LUCKNOW: Even as rains and thunder showers continue to lash the state for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, killing six more persons, taking total death toll this monsoon to 24, the weatherman said that rains will continue at least for next couple of days.

LUCKNOW: Entrepreneurship education is meant to provide knowledge and develop expertise to start and manage own independent enterprise. Students opting for PG Diploma in Management Business Entrepreneurship (PGDM-BE) course are guided to work on detailed project report and emerge with bankable business plan after completion of classroom training.

LUCKNOW: With its long-held "poorest and most backward" tag, Bundelkhand, which sparked off a fierce battle between BSP and the Congress, could well be the fittest beneficiary under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). Or so one thought.

LUCKNOW: Fish once again swam to the surface in a desperate attempt to get air, near Kudiaghat, as levels of dissolved oxygen in the particular
stretch of river plunged drastically sending officials of UP Pollution Control

LUCKNOW: The White Paper released by chief minister Mayawati did paint her government on a brighter side, but at the same time it put forth the difficulties and the lack of support from the Central government. In fact, the Paper rolled the ball in the Centre's court for timely completion of the proposed projects.

LUCKNOW: The advent of monsoon will witness another green bonanza in the state with forest department and several government agencies announcing bloated plantation targets. But it is early to believe that the new saplings planted will increase the green cover of the state. More so because plantation efforts so far have not changed it.

LUCKNOW: Even as the state Met department kept a close watch on the movement of the "low pressure" area over the Bay of Bengal, which converted into

a "deep depression" on Tuesday, chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta after a review meeting issued directions to distribute among farmers seed of crops requiring less water to grow.

LUCKNOW: In order to save fast depleting ground water reserves, UP government is contemplating to introduce a permit system for the bulk users and a self regulation mechanism for residential colonies using deep bore pumps.

The UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) ordered closure of a yeast manufacturing unit in Bulandshahr district. The orders were given on July 6 after the factory did not adhere to water pollution control rules.

LUCKNOW: The population of Lucknow has almost doubled in the past two decades and so has its demand for water. Today population of the city is nearly 30 lakh. A population of one lakh, including migrants, is being added every year. Although the Jal Sansthan says that water demand is about 480 million litre daily (mld), unofficially the demand today is said to be over 800 mld.