LUCKNOW: A 35-year-old MCA graduate, Alok Kumar Singh, was arrested by UP STF late on Wednesday for masterminding a countrywide toll tax fraud network that spanned over 42 toll plazas in 14 states and siphoned collections for over two years. While the police are trying to figure out the magnitude of the fraud, its extent…
LUCKNOW: Geeta (24) and her six-year-old daughter Deepika were murdered in Mallihabad’s Isapur village by the former’s paramour, 25-year-old Vikas Jaiswal. Police arrested Jaiswal on Saturday. He admitted to the crime, revealing that he was enraged after Geeta started ignoring him despite his financial and emotional investments in their relationship. Jaiswal is also a distant…
PRAYAGRAJ: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad high court, who was summoned by the Supreme Court collegium last month over his remarks on Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event has told the Chief Justice of the HC that he stands by his remarks on the occasion and that he did not violate…
PRAYAGRAJ: Blending spirituality with modernity, a bodybuilder from Haryana attracted eyeballs as he emerged out of the icy waters of Sangam with his six-pack abs and a tattoo covering half his right arm.Although tattoos were a part of primitive India with evidence dating back over 10,000 years, they have evolved over the years and have…
A drone shot of the Sangam area ahead of the Mahakumbh 2025, in Prayagraj. (PTI Photo) PRAYAGRAJ: As four crore devotees are expected to take a holy dip on Jan 13-14 to mark the beginning of Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, the entire mela area has turned into a fortress with the implementation of a seven-ring…
SANGAM, PRAYAGRAJ: Amidst bone-chilling cold and intermittent rain, a group of young men gathered at Parade Ground in Sangam area – their whispered conversations disrupted the quiet as they focussed intently on a large billboard positioned at the edge of the crossroad. Their smartphones were aimed at the display board featuring four QR codes, which…
LUCKNOW: An incident occurred at a railway station in Kannauj when an under-construction lintel collapsed, trapping several workers under the debris.G Kanpur Range, Jogendra Kumar, told TOI that all recused labourers are safe and undergoing treatment. “No death as yet,” he said. The workers were engaged in beautification work at the station when the mishap…
SANGAM (PRAYAGRAJ): Their boat sunk in a whirlpool, they endured dengue, skipped functions and festivals, got accustomed to motion sickness, made scuba dives to fix 350mm pipes weighing 80kg amid vigorous currents of the Ganga, and operated non-stop for 80 days with four dredgers weighing 20-40 tons to execute an engineering marvel ahead of Maha…
NEW DELHI: In a bizarre turn of events in Khajni, a bride fled mid-wedding with jewellery and cash, leaving her 40-year-old groom stranded. The incident took place at Shiv Temple in Bharohiya, where Kamlesh Kumar was undergoing the rituals for his second marriage, having lost his first wife.Kamlesh, a farmer from Govindpur village in Sitapur,…
Accused Arshad and family LUCKNOW: Five members of a family, including a woman and her four daughters, were found murdered inside a hotel room in Lucknow on Wednesday morning, police said.The police have arrested one Arshad, the deceased woman’s son, in connection with the murders.The family, originally from Agra, had come to Lucknow to celebrate…
