LUCKNOW: Heated controversy over the dwindling numbers of tigers in Dudhwa will shortly be put to rest, The Wildlife Institute of India is preparing to commence a new tiger census in Uttar Pradesh to make a correct assessment of the big cat family.

LUCKNOW: Banke has his clan growing. The dusky old rhino, now 30 plus, has seen his fourth generation set in. When his female partner Rajeshwari gave birth to a calf on Friday (September 11), a new hope dawned for the rhinos in Dudhwa.

LUCKNOW: Epidemiological studies show that 1-2% of the total Indian population is a carrier of Hepatitis B. This makes a large chunk of these carriers vulnerable to cirrhosis and cancers of liver. Transplant is perhaps the only way to save these lives. These facts were shared by Dr M Rela, chief liver transplant surgeon, Kings College Hospital London in an interview with TOI.

LUCKNOW: Thirteen cheetal and a swamp deer were found dead in mysterious circumstances on Saturday morning. All of them were fed the fodder on Friday evening and deaths reportedly took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Mayawati has requested prime minister Manmohan Singh to classify Jhansi, Chitrakoot and Mirzapur revenue divisions as special category divisions under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) for ensuring rapid development of backwards areas like Bundelkhand and Vindhyachal.

LUCKNOW: Light to moderate rains continued in many parts of the state, thus bringing the rainfall deficit up by seven per cent in the last 10 days. The total rains in the monsoon season till August 27 were 46 per cent below normal, which stood at 39 per cent below normal on September 8.

LUCKNOW: A middle-aged man suffered burn injuries after a car which was being installed with a CNG kit caught fire here on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident was reported from Chinhat police circle.

LUCKNOW: Expressing concern over the reports that poverty stricken people in drought-hit Bundelkhand region were ALLEGEDLY mortgaging their women, the UP Congress Committee (UPCC) would send a three-member team to the area on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW: After tasting success in elevating the health standards of the state through Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers, state government will appoint women to take care of state's livestock. Designated as Ladies Livestock Link Worker (LLLW), they will be operational at village level. Working under the local veterinary officers, nearly 36,000 LLLWs will be appointed in four years.

LUCKNOW: Polio eradication in UP seems to have come across a double whammy this season. In a state where authorities are fighting hard against the sub-optimal efficacy of oral polio vaccine, the increasing challenge of diarrhoeal outbreaks is making things worse.