YOU WONT BELIEVE: Lucknow - What They Never Told You

UP looks beyond Lucknow to boost startups, MSMEs as Aavishkaar, Intellecap partner with Invest UP

With more than 11.5 million MSMEs across the state, Uttar Pradesh is looking beyond its established startup centres to build a wider enterprise ecosystem. A new Invest UP partnership with Aavishkaar Foundation and Intellecap aims to take capital, advisory support and market connections closer to entrepreneurs across its districts.

The Economic Times · 16h ago

Amit Shah kicks off UP BJP's state working committee meeting ahead of polls

Amit Shah started the State Working Committee meeting for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as elections approach. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Pankaj Chaudhary, the state BJP president. Key leaders, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, were present at the event in Lucknow. Shah paid tributes to significant…

The Economic Times · 16h ago

Uttar Pradesh MLC polls: BJP wins 6 seats, Samajwadi Party bags 5 as final results out

The BJP won six of the eleven seats in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council elections while the Samajwadi Party won five. Notably, the SP claimed victories in key constituencies including Varanasi and Lucknow. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav interpreted the results as a setback for the BJP ahead of the 2027…

The Economic Times · Oct 29

Rampur Greyhound: speed, history and what it's really like to own one in India

The Rampur Greyhound does not announce itself. It stands quietly at the edge of the room, watching, and then moves across the floor in a way that makes you understand, immediately, that this animal was built for something other than apartment life. Bred in the court of the Nawab of…

Times Pets · Oct 24

Inside India's Mango Belt: Ratnagiri and Malihabad When the Orchards Are Open

A ripe Alphonso does not smell like perfume. It smells like something between ferment and resin, dense and almost animal, the kind of scent that clings to the inside of a jute bag left in the sun. You notice this the moment you step into a Ratnagiri orchard in late…

Times Life · Oct 22

Inside Lucknow's Chikankari Workrooms: Where the Real Stitching Happens

The Lane Before the ShowroomThe address your auto-driver knows is not the address that matters. Chikankari's public face is Aminabad and Hazratganj, glass-fronted shops, folded stacks of white-on-white georgette, a salesman who can name seventeen stitches in two minutes. The address that matters is a gali off Phool Wali Gali…

Times Life · Oct 21

Expanded winter schedule at Lucknow airport now includes 134 flights and the return of Bangkok service

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow is poised to expand its daily flight operations from 108 to 134 movements. The airport will enhance its connectivity with 20 domestic and 10 international destinations in the upcoming winter schedule. Notably, direct flights to Bangkok are scheduled to resume on November 17…

The Economic Times · Oct 20

Railway base kitchen shut, 978 kg of food seized and 30 catering units flagged: What UP food safety officials found during inspections

The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) suspended operations at a railway base kitchen in Lucknow and cancelled the food registration of an establishment in Saharanpur after inspections uncovered food safety and hygiene lapses. The drive covered 41 railway catering units and two airline food suppliers. Officials seized…

The Economic Times · Oct 16

The Separate Bedrooms Indian Couples Keep to Themselves

The door that stays closed when family visitsWhen the in-laws come for ten days in October, one of you migrates. The extra pillow disappears from the spare room. The charger that usually lives on the left side of the bed shows up somewhere it has no business being. Nobody says…

Times Life · Oct 13

Influencer girlfriend 'blackmails' Lucknow man to stay in relationship, he dies after falling from fourth-floor; mother alleges murder

A 27-year-old Lucknow restaurant and cafe owner, Shiva Sharma, died after allegedly falling from a fourth-floor apartment. His mother accused his influencer girlfriend, Shraddha Dubey, and her associates of murder, alleging months of blackmail, threats and physical assault. Police have registered an FIR and are investigating the circumstances of his…

The Economic Times · Oct 11