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AirAsia flight (Representative image) LUCKNOW: Monday night turned tense at Lucknow Airport when AirAsia flight FD 147, en route to Bangkok, encountered a technical snag shortly after takeoff. The aircraft, carrying 132 passengers and six crew members, departed at 10.50 pm but developed a hydraulic failure while airborne. Acting swiftly, the pilots hovered over Lucknow’s…

It was the winter of 1929. A young assistant superintendent of the Geological Survey of India was deputed to undertake field work in the Vindhyas. His task was to study the hillocks for developmental projects and expansion of the railways. Four years into the job, the GSI man, John Bicknell Auden, stepped on to ‘markedly…

Lucknow: Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute has introduced a state-of-the-art 3D Digital Mammography Unit – Hologic Selenia Dimensions for breast cancer screening.The unit was inaugurated by the institute’s director, Prof MLB Bhatt, at the department of radiodiagnosis. Prof Bhatt emphasised that breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India, with UP…

Lucknow: Addressing participants of the 17th Tribal Youth Exchange Programme in Lucknow on Monday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that even though the language and dialects being spoken by people might differ, India’s culture remains one.He said that the sentiment that “Mother Earth is our mother, and we are her children” lives in the heart…

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extended his wishes on the occasion of Mahashtami and Mahanavmi to the people of the state.In a message released on Monday, the CM said that Adishakti Bhagwati governs all systems of the world. “She has infinite forms. Adishakti, in her nine primary forms, becomes Navdurga and showers her compassion on…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested four men for allegedly conspiring to establish a radical “Mujahideen Army” and replace India’s constitutional order with Sharia-based governance through violent jihad.ATS officials said the accused were radicalised through extremist propaganda linked to Pakistan-based jihadi groups. “They allegedly held clandestine meetings across districts, used encrypted social…

Lucknow: An elderly woman from Kanpur, whose son is suffering from cancer, came to meet Chief minister Yogi Adityanath at Janata Darshan held at his residence in Lucknow on Monday.“Sir, my young son has cancer. We are poor, unable to afford treatment, and we don’t even have an Ayushman card. Please save my son’s life,”…

Lucknow: After a dry spell of nearly two decades, since Uttar Pradesh last won the Ranji Trophy in 2005-06, the team will be desperate to lay their hands on the iconic trophy when they begin this season’s campaign against Andhra Pradesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from Oct 15.With just a fortnight to…

Lucknow: Five members of a family, including two women and two young children, were killed when a speeding passenger vehicle ran over them in Hardoi on Monday afternoon.The incident took place near Surasa Tiraha, leaving the highway strewn with bodies and triggering chaos. According to police, the victims just returned from a mundan ceremony at…

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reiterated the central role of municipal bodies in transforming Uttar Pradesh. “Only empowered and modernized municipal bodies can shape the path to Viksit UP,” he said on Monday, urging the urban local bodies to increase their income and strengthen the coffers of the state.While interacting with the representatives from 17…