LUCKNOW: Even as the suspected dengue patients continued to pour in in city hospitals on Wednesday, the health officials prayed for the early onset of the winters to save them from the disgrace of not being able to tackle the huge pressure.

LUCKNOW: Even as around three dozen more suspected dengue cases, including around 12 in government hospitals, were reported in the city on Tuesday, confusion prevailed over the diagnostic test for confirmation of the disease.

While the Trauma Centre, medicine ward and the paediatrics emergency ward of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) was overburdened with the patients, sev

LUCKNOW: In one of the most striking fallouts of the farmers' agitation in the Yamuna Expressway case, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has suspended its plan to allow developers to use land along the expressways for commercial development.

LUCKNOW: Several cultural programmes were organised to mark the 68th foundation day of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Sunday at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants ( CIMAP) in the city.

Several other events like lectures by scientists, release of publications and felicitation of staff were also held on the occasion.

The celebrations were held at all t

LUCKNOW: Zero rains in Uttaranchal hills on Sunday helped to stabilise the rising water levels of Gang Naher and Kosi rivers which have wreaked havoc in west UP, much to the relief of lakhs of people affected by flood. However, the unrelenting Yamuna continued to swell on Sunday.

KANPUR: Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) director RD Goyal visited the company's plant in Auraiya on Sunday and ordered a probe into the fire that broke out at the plant on Saturday.

A senior official of GAIL was killed while three others sustained serious burns when the fire broke out at the GAIL plant in Dibiyapur in Auraiya, about 200-km from the state capital.

A committee has been c

Lucknow: The solar mission in Uttar Pradesh received a shot in the arm on Thursday with minister for urban employment and poverty eradication Yashwant Singh ordering the distribution of solar rickshaws across the state.
Adding that smaller districts must receive at least 20, while bigger districts should be given upto 300 solar powered rickshaws, Singh said the vehicles should be distributed

Lucknow: If Indian Farmers

LUCKNOW: In what could come as a major relief to banana traders in the state, the Centre has finally cleared the air on which chemicals qualify as `safe' for artificially ripening bananas.

With this, nearly 1,800 tonnes of bananas could find safe passage into the state every day. In Lucknow alone, an average of 20 trucks over 240 tonne containing bananas are off loaded daily.

LUCKNOW: The plantation exercise started by Agra forest division with an aim to provide an eco-protection cover to the 17th century monument has struck a chord with the people.