Six more children died of acute encephalitis at Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College since Saturday.

LUCKNOW: The 10-day campaign for 'Clean Gomti say no to polythene' concluded on Thursday at the Malviya Hall of Lucknow university.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday said it was not responsible for last week's grid failure that resulted in 22 states going without power.

Lucknow: Acting on the government directives, the state forest department will speed up creation of eco-sensitive zones.

LUCKNOW: Moderate to heavy rain on Tuesday improved the rainfall situation in the east UP, but the threat of drought looms large over the western parts of the state.

LUCKNOW: The price of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene went up marginally in the state following recalibration of 'state surcharge' by the oil companies.

LUCKNOW: Man-animal conflicts are common in various parts of the country. In India, wild elephants probably kill far more people than tiger, leopard or lion.

LUCKNOW: About 97% of the available water on the earth is saline. Only 3% is fresh water out of which only 1% is ground water which is consumed for various purposes.

LUCKNOW: The Planning Commission of India on Wednesday approved UP's annual plan outlay of Rs 57,000 crore for 2012-13.

LUCKNOW: UP's Minister of Small Scale Industries & Export Promotion, Bhagwat Saran Gangawar has said the new Industrial Policy of UP is nearly ready after a series of discussions with stakehold