woman from Barabanki is seeking custody of a child given away to a couple from Rajasthan by a Lucknow orphanage. The superintendent of the orphanage had submitted to the court that the child was born to a mentally retarded woman and was adopted by them after police verification, but the woman has atest report to prove that she is the biological mother. Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

UP government considering giving out BSP memorials for weddings, programmes

chief Mayawati daring her rivals during election rallies in the past, may now echo with popular filmy numbers. The SP government is giving serious thought to a proposal on "rational use of dalit memorials and their maintenance staff".The proposal has been prepared by Lucknow DM Anurag Yadav on the instructions of a committee constituted by the state government.The committee, presided over by chief...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

IET declared autonomous institution

Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), a constituent college of, has been given academic autonomy by the university. The decision has been approved by the(UGC). Prior to this, Kanpur- based HBTI and Gorakhpur- based Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College were granted autonomy in 2011 and 2012, respectively.Confirming the decision, UPTU pro vice-chancellor DS Yadav said, "IET now has freedom...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

SP keeps 'em guessing about stance on UPA-II

Samajwadi Party may have supported the United Progressive Alliance-II at the Centre on more than one accession in the last four years, but the party seems in no mood to share the anti-incumbency it may attract in the 2014 general elections. This was the message that came across from senior SP leaders on why they skipped Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dinner party in Delhi on Wednesday to mark the...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

Rail traffic hit by protest against dalit minor's murder

affected on the Delhi-Howrah route and officials including an additional district magistrate were injured as locals indulged in stone pelting and blocking of railway track to protest murder of a 10-year-old dalit girl in Firozabad on Thursday. According to reports, the police had refused to lodge FIR when the girl went missing and had asked the family to go and look for her instead of wasting time...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

Civil society seeks security for women activists

Safety and well being of social activists involved in development work in Uttar Pradesh came under focus Thursday when an independent panel of women groups released a fact-finding report on an attack on Dalit women at Lalitpur.Addressing the media here, members of the panel -- retired police officer S.R. Darapuri and women's rights activist Madhavi Kuckreja -- highlighted the pathetic state in which...

Source : Newkerala | 11 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

UP govt plans headcount of labourers, 2.66 lakh registered so far

a bid to ascertain the exact count of labourers, especially those belonging to the category daily wage, the labour department of the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to run a special campaign in the near future and register the labourers - masons, plumbers and scores of other construction workers at the labour hubs in various cities and semi-urban areas of the state.Giving information on this,...

Source : Times Of India | 12 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

2 Bedroom Apartment / Flat for sale in Hazratganj, Lucknow

Well built flat at 1st floor near Nadiya Kinare opposite National College Rana Pratap Margthe average for an Apartments / Flats for sale in Hazratganj,...

Source : Propertywala | 12 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow

Mango variety named after Delhi braveheart

Padma Shri awardee mango expert Kaleemullah Khan has grown a new variety of mango and named it after the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim 'Nirbhaya'.Malihabad is the mango belt of North India and is internationally acclaimed for its mangoes.Khan said he has named the new variety of mango after the gangrape victim as a mark of respect to her.Khan, who is known as the father of mango grafting in India,...

Source : Newkerala | 14 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Lucknow