Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh govt has linked 4.25 lakh families — around 34% of identified beneficiaries — with all welfare schemes they are eligible for under the ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign launched in 2024, officials said.Officials said the coverage is expected to rise by nearly 30% once targets under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are achieved.Among districts,…
Lucknow: The govt has asked the state-run institutions to integrate health-related educational materials like ‘My Health World’ and ‘Eat Right India’ into teaching to foster healthy dietary habits and smart lifestyle choices among the children.Director general of school education, Monika Rani, issued directives to include these materials into classroom teaching, morning assemblies, parent-teacher meetings, Bal…
Lucknow: The food safety and drug administration (FSDA) has unearthed an interstate syndicate allegedly involved in the sale of counterfeit medicines, black marketing of govt hospital drugs, relabelling, fake billing and illegal distribution of physician samples.The action, carried out under the directions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, was led by FSDA commissioner Roshan Jacob. A…
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday said her party does not believe in misleading the public through protests, road blockades, vandalism, violence or what she described as “false propaganda” for political gains, as she sought to differentiate the BSP from rival parties and certain Dalit organisations.Her statements came in…
Lucknow: State Agency for Comprehensive Health Insurance and Integrated Services (SACHIS) has trained 800 NABH-accredited hospitals across state to strengthen digital healthcare systems and improve services for Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).SACHIS CEO Archana Verma said the training covered Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission standards, digital health procedures and resolution…
LUCKNOW: In Uttar Pradesh’s biggest crackdown on the fake and illegal drug trade, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has unearthed an organised interstate syndicate allegedly involved in the sale of counterfeit medicines, black marketing of government hospital drugs, relabelling, fake billing and illegal distribution of physician samples.The action, carried out under the directions…
The complainant alleged that the person who executed the sale deed was not the genuine owner of the land. (Representative image) LUCKNOW: Barabanki police have arrested six persons for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 45 lakh by executing a fraudulent land sale deed using forged documents and an impersonator posing as the actual landowner….
Barabanki cyber police have successfully detained four individuals believed to be key players in a vast cyber fraud scheme LUCKNOW: Barabanki cyber police have arrested four persons for allegedly supplying bank accounts to cyber fraudsters in exchange for a 10 per cent commission, uncovering a mule account that was used to route more than Rs…
LUCKNOW: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and threatened by a group of men in a road rage incident in Gorakhpur while she was taking her ailing father to a hospital. A video of the assault, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly shows the woman being beaten and dragged by her hair in…
Lucknow: In Lucknow’s Jankipuram Extension, anger over a waterlogged, pothole-riddled service road has spilled into a protest that is equal parts sarcasm and civic desperation.Residents of multiple apartment complexes have issued a mock invitation to a ‘Keechad Mahotsav’ — a slush festival — naming public representatives and officials as ‘chief guests’ to witness what they…
