Lucknow

North Central Railway will upgrade Bateshwar halt station to an intermediate station LUCKNOW: North Central Railway will upgrade Bateshwar halt station on the Bhandai-Udimor rail section of Agra division from a ‘D’ category halt to a ‘B’ category intermediate station at an estimated cost of Rs 33.45cr.The project, sanctioned during the 2025-26 financial year, is…

Lucknow: The Centre has brought forward Census 2027 population enumeration in Uttar Pradesh by more than two months, shifting the exercise from February to Dec 1, 2026-Jan 4, 2027, in a move that will ensure the statewide headcount is completed before the expected assembly election schedule gets underway.A five-day revisional round will follow from Jan…

Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra was appointed the first CEO of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust LUCKNOW: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s first chief executive officer (CEO), Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, emerged after a nearly two-month selection process that began with 5,585 applications and involved multiple rounds of scrutiny, online…

Haryanvi singer Ankit Baliyan was fatally shot outside a gym in Shamli district SHAMLI: Haryanvi singer and actor Ankit Baliyan was fatally shot outside a gym in Shamli district on Wednesday evening, with police investigating a viral social media post that has allegedly claimed responsibility for the killing in the name of the Gogi gang.The…

Amit Mohan PrasadThe focus of public health in India is largely on reproductive and child health and communicable diseases. The vast network of primary health centres and sub-health centres is geared towards maternal and child health, vaccination against communicable diseases, and their treatment.Child mortality has been a major public health concern and so has maternal…

Divya Mishra, Manas Bajpai LUCKNOW: He had just witnessed a woman being shot when the man who pulled the trigger hopped into his autorickshaw. Before the driver could understand what had happened, two firearms were pressed against his head.“Take me home immediately, or I’ll blow your head off,” accused Manas Bajpai, a field officer in…

A picture of the rare 1889 photography dictionary, A Dictionary of Photography for the Amateur and Professional Photographer by E J Wall The book, A Dictionary of Photography for the Amateur and Professional Photographer by EJ Wall, dating back to 1889, has become a centre of attraction at the ongoing 6th All India Photography Exhibition…

Representational image, created using AI, for illustrative purposes only (BCCL/ LT AI imagery) When the milkman’s canister still steams on a winter morning, and a dollop of ghee perfumed with caramelised milk finds its way into the city’s biryani, Lucknow’s food memory speaks for itself. That memory is now part of a public fight. On…

(Image used for representative) The UPPCL technical committee has concluded that smart meters meet accuracy standards set by Indian regulations LUCKNOW: A four-member technical committee constituted by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has found that the smart meters tested in the state were accurate and complied with the permissible limits prescribed under Indian…