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Slight improvement in flood situation in UP: Officials

8:38 pm August 11, 2020

Lucknow: The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved further, with three districts being dropped from the list of affected places on Tuesday, officials said. On Monday, a total of 19 districts in the state were listed as affected by the flood, however, Mahrajganj, Pilibhit and Siddharth Nagar were removed from the list the next day, they said. Sixteen districts in the […]

800 villages in UP affected by flood

11:08 pm August 9, 2020

Lucknow: Over 800 villages in 20 districts of UP have been hit by flooding and several rivers are flowing above the danger level, the relief commissioner’s office said Sunday. As 802 villages in Ambedkar Nagar, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Barabanki, Basti, Deoria, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Khiri, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Mau, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Santkabir Nagar, Siddharthanagar and Sitapur districts have been affected. Of these, 428 villages have been disconnected with other areas, the office said. Sharda river is flowing above the danger mark […]

Heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala

Heavy rains in UP affect 331 villages, 1.90 lakh people

8:23 pm August 1, 2020

Lucknow: A total of 331 villages of Uttar Pradesh’s 12 districts have been hit by floods and about 1.90 lakh people affected as water levels of many rivers continue to rise due to heavy rains, a state minister said on Saturday. However, no loss of life was reported due to the floods so far. State’s […]

ASHA workers played critical role in COVID-19 management in UP, tracked 30.43 lakh migrant returnees

Over 3 lakh migrants return to UP in 268 trains

8:34 pm May 13, 2020

Lucknow: Over three lakh migrants have returned to Uttar Pradesh in 268 special trains so far, the highest in the country, a senior official said on Wednesday. All migrants are medically screened and given food packets before being sent to home quarantine, Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Awanish Awasthi told reporters. Of the total 3,26,040 migrants, […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

UP increasing testing centres for COVID-19: Adityanath

8:14 pm April 7, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the government is ramping up the number of COVID-19 testing centres in the state, including at the district level, as the coronavirus cases have increased rapidly over the past few days. He said 308 COVID-19 cases have been found in the state as of now […]