LUCKNOW: In an alarming disclosure the state ground water department has revealed that it is Lucknow which is recording the maximum rate of ground water table decline in the state. According to the monitoring done by the department, the state capital had its ground water table declining at an average rate of 0.7 metre per year calculated pre-monsoon.

LUCKNOW: The 'Ganga' aquarium at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) would be open for public from Saturday.

LUCKNOW: The tough stand taken by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on prevention and treatment of dengue has exposed how successive governments in the state have neglected public health. A glaring example of government apathy is the malaria prevention division of the health department.

The division's job is to check mosquito-borne diseases.

LUCKNOW: If you rely on herbal tonics to keep yourself healthy, here's a piece of advice from professor Thuppil Venketesh, the 'leadman' of India.

"A lot of herbal medicines contain high amounts of heavy metals like lead and arsenic.

LUCKNOW: The pattern of land distribution has rendered rural landscape of UP disfavourable for farming. The precursor for this is the fragmentation of cultivable land into a large number of `small landholdings'.

LUCKNOW: There's some positive news for UP, but only if the right set of people is listening.

Making a strong pitch for the potential of industrial growth in UP, the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India submitted a `Vision 2020' study paper for the growth strategy on UP to chief minister Mayawati on Sunday.

According to the Assocham report, with emphasis on the right sectors,

LUCKNOW: With the proposed garbage dumping site in Malihabad being unable to obtain the requisite environmental clearance, the search for a new site has been initiated.

ANOOPSHAHR (BULANDSHAHR): Hundreds of people are thronging this sleepy town, about 50 km from Bulandshahr district and 100 km from New Delhi, to witness a mystical phenomenon at the Dinesh ghat on the banks of the Ganga.

The centre of attraction is a `burning flame' at the ghat.

LUCKNOW: The district administration in the state capital has apparently failed to ensure implementation of a supreme court ruling related to control of noise pollution.

Repeated attempts to contact the district magistrate, Lucknow for his comment on the arrangements in place to check the compliance with the apex court ruling, proved futile till late on Wednesday night.

LUCKNOW: Principal secretary forest Chanchal Kumar Tiwari has directed forest department officials to speed up plantation work under MNREGS so that the set targets can be achieved.