Lucknow: A belligerent Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday scaled the Delhi Police barricading near Parliament and staged a sit-in ‘urging’ the Election Commission to initiate action on the affidavit filed by him over ‘illegal deletion’ of 18,000 names from the voters list in 2022 UP assembly polls.Akhilesh was participating in the protest march…
Lucknow: Govt’s decision to pair primary schools with low attendance led to fireworks in the Vidhan Parishad on Monday, with the Samajwadi Party accusing the BJP of violating the principle of the Right to Education.The party staged a walkout in the middle of basic education minister Sandeep Singh’s response to the discussion, alleging that the…
Lucknow: Amid the ongoing row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar, the UP BJP plans to coordinate closely with the Election Commission of India to weed out ‘illegal’ immigrants, if any, from the voter list in the run-up to the 2027 assembly elections.BJP sources said that party functionaries have…
Lucknow: Delay in the treatment of symptoms like unconsciousness, confusion, and breathing difficulty can be life-threatening, as they may indicate serious heart or brain conditions.This was emphasised by experts at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) on Monday. Speaking at a workshop on emergency medicine, head of the emergency medicine department, Dr Shiv…
Lucknow: A modern rehabilitation unit will be open in KGMU in paediatric orthopaedics department to provide complete care for children with cerebral palsy next week. KGMU vice chancellor Soniya Nityanand approved the project last year with a budget of Rs 30 lakh. The centre will focus on both recovery after surgery and treatment without surgery….
Lucknow: An elderly couple in the Krishnanagar area have accused their daughter-in-law of assaulting and forcibly evicted them from their home.According to the police complaint, she bit the father-in-law’s thumb and banged his head against a wall. The couple, fearing for their safety, has since taken shelter in a rented house. The couple claimed this…
Lucknow: Intermittent rain lashed the city on Monday, leading to heavy waterlogging in areas like Hazratganj, Gomtinagar, Aliganj, Aashiana, Faizullaganj and various parts of the Old City.Traffic crawled on the roads, leading to major jams on Ayodhya Road, Daliganj railway underpass, Hazratganj, Mahanagar and other busy stretches. Knee-deep water submerged the road in front of…
Lucknow: In the run-up to Independence Day, security agencies have intensified the vigilance along the India–Nepal border, placing all seven bordering districts —Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, and Maharajganj — under heightened watch.A high alert came in effect on Monday, with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) tightening patrols across all entry points from…
Lucknow: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Delhi-NCR to start removing stray dogs from all localities within eight weeks and house them in dedicated dog shelters. In Lucknow too, stray dog attacks are rising — biting one person every four minutes. The city is also witnessing rise in animal bite cases, with one person…
Lucknow: Ahead of Independence Day, the state govt has set a target of distributing 60 lakh flags to households across the state. A total of 388 self-help groups across 177 towns are going to be roped in for the statewide campaign. Officials said the rural women are going to benefit the most as money is…
