LUCKNOW: Taking serious note of illegal mining along river with the help of heavy machines in Uttar Pradesh, the high court on Friday constituted a probe committee to be presided by the Geological Survey of India. The court has directed the committee to submit its report in a sealed cover to the court by May 10.

Sharmila Krishna | Lucknow

Lucknow: What killed the black bucks in Kanpur zoo is still to be known. In order to ascertain the cause of the death of five black bucks in Kanpur zoo in the first week of September, the viscera of the dead animals and samples of food and water that was given to them, was sent for examination to the Centre for Wildlife, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) Bareilly.

Kanpur: With the launch of the countrywide campaign to save Ganga, convener of the

Shruti Srivastava / Lucknow September 15, 2008, 5:48 IST

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is keen on developing a leather cluster in Kanpur. The bank also wants to develop a testing lab for leather products in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K).

The bank is also working on a plan to develop a common effluent plant in the city under the public private partnership model. SIDBI is already at an advanced stage of talks with the Kanpur Leather Association and a private company to partner for the project.

Teena Thacker Posted: Sep 12, 2008 at 2348 hrs IST

New Delhi, September 11 The

Pawan Dixit
Kanpur Dehat

RURAL Kanpur is fighting its most frightening scourge