Lucknow

Lucknow: The Centre’s push to encourage households to shift from LPG to Piped Natural Gas (PNG) is seeing slow adoption in Uttar Pradesh, even as the pipeline network expands across almost every district of the state.The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has been urging consumers to adopt PNG to reduce pressure on the LPG…

Lucknow: The use of AI tools in public administration in India will be effective only when their databases are ‘Indianised’, said experts while addressing a seminar on “AI and New Dimensions of Good Governance,” organised by the public administration department of Lucknow University on Monday.They said that databases should reflect India’s linguistic, cultural, social and…

Lucknow: The Aliganj police busted a gang that allegedly targeted men through a gay dating application, lured them to private locations and then blackmailed them after secretly filming them, forcing victims to transfer money through QR-code payments.Four members of the gang were arrested, while a 17-year-old minor, who allegedly played a key role in luring…

Lucknow: Out of 1,08,935 revenue villages in the state, 95,765 have already been geo-referenced under the Digital Crop Survey initiative to strengthen agricultural governance, govt said on Monday.A spokesperson said based on mapping, digital surveys of millions of agricultural plots have been conducted during both cropping seasons. During the Kharif season, over 53.7 million plots…

Lucknow: Students enrolled in classes IX to XII in schools recognised by the UP Secondary Education Board will not scramble to find textbooks for the upcoming academic year as publishers authorised by UPSEB can now sell books.The publishers on Monday claimed that all 70 NCERT books in 36 subjects are available across the state. UPSEB…

Lucknow: The ongoing LPG supply problem in the city has forced many students and civil services aspirants to return to their hometowns as gas refills are hard to get. Those who stayed back are finding it difficult to cook daily meals. The problem is seen in PG accommodations in Hazratganj, Tiwari Ganj, Chinhat, Aliganj and…

Lucknow: A joint team of the food and civil supplies department conducted a raid at a city resort on Saturday and seized 88 domestic LPG cylinders allegedly stored illegally on the outskirts of Lucknow, officials said.A case was registered against five people, including the owner and manager of a gas agency, under the provisions of…

Lucknow: The Lucknow police commissionerate on Sunday issued transfer and posting orders for several gazetted officers at the rank of deputy commissioner of police.Raveena Tyagi was appointed the new DCP (traffic). She will now be responsible for managing traffic regulation, road safety enforcement, and congestion control in the state capital. Earlier, Tyagi served as DCP…

Lucknow: Children added colour and excitement to the Lucknow Book Fair at Ravindralaya as many young visitors were seen exploring storybooks, comics and colouring books. Stalls filled with fairy tales, comics and activity books attracted children searching for their favourite titles.Mandala art and giant colouring books emerged as the biggest attraction. These books, usually used…

Lucknow: Becoming neither a scientist nor an actor was on his wishlist; it was destiny that got him where he is. Padma Shri Anil Rastogi, senior scientist at Central Drug Research Institute and actor known for his work in theatre and films, spoke about his parallel careers during a felicitation programme organised by Club of…