Due to poor flowering in mango orchards, the mango-growers of the state have demanded government support to bail them out from the crisis. In a meeting of Mango Growers' Association of India (MGAI) on Tuesday, the members expressed apprehension the that the poor rate of fruit might lead to severe financial crisis.

Vishal Sharma / Agra March 31, 2009, 0:32 IST

The industrial sector in Agra, which earns more than Rs 2,200 crore from handicrafts and footwear exports alone, is failing to attract fresh entrepreneurs.

LUCKNOW: So what if it punishes the erring house tax owners, sending notices and seizing their bank accounts, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation

LUCKNOW:When the entire world was switching off lights for an hour as part of a global campaign to save electricity on Saturday, 80-year-old Ram Avtar of Dawoodnagar village, 5 Kms from state capital, was searching for kerosene can to lit an earthen lamp. And, he was not the lone soul. Nearly 200 odd families in this village have been forced to do so, daily.

Noida, March 26

The first online CNG station started on Wednesday evening near Gijod village in Sector-53 here. The station has a daily capacity of 30,000 kg gas. Managing director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd Rajesh Vedvyas said the station can serve 300 buses and 3,500 cars daily.

Alka Pande Posted: Mar 27, 2009 at 2233 hrs IST

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a bumper potato crop for the second consecutive year. But unlike last year when the produce had to be destroyed with cold storages bursting at the seams, there isn

LUCKNOW: Several thick government files with yellowed pages are piled up high inside the tuberculosis cell of the state health department giving it the `normal'look of any government office. But the environment hasn't dampened the thinking process of the people working in this cell.