LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh will notify 50 wetlands under the Wetland Rules of 2017. These wetlands span about 1,000 hectares across nine districts. The decision was taken in the fifth meeting of Uttar Pradesh State Wetland Authority held on Wednesday. Over two lakh metric tons of carbon will be absorbed in these newly notified wetlands.In other […]
By: Mehmood M. AbdiBefore the word ‘Dalit’ was introduced in the political lexicon of UP, scheduled castes were described in simple Gandhian expression of ‘Harijan‘. Likewise, in UP the word ‘baba sahab’ was not commonly used for Dr BR Ambedkar. However, during the successive BSP rule, the whole state was Ambedkerised. Massive monumental parks, stadia, […]
Lucknow: Nearly two months after the Lucknow City Transport Services (LCTS) slashed the charges of its monthly season ticket (MST), it has failed to entice riders.According to officials, from under 70 before September, MST membership now stands at around 90.“We had been trying to increase the uptake of MST and overall ridership of city buses. […]
Lucknow: Residents of Bhikhampur area in Papermil colony staged a protest on Tuesday morning after officials of LDA, LMC and the district administration served them a notice to vacate their houses within two days for beautification of Kukrail drain.The residents, who have been living in the area for generations, alleged that they were not given […]
Lucknow: The pilot project by education department to track real-time attendance of teachers, students, mid-day meal, distribution of free material, income and expenditure and other activities in the state-run schools recorded a poor show on its launch on Monday. According to the data collated by the education department, merely 6% of over 25,000 schools in […]
Lucknow: A physiotherapist allegedly murdered his wife by slitting her throat in his house in Thakurganj on Monday night.The incident came to light when the woman’s mother visited the house and found her daughter’s body in a room. Police said that the accused had lost a considerable amount in betting and a tiff between the […]
LUCKNOW: After facing debacle in the assembly elections in four states, the results of which were announced on Sunday, BSP president Mayawati termed the results as ‘strange’ and called a national level meeting of party leaders in Lucknow on December 10 to take stock of the ground situation and start the preparations for LS elections […]
GORAKHPUR: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the path to a developed and self-reliant India has been outlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, where he has provided ‘Panch Pran’ (five resolves to make a developed India).Inaugurating the opening ceremony of the 91st founders’ week celebration of Maharana Pratap Education […]
Lucknow: In view of Bharatiya Janata Party’s clean sweep in three states from the heartland — Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh — the Opposition in UP will have to redraw their strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The status as of now, however, is that major opposition parties are still taking time to find a compatible […]
