounter at home while Delhi has had only 3 wins at BRSAVB Ekana Cricket Stadium

Patna's Vande Bharat train network to expand to Lucknow and Siligudi

Patna to get two new Vande Bharat trains to Lucknow and Siligudi. The train is expected to run next week, but there is no official confirmation yet

Rise in unauthorised constructions amid flaws in urban housing policies: SC

Observing that urbanisation policies have flaws, the Supreme Court has said one of the main reasons for spurt in unauthorised constructions is the government's failure to provide people with affordable houses. Acknowledging that the right to have a roof over head is a fundamental right, the top court said there is a huge gap in the policies between the requirements of the economically weaker sections and what the government was doing at the ground level. The observations by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta came while hearing a case relating to demolition of commercial and residential units in Lucknow's Akbar Nagar where it imposed an interim stay on demolitions. "Let us be clear on housing. There's a difficulty. Our urbanisation policies have flaws. Really speaking, we have not provided for economically weaker sections. Somewhere, we will have to ensure Everyone knows that migration takes place to the cities. But there is a huge gap in the policies between the ..

'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan': Stampede at Akshay Kumar's movie event in Lucknow

The stampede began after the crowd became uncontrollable over the actors' aerial stunts at the event in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow

PM Modi to inaugurate ring road in Lucknow in 2nd week of March: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ring road here in the second week of March, when he will launch several developmental projects for the country. Singh was addressing a gathering at Gomti Nagar railway station which was among over 2,000 rail infrastructure projects worth about Rs 41,000 crore launched by the prime minister this afternoon. "As far as development of Lucknow constituency is concerned, people are experiencing it. Work is on for the construction of one-two flyovers. Besides them eight-nine flyovers are sanctioned and work is to be started. "A ring road of 104 km is going on. It will be completed in the next three to four days and PM Modi will inaugurate it in the second week of March, when he will launch several projects for the country," Singh said. The minister said, "In today's programme, UP projects worth about Rs 1,876 crore are being inaugurated or foundation stones (are being) laid for them. It included

UP govt plans to set up 8 renewable energy projects worth over Rs 67,000 cr

The projects may be launched at the Groundbreaking Ceremony (GBC) 4.0 in Lucknow on February 19, along with more than 14,000 projects worth Rs 10 trillion

Man gets kebab in Gurugram from Lucknow in less than 30 mins, sues Zomato

The petitioner urged the court to restrain Zomato from continuing the services under 'Zomato Legends'