Uttar Pradesh

Covid: 45 more deaths, 222 new cases in Uttar Pradesh

10:33 pm June 27, 2021

Lucknow: The COVID-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose to 22,518 on Sunday with 45 more fatalities, while 222 new cases pushed the infection tally to 17,05,596, according to an official statement issued here. Of the fresh fatalities, six deaths each were reported from Lucknow and Allahabad, followed by five in Kanpur, the statement said. […]

COVID-19: 121 active cases in Noida, 80 in Ghaziabad

11:51 pm June 21, 2021

Noida/Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases on Monday while neighbouring Ghaziabad had just two new infections, official data showed. The number of active cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar now stands at 121 while it was 80 in Ghaziabad, according to Uttar Pradesh’s Health Department data for a 24-hour period. The […]

Jitin Prasada meets CM Adityanath, seeks his ‘blessings’

8:53 pm June 19, 2021

Lucknow: Former union minister Jitin Prasada, who recently switched from the Congress to the BJP, on Saturday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here and said they discussed issues related to strengthening the organisation. “I met the chief minister and sought his blessings,” said Prasada who arrived in his home state Uttar Pradesh for […]

Strictly regulate open borewells; punish guilty including relatives: NDRF after Agra rescue

11:59 pm June 14, 2021

New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Monday appealed to state governments and district authorities to ”strictly regulate” open borewells in their areas and punish those who flout the rules and endanger innocent lives. NDRF Director General S N Pradhan said this on his official Twitter handle after a 3.5- year-old boy, who got stuck in a […]

Oxygen Express: Over 30,000 tonnes of LMO delivered

11:45 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: Oxygen Express trains have crossed the milestone of delivering 30,000 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen across the country, the railways said on Sunday. The service was started in the wake of a severe second Covid wave and these trains had started deliveries on April 24 in Maharashtra with a load of 126 tonnes. […]