Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh has witnessed major improvements in connectivity since 2017, attributing the shift to a “mantra of speed, scale and connectivity” that he said has “changed the face of UP”.In a post on social media platform X, Yogi said there has been an unprecedented expansion of road, rail, metro…
UP Ranji Trophy team poses for a photograph after the match in Puducherry Lucknow: Left-arm spinner Kartik Yadav’s six-wicket haul put Uttar Pradesh on the verge of an outright win, but bad light forced their Ranji Trophy match against hosts Puducherry to end in a draw at the Siechem Stadium on Thursday.UP, who had taken…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party’s Maan Singh Yadav recorded the highest victory margin among the 11 constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council biennial elections, defeating BJP’s Ashok Kumar Rathore by 27,663 votes in the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’ constituency, according to the final results released by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday. Yadav secured…
Lucknow: Remember the Karwa Chauth sequence in ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, where love unfolds beneath the moonlit sky? For Marian Sharma, a Roman Catholic, Hindi films’ portrayal of the festival inspired a ritual that has become a deeply personal celebration of her marriage to Ravi Sharma.This year, her daughters-in-law joined her in the day’s prayers,…
In Uttar Pradesh, 18 of the 24 children rescued from cybercrime cases were girls under 18 years old (Representative image) LUCKNOW: Girls accounted for 75% of the 24 children rescued in 22 cybercrime cases registered across Uttar Pradesh, with police records revealing that 18 of the rescued minors were girls and 10 children were aged…
Maan Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party recorded the largest victory margin in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party‘s Maan Singh Yadav registered the highest victory margin among all 11 constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council biennial elections, defeating BJP’s Ashok Kumar Rathore by 27,663 votes in the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’ constituency, according to…
A scene from the play (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav) For students who had read William Shakespeare’s The Tempest as part of their course books, watching the play come alive on stage offered a different experience. The English production drew a full house at Sant Gadge Ji Maharaj Auditorium, Sangeet Natak Akademi, with students from different schools…
Deepak Malhotra (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav) As Sufi music finds a growing audience through curated musical evenings, Lucknowites immersed themselves in the genre at Sufi Soul, themed ‘Where Ishq Meets the Soul’. More than 100 couples gathered for an evening of music and melody, with women dressed in pastel Chikankari ensembles lending a soft, elegant touch…
Ankit Shankhwar was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad for creating fake email accounts (R: Photo used for representation) LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a 24-year-old man from Kanpur Nagar for creating and selling lakhs of fake email IDs to foreign contacts, including individuals in Bangladesh and Pakistan, some of…
Comedian Harsh Gujral touches the feet of CM Yogi Adityanath during the TOI Youth Icons Summit & Awards in Lucknow on Tuesday Lucknow: Comedian Harsh Gujral had the audience in splits at the TOI Youth Icons Summit & Awards 2026, UP Chapter, when he used a humorous anecdote to praise Uttar Pradesh’s changing law-and-order landscape.Sharing…
