Lucknow News

An investigation was launched after allegations surfaced that more than a dozen patients at the medical facilities were fitted with five stents each. There were serious suspicions of misuse of government funds under the "Ayushman Bharat Yojana".

At the centre of the controversy is KGMU's Urology Department, where costly medicines supplied under a government scheme meant to provide free treatment for patients suffering from cancer and other serious and incurable illnesses, were allegedly misused by inflating records in the names of patients.

The suspected irregularities surfaced after officials noticed medicine expenditure rising sharply from around Rs 10 lakh monthly in late 2025 to nearly Rs 40 lakh in February 2026 and over Rs 45 lakh in March.

Victim Nishu Rajput, a native of Bijnor, was married to Pawan Rajput alias Golu of Lucknow's Sarojininagar area in 2019. The couple had two daughters.

Sandeep Singh was out for some work when two attackers arrived on a motorcycle and fired three rounds in his direction. At least one of the bullets struck him.

A University of Delhi student has alleged that she was drugged, confined and gang-raped in Lucknow. Police have formed four teams, announced rewards and are pursuing two absconding accused.

The accused in the case includes a man whom the woman has known for nearly four years, according to the police. The survivor is a UPSC aspirant who studies at a college in Delhi.

A demolition drive near Lucknow district court has triggered protests, clashes and a lawyers' boycott. The dispute over alleged excess action and police force has disrupted hearings and deepened the deadlock.

A man in UP killed his minor daughter over her relationship with a boy from another community, dismembered the body, threw severed head into a pond, stuffed the torso inside a tin box, and placed the chopped hands and legs in a separate bag.

The victim, Shivani, worked with a real estate company in Lucknow and lived with her family, who were preparing for her wedding after her engagement on May 14.

A liver cancer patient allegedly died by suicide inside Lucknow's SGPGI hospital after using a blade. Police are investigating how he obtained the blade inside the hospital and recording statements from staff and family.

A Lucknow dhaba owner was shot dead after allegedly filming youths fighting outside his restaurant. The killing has led to detentions and renewed concern over law and order in the city.

The woman has accused the suspect of befriending her using a false Hindu identity, later coercing her to convert to Islam for marriage, and physically assaulting and threatening her when she resisted.

The student reportedly suffered severe mental distress and informed the Lucknow University administration about the matter, following which Lucknow University lodged a formal complaint with the police.

A salon owner in Lucknow was arrested for allegedly using a fake Instagram profile under a Hindu name to lure Hindu girls, sexually exploit them, blackmail them with obscene photos and videos, and pressure them to convert.