U.P. chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra said availability of quality broadband services in villages was must for a faster social and economic development

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court also directed the government to complete this exercise by April 30 every year

Unhappy with the poor condition of roads across the city, divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob has directed the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to repair and reconstruct broken and/or damaged roads

The security at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) and the surrounding areas is set to be tightened

Though the floods have brought misery untold upon thousands of families, some are seeking enjoyment in the flood waters

After having seen the vast areas affected by the flood waters in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the state government would build a dam to protect the people from future floods. He said that the dam project was not dead and work on the proposal was still underway.

An 18-month-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 22–year-old man living in the neighbourhood

The officers should launch the drive for sanitisation, fogging and anti- larva spraying on war footing in the flood-hit areas. The district magistrates should review the relief and rescue operations regularly, he said.

Hardoi police constable Divya Dwivedi came across the girl Anjali during Mission Shakti workshop organized in Daulatpur village of Hardoi on August 24. She decided to help the girl after coming to know about her handicapped father, who could not work, and her family’s inability to fulfil the girl’s desire to study.