Kanpur: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday hit out at the BJP govt over multiple issues, including ‘flawed’ implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), high taxes, inflation, unemployment, and the state of education and healthcare services.Speaking to the media in Kannauj, the former chief minister said, “Due to faulty GST, inflation…
Lucknow: Lucknow East constituency got a development push on Saturday with the inauguration of road projects worth over Rs 200 lakh under the chief minister’s Accelerated Economic Development Scheme.Local BJP MLA OP Srivastava laid the foundation of Rs 113.31 lakh project in Panchvati Colony (Ismailganj Ward-II) in the presence of ward representative Harish Awasthi. Later,…
Lucknow: In patients with prostate cancer, surgery often comes with the stigma of urinary incontinence (leakage) and the risk of losing sexual function. But not anymore. Experts at SGPGI’s department of urology and renal transplantation have refined radical robotic prostatectomy (removal of the cancer-affected prostate) in a way that addresses both problems to a great…
Lucknow: Terming road safety as a major challenge, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday emphasised the need for increased public awareness to reduce road accident fatalities.“Road safety is a challenge for us. The safety of every person walking on the road is our responsibility. We need to make common people aware of road safety and…
Lucknow: A luxury car moving on Shaheed Path in Gomtinagar Extension went up in flames, around 8:30 pm on Saturday. Gomtinagar fire station received alert through a mobile call and swung into action. Acting under instructions of chief fire officer, the fire station officer on duty at Ekana Cricket Stadium, rushed to the site with…
Lucknow: How ordinary people lose their identity amid politics, power struggles and personal ambitions was depicted through powerful dialogues and symbolic storytelling in the play ‘Do Aadmi Do Kursiyan’ staged at Sant Gadge Auditorium by Gorakhpur’s Roopantar Natya Manch, as part of their Rang-e-Aawargi Festival, on Saturday. Written and directed by Vinay Varma, the plot…
Lucknow: Lack of sunlight exposure and physical activity are emerging as major threats to bone and muscle health in children and youngsters, warned experts at the IOA–YOWA Conclave organised in Lucknow on Saturday by the Lucknow Orthopaedic Association in collaboration with the Indian Orthopaedic Association.Doctors noted that children spending long hours indoors on gadgets are…
Lucknow: A dramatic incident unfolded near a prominent boys college near Golf Club on Saturday afternoon, when a young actor from Hapur attempted to set herself ablaze by pouring an inflammable liquid on her body. Thankfully, alert police personnel stationed at the barricades sprang into action and prevented the tragedy. According to the police, the…
Thumri, like Kathak, found its poetic soul in Lucknow. Derived from the verb ‘thumakana’ (to move gracefully to rhythm), Thumri became the expressive heart of Nawabi culture.Popularised in the 19th century under Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Awadh, the Lucknow (Purab) gharana of Thumri emphasised ‘bol-banav’ — slow, improvised elaborations of lyrics…
Lucknow: A young man ended his life in Sarojininagar, on Saturday. The deceased was Virendra Kumar (24), resident of Gauri Vihar, employed at an electronics shop on Kanpur Road.Virendra returned home drunk from his friend’s birthday party on Friday night, for which, his mother, Sunita, scolded him. He went to his room and shut himself…
