Lucknow: As hot weather conditions intensified on Thursday, Banda stood the hottest in the country at 44.4 degrees Celsius, 3.9 units above normal.In fact, many cities of UP, including Lucknow, recorded their hottest day of this summer season. There will be no let-up in the situation in the coming days.Not just Banda, most parts of…
Deepali Kannoujia, student of Study Hall, secures 95% in CBSE Class 10 Lucknow: Lucknow girl Deepali Kannoujia is on cloud nine after the declaration of CBSE Class X results. Daughter of a washerwoman, Deepali has scored 95.2% marks.It’s another milestone for the girl in her young academic journey. In 2024, Deepali, a student of Study…
Lucknow: The UP forest department has prepared a plan to check man-monkey conflict, which includes both short-term and long-term measures, said minister of state for environment, forest and climate change (independent charge), Arun Kumar Saxena on Thursday.He said that coordination committees, headed by DMs, have been constituted for the purpose. “Field officials have been asked…
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…
