State of Bank of Tomatoes: Tamatar Aapke Suraksha Hamari - The Quint

In a unique form of protest against the skyrocketing prices of tomato, the Congress party on Wednesday launched the ‘State Bank of Tomato’ in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
The bank will function like any other typical bank, but will deal with tomatoes instead of currency.
Not only can customers avail services such as locker facility for storing and protecting their tomatoes from probable theft, they can also deposit tomatoes under the fixed deposit scheme.
The bank will function from 10 am to 6 pm everyday, said a statement released by it.

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Anwar Jalalpuri’s Bols Echoes Across Cultures and Communities - The Quint

Anwar Jalalpuri, is the man who has translated the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita into over 1,700 Urdu couplets. The 700 classical Sanskrit shlokas made its way into the “Urdu Shayari mein Gita”, a book written by Anwar himself.

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Businessman, Family Shot Dead in UP, Incident Caught on CCTV

A businessman, his wife and his 25-year-old son were shot dead in Civil Lines in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, 90 km away from Lucknow.

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The Quint: Meat Sellers Go on Strike to Protest Crackdown on Slaughterho...

Protesting against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh, meat sellers here have gone on an indefinite strike .
The mutton and chicken sellers who have pulled down their shutters have threatened to intensify their stir from Monday, said Mubeen Qureshi of the Lucknow Bakra Gosht Vypar Mandal.
As a result, non veg food outlet, including the famous Tunday and Rahim's, who had shifted to mutton and chicken dishes after buffalo meat became scarce, too kept their shops shut.

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The Quint: There’s no Match for ‘Bada Gosht’ Say Tunday Kebabi Patrons

Kebab connoisseurs in Lucknow had never imagined that their culinary pilgrimage in the city would face a lull. Much to the dismay of its loyal patrons, popular eatery Tunday Kabab’s Akbari Gate outlet was forced to shut shop on Wednesday.



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