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Crime

Ricin poison terror plot: ISIS terrorists Sheikh and Suhail receed RSS offices in Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Delhi alongside crowded agriculture and fruit markets as potential...

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2025

These locations were selected as possible targets because to their high levels of public activity and large crowds alongside the RSS offices.

Lucknow gets ‘UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy’ tag, PM Modi hails city’s vibrant culinary culture

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2025

Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, has been designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy on October 31, 2025, during the 43rd General...

Crime

Lucknow influencer with 5 lakh followers held for aiding cyber scam, used accounts to launder money

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2025

A 19-year-old lifestyle content creator from Lucknow, Hukum Singh Rawat, has been arrested by Delhi Police for his role in an inter-state cyber fraud network. Rawat, a undergraduate student, had a massive online following with over 5 lakh followers across platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

Government and Policy

UP’s defence manufacturing milestone: First batch of BrahMos missiles to be flagged off by CM Yogi and Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh from Lucknow

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2025

The Brahmos production unit in Lucknow was announced as part of the Defence Industrial Corridor initiative launched by PM Modi during the 2018 Global Investors’ Summit. The defence corridor has six nodes, Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, and Chitrakoot. Its foundation stone was laid in 2021.

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi party worker Farhan Hussain lures minor Hindu girl in Lucknow, attempts to forcibly convert her to Islam, police arrest accused

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2025

Farhan befriended her first and later brainwashed her in the name of love.

Crime

UP police arrest Matthew for converting over 50 Hindus to Christianity through fake ‘healing prayers’ and money: Read FIR details

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2025

The FIR mentions that Malkhan, along with some associates, was gathering people in large numbers on Sundays and Thursdays, luring them with false promises of miracles and money, and carrying out mass religious conversions.

News Reports

Lucknow:11-year-old Hindu boy forcefully circumcised and sexually abused, his mother tortured, Manzur Hasan arrested

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2025

Abused by Hasan, the minor managed to escape and came back to his father's house. He narrated the entire incident to his father.

News Reports

Over 27500 suggestions received from people: Read about ‘Samarth Uttar Pradesh’ portal, which is democratising governance through public participation

OpIndia Staff - 9 September, 2025

The portal samarthuttarpradesh.up.gov.in was launched under the "Samarth Uttar Pradesh - Viksit Uttar Pradesh @2047" campaign, which was flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 3rd September in Lucknow.

Crime

Late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Umar arrested for forging mother’s signature to reclaim seized property

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2025

Umar Ansari, son of late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was arrested in Lucknow for submitting fake documents to reclaim seized property. Police say he forged his mother Afsha Ansari’s signature.

News Reports