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A year after launch, QR verification covers only one in five 3-wheelers

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- Nearly a year after Project Safe Ride was launched to improve commuter safety through QR code-based police verification, only 27,741 of Lucknow's 1.36 lakh registered auto-rickshaw... Read More


School vehicle safety drive losessteam amid staff crunch in Lko

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- The transport department's month-long drive to ensure school buses and vans comply with mandatory safety norms appears to have slowed down in Lucknow, with a shortage of enforcemen... Read More


Ultrasound machine fault hits pregnancy scans at LBRN Hospital

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- A technical fault in the dedicated ultrasound machine for pregnant women at Lok Bandhu Raj Narayan (LBRN) Hospital in Ashiana has disrupted antenatal ultrasound services for the pa... Read More


Administrator or prolific builder? The legacy of 'Raja' Tikait Rai

India, July 12 -- In Shyam Benegal's classic film 'Junoon' (1978), set against the backdrop of the 1857 freedom struggle, an extended sequence depicts a British family seeking refuge at night in a sec... Read More


Recent showers create favourable conditions for UP's plantation drive

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- Despite a 16% rainfall deficit, recent monsoon showers have created favourable conditions for Uttar Pradesh's mega plantation drive on Sunday, during which 35 crore saplings will b... Read More


CM Yogi to launch statewide 35-cr sapling plantation drive today

GORAKHPUR, July 12 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will launch the statewide 35-crore (350 million) sapling plantation campaign in a single day from Gorakhpur on Sunday. As part of the drive, he wil... Read More


'Irregular' water, power bills at 'commercial rates' hit aided schools

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- 'Irregular' bills and rising water and sewer taxes allegedly calculated on commercial parameters based on annual rental value (ARV) of the land, where these institutions are situat... Read More


NGT bars construction violating Ganga norms along Gomti river

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has barred any construction along the Gomti river in Lucknow that violates the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities O... Read More


Rain activity weakens, mercury likely to rise

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- Rainfall activity reduced substantially on Saturday and is expected to weaken further in the coming days. As a result, the temperature is very likely to rise from Sunday onwards. A... Read More


Deepti Sharma to get 18 medalsat 22nd KGMU convocation

LUCKNOW, July 12 -- Deepti Sharma of the 2021-26 batch will receive a total of 18 medals at the 22nd convocation of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) on Monday (July 13). Defence minister Ra... Read More