The Earth Day was celeberated at various scientific institutes and organisations across the city on Wednesday. It was started in 1969 in an effort to spread awareness and inspire appreciation of earth

Amidst the poll blitz, voices of boycotting the electoral process have been raised by Aurangabad villagers in the state capital on Monday. The boycott call originated after the villagers claimed that their land was acquired by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) without proper compensation.

Lucknow: The chronic drinking water shortage in the city may soon be a matter of the past as the civic authorities have came up with several measures to solve the perennial problem in the city.

Moti Jheel, which used to be a pride of Lucknow, seems to have lost its natural glory. The waterbody has been gobbled up by land grabbers, thanks to the ignorance on the part of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC).

Presently, the lake houses several snacks and plastic factories, godown apart from a number of residential establishments.

Tata Motors announced the launch of all-new Starbus range of buses in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Thursday.

The buses will be manufactured at the Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited (TMML) plant, which is a joint venture between Tata Motors Limited and Marcopolo of Brazil, in Dharwad, Karnataka.

Green hotels, an emerging concept in tourism and hospitality industry, may have a higher installation cost but in the long term they bring down operating costs to a great extent.

Greenery again got the axe on Tuesday, with official permission though. Trees of all species were felled at the Lucknow District Jail to make space for construction work.

World Health Day quietly slipped away on Tuesday with no formal programme being organised by the state Health department. Officials attributed the memory loss to the fact that it coincided with a gazetted holiday.

Election time sees less wildlife crime in the state. Although there are no figures to establish this fact, Forest officials confirm that the nefarious elements do not focus on forest during election period.

Due to poor flowering in mango orchards, the mango-growers of the state have demanded government support to bail them out from the crisis. In a meeting of Mango Growers' Association of India (MGAI) on Tuesday, the members expressed apprehension the that the poor rate of fruit might lead to severe financial crisis.