Lucknow: Moderate rainfall in different parts of the city from Monday afternoon till night turned the weather pleasant. According to the weatherman, light rain is expected on Tuesday as well.“Thick cloud cover and rain in the city was due to a fresh western disturbance over Afghanistan and Pakistan, a cyclonic circulation in west Rajasthan and…
Lucknow: With 2,346 booklets sold and 117 people completing registration within three days of the launch, the Lucknow Development Authority’s Atal Nagar and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Housing Schemes received a strong response from buyers.Online registration for both schemes, open from Oct 4 to Nov 3 has seen significant activity. LDA vice chairman Prathamesh Kumar said…
Lucknow: The Mohanlalganj police registered an FIR against the warden-cum-superintendent of Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls’ School, Bhujouli, for allegedly physically and mentally harassing students, forcing them to do menial work, and threatening them with expulsion.The FIR, lodged by block education officer (BEO) Sujeel Kumar Kanojia, states that during the Samadhan Diwas on Oct 4, several…
Lucknow: A Bihar-to-Delhi passenger bus rammed into a container truck near the Udayat Kheda underpass on the Outer Ring Road in Lucknow on early Monday. The truck driver, who got trapped in the mangled cabin, was rescued by the fire department and police personnel.No other person was injured in the accident. “The accident occurred around…
Lucknow: Devotees gathered for Kojagari Lakshmi puja at city temples on Monday.The Kojagari Lakshmi puja is performed on ‘Purnima’ (full moon night). It is believed that on this night the Goddess Lakshmi descends to earth and blesses her devotees.At Kali Bari temple, Ghasiyari Mandi, the goddess was worshipped with coconut sweets, til ke laddoos, khila…
Lucknow: A specialised rehabilitation centre for children with cerebral palsy will come up in the paediatric orthopaedics department of KGMU this month.The announcement was made by HoD paediatric orthopaedics Prof Vikas Verma during a programme organised on World Cerebral Palsy Day on Monday. Verma said most of the infrastructure and facilities are complete, and patients…
Lucknow: A turtle pond, children’s park and selfie point were inaugurated at the city zoo on Monday on the occasion of National Wildlife week (Oct 2-8).The new turtle pond has around 30 turtles of four species. The selfie point has dummies of wild animals like tigers, lions, monkeys, deer and birds. In the children’s park,…
Lucknow/Kanpur: Two days after a powerful explosion ripped through a coaching centre-cum-library in Farrukhabad, killing two youths and leaving five students seriously injured, police registered an FIR against an unidentified person on Monday. They claimed that structural negligence led to the coaching centre blast.According to sub inspector Vishesh Kumar, in charge of the ITI outpost,…
Ayodhya: In a tragic incident, a three-year-old boy died while his sister, 5, got seriously injured after the doors of the car they were playing in got locked automatically trapping them for hours. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Saidpur village within the Baba Bazar police station area. A feast was being organised at…
Lucknow: Youth in and around Gorakhpur will soon get an opportunity to find jobs in local and foreign companies. The employment department is organising a two-day Employment MahaKumbh-2025 at the Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology in Gorakhpur on Oct 14 and 15.A govt spokesperson said that participants will vie for 10,855 vacancies across various…
