Residents sift through the charred remains of their homes, searching for fragments of their lives a day after a devastating fire in a slum near Tedhipulia in Vikas Nagar, on Thursday Lucknow: Bodies of two sisters, a toddler and an infant, were recovered on Thursday morning after a massive fire gutted over 280 shanties and…
Residents standing in the queue to collect their belongings at the gutted site on Thursday Lucknow: Grief hung heavy in the air as Satish stood frozen, staring at the charred remains of what was once his world—his two little daughters, devoured by the devastating Vikas Nagar blaze.“I wanted to make one a doctor and the…
Policemen stand guard even as onlookers continue to throng the site a day after the fire incident Lucknow: Taking stern action against commuters and onlookers during the massive fire in Vikas Nagar, police have decided to initiate legal proceedings against them for allegedly obstructing emergency operations by blocking key roads and filming the incident on…
Police officials record findings of probe into the fire incident in Vikas Nagar on Thursday Lucknow: Police have begun a detailed probe after a preliminary inquiry revealed multiple possible causes behind the Vikas Nagar fire that gutted over 280 shanties and killed two sisters. According to officials, one of the key angles under scrutiny is…
Lucknow: A compensation of Rs 8 lakh was provided to the family who lost two girls in the fire. Two cheques of Rs 4 lakh each were handed over to the family in the presence of Lucknow East MLA OP Srivastava on Thursday.The fire, which swept through a shanty settlement in the area, left several…
A day after the Vikas Nagar fire incident, a Congress delegation met the victims Lucknow: The Congress on Thursday alleged serious lapses in emergency response and relief efforts following a fire in a slum cluster in Khurramnagar, claiming that fire services reached the spot nearly three hours after the blaze broke out.A party delegation led…
BASTI: An 11-year-old boy was allegedly thrown into a burning tandoor (clay oven) for eating rasgullas during a wedding ceremony, police said on Friday.Police said the severely burnt child was referred to Lucknow Medical College, where his condition is currently stated to be stable.The incident occurred on the night of April 15 during a wedding…
Residents standing in the queue to collect their belongings at the gutted site on Thursday Lucknow: Silence hung heavy on Thursday as hundreds of fire-hit families returned to the ruins searching for pieces of their lives, where once thrived a bustling cluster of nearly 280 shanties.Dwellers from districts like Hardoi, Sitapur, Barabanki and Lakhimpur Kheri…
Lucknow: Under a dark, smoke-filled sky, hundreds of fire-hit families in Vikas Nagar spent a long night without roof, food, or certainty about tomorrow. As the blaze reduced over 280 shanties to ashes, more than 1,000 people—mostly migrant workers from Hardoi, Sitapur, Barabanki and Lakhimpur Kheri—were left squatting on roadsides, clutching whatever little they could…
Lucknow: The students of Lucknow University have been hit by a massive technical glitch on university’s online, Samarth portal.The first year results of MA examinations declared in the second week of April shows incorrect marks of the students, with many getting single digit scores, and many being marked absent despite appearing in the examinations.Meghna Sharma,…
