The conference on 'Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change' came to an end on Thursday with geologists calling for improvement in the dating techniques used in study of sediments so as to gather more information about the undated sequences.

With the demand of water growing by each passing day, water management is gaining importance. The management of water resources should be formulated in spirit and not on paper, as it was a critical issue for long term sustainability of the economy.

IEREED (Institute for Enviornment Research Entrepreneurship Education and Development) India carried out a hi-tech campaign to remove pollution on the ocassion of Shivratri. The Non-Government Organisation sent out SMS and e-mails to people urging them to abstain from the use of polythene on the ocassion.

After five human kills, the Chief Wildlife Warden BK Patnaik declared the Lakhimpur tiger a maneater here on Thursday.

The Chief Wildlife Warden, earlier in the day, has said that all options were being kept open in dealing with the rogue cat.

A new company, the Gomti Riverfront Development Co (GRDCo), has been formed for development and maintenance of the river.

A proposal to this effect was cleared by the Lucknow Development Authority's Board along with 18 others in its meeting held here on Thursday.

Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey on Wednesday condemned the UP goverment for the anarchy previling in the state and rising crime against poor.

Addressing a press conference at the Gandhi Bhawan here on Wednesday, Pandey said the National Rural Employment Guaranteed Scheme had become an instrument of exploitation in the hands of gram pradhans and village-level government officials.

Reported to have been injured earlier, the stray tiger was again shot at by Foresters in the forests of Kumarganj tehsil of Faizabad district early on Tuesday morning. Despite the injury on the shoulder, it jumped towards a nullah and virtually disappeared within the thick foliage.

The residents may feel the heat of water crisis this summer as the civic authorities are yet to rise up to the situation. The grim situation of drinking water supply can be gauged from the fact that the city needs 500 mld of drinking water daily while the authorities are able to supply just 487mld water.

Five pointer crossed dogs were used to track the stray tiger at Kumarganj tehsil of Faizabad district on Monday.

However, the search turned out to be a difficult task with the dogs getting frightened of the elephants and vice-versa.

The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on Monday sent a team to collect river water from Gomti barrage to find out its dissolved oxygen level.

The step was taken after largescale death of fish was reported recently in the water stretch.