Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will unveil several new facilities for patients at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) on Saturday.He will lay the foundation for the state’s first Gamma Knife machine bunker, inaugurate the Advanced Neuro Science Centre, and launch several other projects.The events will be part of the institute’s 5th foundation…
JAMMU: The Vaishno Devi yatra in J&K’s Reasi district will resume Sept 14, subject to favourable weather conditions, after remaining suspended for 19 days, a shrine board official said on Friday.The yatra was halted (the longest since the pandemic restrictions) after 34 people, mostly pilgrims, were killed and several others injured following a landslide due…
Lucknow: A day after TOI highlighted the poor condition of Nishatganj bridge and adjoining roads, the public works department (PWD) swung into action and initiated repair work on the stretch.The bridge, which connects Nishatganj to Sikandarabad (Ashok Marg), developed loose pebbles, pothole-like gaps between blocks, and crumbling patches following recent rainfall. More than 10,000 vehicles…
A lesser-known but fascinating tidbit about Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic round spectacles is that their hinges were extraordinarily flexible — so much so that the frames could be worn from either side, allowing the wearer to push the arms back and forth through a full 180 degrees.These distinctive glasses were crafted at BN Baijal Opticals, a…
LONDON: A British-born Sikh woman in her 20s was sexually assaulted, raped and beaten in a racially motivated attack on Tuesday in Oldbury, near Birmingham, by two white men.West Midlands police confirmed to TOI they are investigating the rape which the woman claims happened between 8 am and 8.30 am, and they are treating it…
Lucknow: Property owners and businesses in the city were assured relief as Mayor Sushma Kharakwal on Friday warned LMC officials against harassment and negligence in tax collection. She stated that property tax bills already paid must not be revised after April 1, 2022 and held officials accountable for any such cases.To check irregularities, she ordered…
While Unani medicine mostly flourished in Islamic countries, it traveled to Lucknow and became an integral part of the city’s identity under the nawabs of Awadh. When others turned away from it, the nawabs continued to patronise this ancient tradition.Records suggest that the last nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, maintained a team of royal physicians who…
Darshan Kumaar, who played the menacing antagonist Satbir in NH10 (2015) opposite Anushka Sharma, recently recalled how the actress once had an argument with Priyanka Chopra about him. At the time, Darshan was juggling two drastically different roles—Anushka’s violent on-screen tormentor in NH10 and Mary Kom’s supportive husband Onler in Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom. Anushka…
Lucknow: A three-month-old girl was killed in an alleged wolf attack in Bahraich on Friday, reigniting fear in the region that witnessed a spate of such attacks last year.The incident occurred around 3 pm in Bhauri Bahorwa village under Baundi police station. According to the victim’s mother, Rani, she was sleeping in the verandah with…
Lucknow: AGM, North Eastern Railway, Vinod Kumar Shukla conducted a comprehensive inspection of the Gorakhpur–Aishbagh rail section, reviewing the progress of redevelopment projects under the ambitious Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.While assessing key infrastructure elements, including station buildings, railway tracks, yards, signals, overhead electrification (OHE), and level crossing gates, Shukla emphasised that safe rail transportation remains…
