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DGC member quits over highways, embankments on Gomti floodplain

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Professor Venkatesh Dutta, head of the department of environmental science at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) has resigned as a member of the District Ganga Committee ... Read More


PDA is 'Peeda' and frustration: Jayant hits back at Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Days after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's indirect "chavanni ko rupaya bana diya" jibe at former ally and now Union minister Jayant Chaudhary, the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief o... Read More


From garbage dump to Fragrance Park: New green space opens in Old Lucknow

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- What was once a garbage dumping ground has now turned into a landscaped public space with fragrant plants, an open-air theatre and statues of freedom fighters near the Rumi Darwaza... Read More


Gomti Nagar railway station: 'World-class' infrastructure, but security equipment unused

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Security arrangements at the redeveloped Gomti Nagar railway station appear to be lagging behind its "world-class" infrastructure, with baggage X-ray scanners and metal detectors l... Read More


JPNIC project an example of SP's institutionalised corruption: Yogi

LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath labelled the Samajwadi Party a "private limited company" on Saturday and described the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow as... Read More


Health online parameter evaluation: Dy CM Pathak detects anomalies in many UP hospitals

LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- Medical staff at Barabanki district combined hospital was caught changing bed sheets in wards at around 9 am on Saturday, a job that should have been finished by 7.30 am. Deputy ch... Read More


Akhilesh accuses UP govt of ruining healthcare, vows free treatment for poor

LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the BJP government of ruining the state's public health system and claimed that it was now "on a ventilator". Addressi... Read More


Uttar Pradesh STF arrests two wanted criminals hiding in Lucknow, Pune

LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- The Uttar Pradesh STF arrested two wanted criminals in separate intelligence-based operations after tracking them to locations outside their home districts, officials said on Satur... Read More


Uttar Pradesh on H1N1 alert, 551 cases reported across 57 districts

LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- "In districts reporting a high incidence of flu and fever, instructions have been issued to set up separate OPDs for such patients," said deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said ... Read More


Lucknow's Aliganj fire tragedy: Allahabad HC rejects building owner's plea against razing order

LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has refused to entertain a writ petition filed by the owner of a building in Lucknow's Aliganj area where a devastating fire claimed 1... Read More