The Lucknow Times is a free daily supplement of The Times of India Lucknow edition, only in Lucknow city. The Common Man featured on a commemorative stamp released by the Indian Postal Service on the 150th Anniversary of the Times of India - 1988. ... Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Lucknow is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

It covers celebrity gossip and dos, movies and other stuff of local interest, leaving the main paper to cover national news. Of late, it has also been doing some stories oriented towards consumer welfare.

"Lucknow Times" is similar to "Delhi Times" and "Bombay Times"; 'glamour' supplements which come along with every local edition of The Times of India, and are known to have more froth than substance. These supplements have introduced a policy of paid articles: you can pay them to publish an article about you; it will not look like an advertisement but an article selected by the editorial board. Indian media critics find this unethical.

Read here about Medianet, the sub-company that handles this part of such supplements: http://www.worldpressinstitute.org/indiatimes.htm

There's a book on the subject: "The Rape of News": http://www.frogbooks.net/book.htm See also: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/2004-October/004485.html