Lucknow

Lucknow: A day after the Noida International Airport at Jewar was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP national president Mayawati, on Sunday, said that the airport would have been completed much earlier, and during her tenure only, had the then Congress govt at the Centre not created “obstacles”.She said that not only the blueprint…

LUCKNOW: At a time when divorce parties are emerging as a new hot invite, a 25-year-old man from Basti celebrated the personal milestone with a unique thanksgiving for the local deity.Making the most of the auspicious occasion of Navratri, the newly-divorced man undertook a 9-km ‘dandawat yatra’ to a local temple to mark the end…

Lucknow: The state govt will start purchasing wheat from farmers across Uttar Pradesh from Monday, with the procurement continuing till June 15.The govt has set a target of 50 lakh metric tonnes, with wheat to be bought at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 2,585 per quintal, Rs 160 higher than last year. A…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Rajya Gramin Aajivika Mission (UPSRLM) joined hands with the sugarcane department on Sunday to empower women by increasing their involvement in agriculture, particularly in sugarcane production.The agreement is aimed at connecting women’s self-help groups with sugarcane-based livelihoods, to boost their income and self-reliance. Currently, there are around 2.9 lakh women among the…

Lucknow: At 7 every morning, when most of Raghunathpur is just beginning to wake, gram pradhan Parmeshwar Pal is already on the move. Driving an e-rickshaw through narrow village lanes, he stops at door after door, collecting plastic waste from households. It is not a task he has been assigned to do. Instead, a task…

Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that in the past nine years, at least 9 lakh people have joined govt services, supporting the state’s growth and strengthening its role in India’s economy.Addressing a programme for distribution of appointment letters to 665 nursing officers at Lok Bhavan, the CM said, “Earlier, the state struggled…

Pilibhit: A 60-year-old woman from Mishra Colony in Pilibhit’s Bhindara village has sought protection from UP CM Yogi Adityanath, alleging harassment and threats from former BJP district president Sanjiv Pratap Singh and his younger brother, Nishant Pratap Singh, who is chairperson of Bhindara Town Area Committee.In her complaint, Devi asked the CM to provide protection…

Lucknow: Forced to place wooden logs inside her home to prevent it from collapsing, a Gomti Nagar resident flagged safety concerns after basement digging on a neighbouring plot affected her house.Parveen Talha (IRS Retd.), a resident of Vinay Khand, said deep excavation on adjacent plots caused soil movement near her foundation. She said she had…

Lucknow: Efforts to strengthen child nutrition services and generate local employment are set to get a push as chief minister Yogi Adityanath will launch several programmes related to child development and nutrition at Lok Bhavan on Monday.Director, child development and nutrition, Sarneet Kaur Broca, said that growth monitoring devices such as stadiometers, infantometers and weighing…

Lucknow: Is India grappling with a silent epidemic of mental health that enables people to cope with the stress of life affecting their abilities of learning and how these relationships are becoming the centre point of a person’s life?This critical issue took centrestage at a workshop organised by the Lucknow branch of the Richmond Fellowship…