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The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Scheme is a centrally sponsored initiative launched by the government in 2004 to establish residential schools at the upper primary level (and now extended) for girls from disadvantaged sections, particularly SC, ST, OBC, minority communities, and those in educationally backward blocks. The scheme addresses gender gaps in literacy by…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is set to create a new benchmark in environmental conservation by planting 35 crore saplings in a single day on July 12 under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign, chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Monday.Addressing ministers, MPs, MLAs, mayors, panchayat representatives and urban local body members through a video conference,…

Lucknow: A WhatsApp message purportedly sent by the son of a prominent Lucknow businessman was all it took to convince an accountant to transfer Rs 18 lakh, exposing what cyber police describe as the city’s first reported case of a “Boss Scam” — a form of business impersonation fraud that exploits employees’ trust in senior…

Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) executive committee on Monday approved measures to strengthen air quality monitoring and curb pollution across the city.Chaired by mayor Sushma Kharkwal, the committee cleared a proposal to install 149 low-cost air quality sensors under an agreement with the Airavat Research Foundation. The sensors will track pollutants such as PM2.5…

Lucknow: A 24-year-old newlywed woman was found dead at her rented flat in Indiranagar. While the husband claimed she died by suicide following a dispute over cancelling flight tickets to Kashmir and booking train tickets instead for honeymoon, police have registered a dowry death case against him and five members of his family based on…

Lucknow: A six-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death with kicks, punches and a metal cooking ladle allegedly by his mother’s paramour, who saw the child as an obstacle to his private moments with the woman, police said.The woman left the body of the boy at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Science on July…

Lucknow: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday submitted a memorandum to the vice chancellor of Lucknow University, Prof JP Saini, seeking stringent action over the alleged illegal collection of money from students in the name of viva voce and practical examinations at an affiliated private college in Itaunja.The student organisation also demanded an…

Lucknow: Doctors at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) successfully removed a rare five-kilogram uterine fibroid from a 30-year-old woman while preserving her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries in a complex surgery.The woman had visited the institute’s gynaecology outpatient department with severe abdominal swelling caused by a large abdominal mass. Scans showed…

Lucknow: The Lucknow Police Commissionerate claimed to have secured the top rank in Uttar Pradesh in the state’s Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS) for June 2026 after scoring 100% in govt’s monthly assessment of complaint disposal.Police also said 50 police stations under the commissionerate also secured a 100% score.JCP (crime), Aparna Kumar, attributed the achievement…

Kanpur: In a blend of nostalgia and reconnection, renowned space sector leader and IIT-Kanpur alumnus Pawan Goenka, chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), will return to his alma mater as the chief guest for the institute’s 59th convocation on July 15.Around 3,100 students will be conferred degrees during the convocation…