Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati emphasised holding “small-level” meetings with Bahujan communities and motivate them to assume governance and become “ruling class like it is in UP”.Mayawati is reviewing the party’s organisational set-up in states preparing for Assembly elections early next year. Having reviewed UP unit on Sunday, she took up review of the Uttarakhand…
Lucknow: As the world celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, UP govt has asked all state-run upper primary, composite schools, including Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, to constitute Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Clubs.According to the directives issued by director general of school education (DGSE) Monika Rani, the MHM Club will organise fortnightly meetings to disseminate…
Lucknow: For generations, menstruation arrived with little warning for many girls — often accompanied by confusion, anxiety and whispered explanations at home. But smartphones and social media seem to have changed the norm, finds a study undertaken by Queen Mary Hospital’s Centre of Excellence for Adolescent Health and Development.Noting that the city’s Gen Z girls…
Lucknow: Celebrating the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, UP govt has decided to expand the Swachh Garima Vidyalaya initiative across 7,004 govt and aided schools in all 75 districts of the state.Launched in Aug 2022 as a pilot in one government girls’ inter college per district, the initiative — implemented in collaboration with Unicef — aimed…
Lucknow: A major power disruption hit the state after nine power generation units with a combined capacity of 4,302 MW were shut down during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, triggering outages in several districts.According to the Uttar Pradesh State Load Dispatch Centre Ltd (UPSLDCL), the shutdowns occurred across thermal power stations at Rosa,…
Lucknow: More than 18.86 lakh complaints linked to power supply disruptions were lodged across Uttar Pradesh in just 55 days (peak summer demand) on power emergency helpline 1912 — a concern that was discussed during UPPCL chairman’s review meeting of all discoms on Tuesday.Data presented in the meeting showed that between April 1 and May…
Lucknow: A man allegedly killed a stray dog in a brutal manner in Lucknow’s Nigohan area, prompting outrage among locals and animal lovers after a video of the incident surfaced on social media, police said on Wednesday.According to separate complaints submitted by villagers and an NGO, the incident took place on Tuesday. The accused, Ballu…
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on BJP govt over the ongoing electricity crisis in the state, alleging that it “completely ruined” the power sector and was misleading the public rather than addressing the shortage.In a statement, Akhilesh said the public would “completely wipe…
Golu Jaiswal (L) and Suraj Jaiswal (R) LUCKNOW: Three youths drowned in the strong currents of the Ghaghra river while bathing with two friends in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district on Wednesday afternoon. Villagers managed to rescue two of the five youths, while three were swept away by the river’s strong current near Kodhwa village in…
LUCKNOW: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a Prosecution Complaint (PC) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special PMLA Court at Saket, New Delhi, against M/s Tarbia Education Foundation and three individuals — Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, Vinod Kumar, and Shriom Chauhan — in connection with an…
