U.P. has overtaken states like Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh in terms of water testing and delivering water to every household, say officials. The state government had started a campaign to train five women in every village across the state for water testing.

Learning everything on the way in his two-decade long career, UPite Waseem Amrohi feels that now he has reached a stage when he can surely direct a feature film and plunge into acting as well

Two devotees died of suffocation during ‘Mangla Aarti’ at Bankey Bihari Temple in Vrindavan on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. There was a huge crowd on Janmashtami and besides those on the premises, many others thronged the lanes leading to the temple, said SSP Mathura, Abhishek Yadav.

The top 10 performing departments, as per the July report, are: Cooperatives, rural development, geology and mining, labour, urban development, home and confidentiality, backward classes welfare, social welfare, irrigation, water resources and panchayati raj.

Not just the Congress and the RLD, but even senior party leaders within the SP ranks want Yadav to also “show a big heart” to the Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, and chief ministers of non-BJP ruled states are among those expected to attend the joint opposition meeting in Patna today.

Lucknow's STF arrested Rinku Kashyap, a resident of Thakurganj area, for being a carrier for wildlife poachers linked to an international wildlife smuggling racket. The STF also recovered 108 turtles from his possession. The accused revealed that he used to buy each turtle at ₹200 and sell them at ₹300 each to smugglers in Bihar, Bengal, and Karnataka.

The trust has proposed the grand opening of Ram Mandir after Makar Sankranti on January 15 next year.

“Rains may start getting heavier from June 25... After Sunday, thunderstorms and lightning can be expected in Lucknow,” the Met said.

The Bench said that there may be some instances where a person, who for the time being, is able to maintain himself or herself, but thereafter, loses her/his resources because of changed circumstances, in such cases, a fresh right to claim maintenance may accrue