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The first family of convocation robe makers, in business since 1802, whose academic gowns and convocation robes were worn by the likes of Bhupen Hazarika, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, former Indian prime ministers Chandra Shekhar and Vishwanath Pratap Singh and hundred of other stalwarts, is now looking beyond Uttar Pradesh for sustenance.

There is hike of 5-10% in the revised District Magistrate circle rates in the city, the administration said on Monday. Similarly in semi-urban areas there is hike of 5-10% in residential rates and 10-25% in rates of agricultural land. In rural areas there is hike of 25-30% in rates of agricultural land. The new rates would be made effective from Tuesday.

The high court on Monday declined to stay the selection process of members currently on the Lucknow Juvenile Justice Board. It also upheld the decision of the state government to incorporate the condition in the selection process that the member must belong to the district where the selections are to take place. It further confirmed the state’s incorporation in the advertisement that there must not already be any relative of the applicant in the JJB. The charge of favoritism by state government cannot... Читать дальше...

Reacting to complaints by a user regarding the unavailability of calling lines to 1090, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered on Monday for the number of calling lines and staff at the control centers for '1090' Women Power Line to be doubled.

Samajwadi Party on Monday announced names of 60 candidates, including family members of over 12 ministers and MLAs, for the post of district panchayat chairman, elections for which are scheduled within the next 30 days. The district panchayat chairmen play a crucial role in the election of 36 MLCs slated to be held in January.

Tech Mahindra and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) have jointly acquired controlling stake in Italian automobile design house Pininfarina, wrapping up nearly eight months of talks that focused on valuation.

In its hunt for the big cat that many locals claim to have spotted, forest department tied a bait and set a cage on IIM road on Monday. It was on Wednesday that a caller informed the police control room that he had seen a tiger near Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi Vishwavidyalaya on IIM road. Though the caller could not be traced, Madiaon police has since been alerting the forest department about locals claiming to have seen a tiger in the area.

Visibly upset with non-compliance of its repeated orders for appointment of Lokayukta in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Monday gave an ultimatum to the state government to appoint a head of the anti-corruption watchdog by December 16.

The Maharashtra government has appealed to the Centre to enhance punishment for poachers to 10 years along with a fine of Rs 5 lakh. The existing term under the Wildlife Protection (WP) Act, 1972, is seven years jail term along with Rs 25,000 fine.

In the wake of Delhi government preparing to implement the odd-even registration number vehicles formula to tackle air pollution which has reached alarming levels in the national capital, Chief Minister

Mercury dropped further in the city on Monday as dry icy northwesterly winds continued to lash for the second consecutive day. Visibility dropped to zero in the morning due to thick dense fog. No relief is likely till Thursday as the state Met department predicted cold conditions to intensify in coming days.

He can neither speak, nor hear, but he has the talent of expressing himself through art. Meet Shailendra, hearing and speech impaired student pursuing Masters of Visual Arts from Shakuntala Misra Rehabilitation University, whose painting caught attention of governor Ram Naik, on the campus on Monday to inaugurate the art exhibition. He stopped at one and questioned the student what message he wanted to convey through his painting. It was only when Shailendra started expressing himself through sign... Читать дальше...

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will lay foundation stone of a super-critical power unit in Harduaganj in Aligarh district on Tuesday, in yet another attempt to boost the state's ailing power sector before heading into an election year.

Planning to fly to your favorite destination this Christmas? You are likely to get a fair deal in air fares, thanks to uncertainty in flight operations caused by foggy weather.

Contemporary artist Chintan Upadhyay has not been given a clean chit in the double murders of his estranged wife Hema and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani, even as one of the accused was nabbed from Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Contemporary artist Chintan Upadhyay has not been given a clean chit in the double murders of his estranged wife Hema and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani, even as one of the accused was nabbed from Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

The myth that pradhani elections are not a women’s domain is broken, said Satish Kumar Agarwal, the state election commissioner, in view of panchayat election results announced late Saturday and Sunday. “The results are proof of women empowerment in the state and female leaders are sure to play a major role in the future.”

MNREGS worker 33-year-old Shravan Kumar created history in Malihabad blocks’ 39-Sahijana village panchayat defeating sitting and three-time pradhan Santosh Kumar Yadav. The village panchayat seat is reserved for candidates belonging to other backward castes. In polling held for village pradhan post, as many as 1,567 voters out of 2,052 exercised their voting rights.

Budding specialists and faculty members at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences were asked to take inspiration even from school children. Addressing them on the occasion of the institute's 32nd foundation day function on Monday, chief guest Dr Anil Gupta cited example of Kulsoom Rizvi who has made a chair which corrects the user's posture with the help of sensors that alert when the posture is wrong. The girl's idea was featured by National Innovation Foundation in 2013 and was patented thereafter.

CEO of almost a billion dollar biz quits to pursue opportunities outside as Wipro re-jigs senior deck.

King George’s Medical University, Lucknow reported nine cases of sexual harassment, while 15 were reported by the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and 10 by Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad in the academic year from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.

Reacting to the massive voters’ turnout in the recently held panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, Kisan Manch on Monday said that candidates supported by the Kisan Manch have registered wins in Lucknow division, Faizabad division, Basti division and Allahabad division. Lauding the winners, chairman of Kisan Manch’s UP unit Shekhar Dixit said that all the winners must strive hard to ensure development of the villages.

n an attack on the Smart City project, Saamna accused the Narendra Modi government of hatching a plot to de-link Mumbai from Maharashtra to turn it into a Union Territory. “The project is a move to bring in a new kind of underworld to control Mumbai, a parallel regime,” stated an editorial on Monday.

Students collecting leftover food from their hostel mess after dinner to distribute it to the homeless outside the Lucknow University (LU) or voluntarily cleaning up sections of the university, might soon be a common sight at the university. Not just for community service, LU's proctorial board has formed a Proctorial Campus Management Team to bring students of all sections in LU on a common platform. The 30-member core team of undergraduate students had its first meeting on Monday.

A retired police officer, Ashok Sakat, has run into trouble with the law for allegedly helping his son Aakash evade arrest. The latter allegedly assaulted a constable who had gone to his Ambernath home to nab him. Constables BV Gaikwad and SB Nagargaje from the Shivaji Nagar police station were on patrol duty on Sunday. Around 12.30 am, they saw three youths assaulting a TabCab driver. They caught one of the assailants, Jayesh Sonawne (20), but the other two escaped.