LUCKNOW, July 15 -- The King George's Medical University (KGMU) has banned the cooking and serving of non-vegetarian food in all its hostel messes after governor Anandiben Patel flagged food quality and hygiene lapses during the university's 22nd convocation on Monday. Written directions have been issued to 18 major and three smaller hostel messes, officials said.

The move comes barely two months after the Uttar Pradesh government approved its One District-One Cuisine (ODOC) scheme, under which all 75 districts were assigned only vegetarian signature dishes. Lucknow's globally acclaimed Awadhi delicacies, including galawati kebab, Kakori kebab, Awadhi biryani and nahari-kulcha, were excluded despite the city's bid for Unesco's Creative C...