NEW YORK: A 13-year-old girl from Lucknow, speaking on behalf of the world's three billion children, will address over a 100 world leaders including US President Barack Obama during a summit on the climate change here tomorrow.
LUCKNOW: Lucknow station has taken a step towards making train travel a pleasant experience for passengers. Dirty and stinking toilets will no longer put the passengers off. This is what the CTS plan promises. All long route trains will get a proper cleaning at Lucknow station before they are given a green signal to move ahead.
Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh.
Apprehending that farmers were turning away from cane farming due to the apathetic attitude of the Centre and state governments, the BJP has demanded the cane price be fixed at Rs 300 per quintal for upcoming crushing season.
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: The ambitious Saryu Canal Project (SCP) launched in 1977-78 has been able to meet barely 18 per cent of its targeted irrigation potential while there has been a 743 per cent increase in the cost of the project. This is the finding of the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) that was tabled in the Vidhan Sabha recently.
Spread over 123 acres in Gomti Nagar, this vast expanse of stonework, also known as Ambedkar Memorial, is the dream project of Chief Minister Mayawati. So far, more than Rs 3,000 crore has been spent on the project. For extension of its area, the Mayawati government has demolished Ambedkar Sahitya Sansthan and Museum, Ambedkar Stadium and Satkar Bhavan.
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: A choked Ghiyasuddin Haider (GH) Canal overflowed following heavy rains that lashed the state capital on Thursday, leaving many areas inundated even as municipal officials were left redfaced.
