SRINAGAR: A preliminary investigation has found that two cloudbursts occurred approximately 13km from the remote village of Chasoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Aug 14, triggering flash floods that killed 65 people and left several missing.“Chasoti (tragedy) was not a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood event,” Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Sharma said, adding…
Lucknow: UP chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa held a hearing with representatives of 38 registered political parties at his office in Lucknow. The parties summoned were 70 out of 121 registered with UP address but had not contested any elections in past six years. The hearing was held under the directive of Election Commission of…
Lucknow: The 22nd National Book Fair will be inaugurated by Governor Anandiben Patel on Thursday. The city’s much awaited fair is back with exciting discounts and bigger publishers and it will be open at Balrampur Garden, from 11am to 9pm daily till Sept 14. Vending books in Hindi, English, Urdu and regional languages, 62 publishers…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority lodged FIR after 18 people were duped of lakhs of rupees to get houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Basant Kunj Yojana. The victims were given fake allotment letters and registration certificates, which were later found to be forged during the inquiry. The matter came to light when…
Lucknow: Five players from Uttar Pradesh have been selected for the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) preparatory camp for the World School Volleyball Championship, to be held in Shangluo, China, from December 4.The selection trials were conducted in Pune from Aug 26 to 30, where 23 boys and girls made the cut. Among them,…
Lucknow: A class 10 student at a city school accused his seniors of blackmailing him by threatening to make a video viral which they filmed after allegedly forcing him to smoke hookah in Gomtinagar.He claimed that the accused also forced him to consume alcohol and made a video of the act. The senior students allegedly…
Lucknow: In a major push for women’s safety and empowerment, the Lucknow Police Commissionerate has launched a special ‘Mahila Beat’ campaign across all city zones. The initiative aims to raise awareness about women’s rights, sensitise students on safety issues, and familiarise communities with emergency helplines and legal protections. Police commissioner Amrendra Kumar Sengar said women…
Lucknow: Acting on a court’s order, Varanasi police on Tuesday registered an FIR against Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh and three others for allegedly duping a hotelier of over Rs 1.5 crore and later threatening him when he demanded his money back.The FIR was lodged at Cantt police station following an order from the Chief Judicial…
Lucknow: Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences has launched a campaign for the early detection of chronic kidney disease in rural areas. The initiative will begin this month in Juggaur, a village about 25 km from the city, under the institute’s Rural Health Training Centre. Prof Namrata Rao from department of nephrology said the…
Lucknow: A team of doctors at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) on Tuesday performed a rare and complex surgery, which ended up saving the life of an auto driver in whose brain a 6 cm glass shard had penetrated through his eyes.A joint team from the neurosurgery, anaesthesia, and ophthalmology departments worked together to extract…
