Lucknow: A Bahraich court on Thursday awarded death sentence to Sarfaraz, the main accused in Oct 2024 Bahraich violence in which one youth was killed. The court of additional sessions judge (First) Pawan Kumar Sharma awarded life imprisonment to nine other accused while three were acquitted for lack of evidence.The court had convicted the 10…
Lucknow: Police in Gorakhpur on Tuesday arrested a high-profile impostor who allegedly masqueraded as an IAS officer for nearly three years. The accused, Gaurav Kumar Singh, alias Lalit Kishor (27), was apprehended following a probe that exposed a sprawling fraud racket spanning several states, fake identities, luxury cars and promises of lucrative government jobs and…
Lucknow: King George’s Medical University (KGMU) on Thursday announced a second-phase expansion of its bone marrow transplant (BMT) services aimed at increasing capacity, reducing waiting time and improving access to life-saving treatment.KGMU vice-chancellor Prof Soniya Nityanand shared the details during the inauguration ceremony of the new BMT unit.She said under a new agreement, BMT services…
Lucknow: Preparations are in full swing for the grand inauguration of the Rashtra Prerna Sthal developed under the Basant Kunj scheme, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate on Dec 25With an estimated crowd of over two lakh people expected to attend, the administration has begun extensive arrangements for security, traffic management and…
Lucknow: A year after a departmental probe found him indulging in irregular practices in the purchase of medicines, the officiating district homeopathy medical officer (DHMO) of Ayodhya, Dr Ajay Kumar, has been removed from his post and attached to the DHMO office in Sonbhadra. The order was issued by principal secretary, AYUSH Department, Ranjan Kumar,…
Lucknow: As India prepares to host Global AI Summit in Feb, UP govt has been delegated key responsibility to host high-level regional deliberation on role of artificial intelligence in public health and medical education.The two-day event in Jan has been assigned to UP’s IT and electronics department by Union ministry of electronics and information technology….
Lucknow: A senior medical officer privy to the probe told TOI that the postmortem report of Ram Gopal Mishra revealed that he was repeatedly shot, assaulted and even burned before death. According to the medical examiner, Mishra’s body had 29 bullet wounds. All wounds showed blackening around the margins, confirming the shots were fired from…
Lucknow: Four Lucknow girls have been selected in the Uttar Pradesh squad for the Women’s Under-19 One Day Trophy Elite. Shashi Balan, Arisha Mustafa, Priyanshi Yadav and Chandni Sharma secured their spots in the UP team, which is set to face Tamil Nadu in its opening encounter at the Vadodara Cricket Academy Ground on Saturday.The…
Lucknow: Despite recent assurances by the Lucknow University administration regarding improvements in basic hostel facilities, students at the varsity’s second campus have complained of poor living conditions at the Homi Jehangir Bhabha Law Hostel.After the provost issued a notice claiming that geysers and washing machines had been repaired and cautioning against misuse of facilities due…
Lucknow: Calling blood disorders one of the most painful challenges for families, Governor Anandiben Patel on Thursday said timely and affordable bone marrow transplant (BMT) services remain limited in India, leaving many patients without life-saving treatment.She was speaking at the inauguration of the newly developed BMT Unit at KGMU, built with CSR support from the…
