Lucknow: Health department ordered inquiry after body of a patient, who died at a private hospital in Krishnanagar on Monday morning, was found abandoned outside Lokbandhu Hospital. CMO Dr N B Singh termed the incident extremely shameful and said a committee was constituted to investigate the matter.The probe committee will be headed by nursing home…
Lucknow: Pointing fingers at malfunctioning of mapping app used for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said over four crore voters will have to fill up forms again once the final SIR list is released.“As a result of the SIR underway in Uttar Pradesh the…
Lucknow: A CBI special court in Lucknow sentenced Vijay Kumar Dwivedi, former office assistant at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), to four years’ imprisonment and a Rs30,000 fine in a 2017 bribery case. Dwivedi was caught red-handed while accepting a Rs50,000 bribe from a contractual assistant…
Lucknow: A 6-year-old girl was lured away from her home in Gudamba by a 32-year-old relative, who allegedly attempted to sexually assault her in Kukrail forest. The accused, Ramesh, fell unconscious because of being heavily drunk, allow the child chance to escape. The girl was found 1 km from her home.According to police, on Dec…
Lucknow: The chief electoral officer (CEO) of UP, Navdeep Rinwa has requested the election commission of India (ECI) to grant an additional two weeks to complete the SIR process and ensure an error-free voter list. The extension will allow district election officers to re-verify entries marked as deceased, shifted, or absent voters.Rinwa said that 99.24%…
Lucknow: A 24-year-old make-up artist working at a city salon was found hanging in her rented accommodation in Vikasnagar sector-1 on Tuesday. The matter came to the fore on Wednesday when the family of the deceased suspected foul play, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.Officials said the woman’s live-in partner, who…
Lucknow: Nearly 40–50% of liver disease patients in India arrived at hospitals only when the condition progressed to advanced stages, experts warned on Wednesday, stressing early screening to prevent irreversible liver damage.During an outreach meeting in Kanpur on Wednesday, senior director and head of liver transplant and HPB surgery at Apollo Hospital Lucknow, Dr Abhishek…
Lucknow: Amid the winter breeze and along the Gomti, Jhulelal Park ground hosting its annual Katki Mela is resplendant with lacquer, fresh terracotta, evoking nostalgia. The annual fair is more than a congregation of artisans and small business owners from various parts of UP, as rows of stalls display various One District One Product (ODOP)…
Lucknow: It takes enormous courage, discipline, preparedness and determination to scale a mountain. But even these adjectives look smaller when a mountaineer’s feats stand as tall as that of Aparna Kumar, who has scaled all the Seven Summits or the tallest peak of each of the seven continents. The achievements appear more formidable because Aparna…
Lucknow: After a gap of over four months, Lucknow University is likely to get a vice-chancellor, as the interaction of shortlisted candidates with the selection committee will be held at Raj Bhavan on Saturday.Over two dozen candidates have been shortlisted for the interaction. The list includes top scientists from IITs, individuals holding key positions in…
