Day: August 9, 2026

The Night the Train Stopped at Kakori

Arijit Bose

August 1925 hung heavy and humid over the United Provinces, the kind of heat that made the British Raj feel permanent, unshakeable, eternal. But in a modest house in Shahjahanpur, a young poet named Ram Prasad Bismil was done waiting for permission from history. He’d watched the Non-Cooperation Movement collapse a few years earlier, watched Gandhi call it off after Chauri Chaura, and something in him had refused to accept that patience alone would ever move the British Empire. So Bismil, along with a small band of dreamers who called…

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Anti-Drug Awareness Campaign Held at Isabella Thoburn College

Arijit Bose

Lucknow — Under the initiative of the Uttar Pradesh government, an awareness seminar and pledge-taking ceremony was organized at Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, as part of a drug de-addiction campaign. The event was jointly conducted by NSS Units 1, 2, and 3 along with the Department of Commerce. Students pledged to raise public awareness about the harmful effects of drug abuse, to stay away from substance abuse themselves, and to contribute to nation-building by becoming responsible citizens. Principal Dr. Major Neerja Masih encouraged the youth to adopt a healthy lifestyle…

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Arjun and SBI Parks in Janakipuram Set for Makeover, Road to be Built in Faizullaganj Second Ward as MLA Performs Bhoomi Pujan

Arijit Bose

Lucknow — Dr. Neeraj Bora, MLA for Lucknow North, performed a bhoomi pujan (ground-breaking ceremony) today for the renovation and beautification of SBI Park and Arjun Park in Sector-F under Janakipuram First Ward. On the same day, the MLA also laid the foundation stone for a road construction project in Faizullaganj Second Ward. A total of Rs 63 lakh has been sanctioned for these development works. Speaking at the bhoomi pujan for the parks, Dr. Bora said that parks are not merely places for recreation and leisure but an important…

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GITM Signs MoU with IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre to Boost Blockchain Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Arijit Bose

Lucknow — Goel Institute of Technology and Management (GITM), Lucknow, achieved a significant milestone in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (IIML EIC). The collaboration aims to strengthen blockchain technology, innovation, startup incubation, entrepreneurship, skill development, and industry-academia cooperation. The MoU was signed by Dr. Rishi Asthana, Director of GITM, and Dr. Jyoti Agarwal, Head of the Department of Management (MBA). Nikhil Bhatt, Project Lead at the Centre of Excellence (Blockchain Technology) at IIM Lucknow Enterprise…

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 ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ Campaign Held in Kunwar Jyoti Prasad Ward

Arijit Bose

Lucknow — The Vedanta Computer Academy organized a tree plantation drive under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ (A Tree in Mother’s Name) campaign in the Kunwar Jyoti Prasad Ward of Lucknow today. The initiative draws inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationwide call for the campaign and was carried out in response to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s appeal to citizens across Uttar Pradesh to participate in the environmental drive. The event was organized by Manas Mitra, founder of the Vedanta Computer Academy and IT Head for the Awadh Region,…

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