LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) has declared the main road passing through Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan‘s Mohammad Ali Jauhar University campus in Rampur a public road and installed signboards at the university’s main gate stating that it is open for public use, according to news agency ANI.The 3-km four-lane cement concrete…
LUCKNOW: The Rampur Development Authority (RDA) has ordered the demolition of 38 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, founded by jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, saying they were constructed without approved building plans, according to news agency ANI.The move has triggered a political row, with the Samajwadi Party and Congress accusing the BJP government…
LUCKNOW: Siddharthnagar police on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 20-year-old woman from the mud floor of a room in her matrimonial home in Chak Majhari village of Dumariyaganj, after her husband was accused of killing her and attempting to pass the case off as a disappearance.The deceased was identified as Mufidan. Police said her…
Lucknow: The Bahraich Police and district administration were honoured by governor Anandiben Patel for achieving the highest number of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations in UP, a campaign aimed at protecting adolescent girls from cervical cancer.The honour was conferred at a state-level function in Lucknow on Tuesday, where the governor presented a citation to the Bahraich…
Lucknow: To mark World Plastic Surgery Day, a Walkathon was organised by Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences’s department of plastic surgery and burns, at Lucknow Golf Club on Wednesday.The event was inaugurated by chief guest Rajeshwar Singh, Sarojini Nagar MLA and guest of honour was Rajneesh Sethi, secretary of Lucknow Golf Club.Participants carried…
Lucknow: The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University (ABVMU) will soon establish its own medical college with an initial intake of 100 MBBS students.The announcement was made by vice-chancellor Maj Gen (Dr) Amit Devgan during the university’s second convocation on Wednesday. Currently, the university only grants affiliation to medical, nursing and paramedical colleges in the state.Deputy…
Lucknow: Governor Anandiben Patel, chancellor of state universities, on Wednesday directed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University to make optimum use of its infrastructure for academic activities, citing vacant floors and underused facilities.Addressing the university’s convocation, Patel said the seventh and eighth floors of the administrative building were lying vacant, and several rooms on other floors…
Lucknow: Governor Anandiben Patel, who is also chancellor of the state universities, on Wednesday directed authorities of the Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya to upgrade its auditoriums, including the Kala Mandapam, located on the campus, and improve services provided to the students, particularly hostellers.The directions were issued during the annual convocation of the university held at Kala…
Lucknow: Expressing unhappiness over the way the 30th convocation of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) was conducted, the institute’s faculty forum has urged director Prof Radha Krishan Dhiman to ensure that the “dignity and grace” and established tradition of the ceremony are preserved in future.In a letter to the director, the…
Lucknow: Air India Express is set to commence its daily non-stop flight service between Lucknow and Abu Dhabi from Thursday.Flight IX901 will depart from Lucknow at 3.15 pm and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 5.45 pm (local time). The return flight IX902 will depart Abu Dhabi at 6.45 pm (local time) and arrive in Lucknow…
