LUCKNOW, Nov. 5 -- Lucknow University has upgraded its Oriental Studies in Arabic and Persian board to a full-fledged department. The decision was taken at an executive council meeting last month. Syed Arshad Ali Jafri took charge as its full-time head on Wednesday. Founded in 1864 under Canning College, the board is among the university's oldest divisions. Oriental Studies in Sanskrit is the other historic division. htc...