Uttar Pradesh

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Bird deaths reported in J’khand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

8:23 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations. In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an […]

UP records 511 new COVID-19, 10 deaths

7:41 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday reported 511 fresh coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 5,94,175. The death toll due to the infection has reached 8,514 with 10 more fatalities being reported in the past 24 hours. It was 8,504 on Monday. The active cases in the state has now come down to 10,560, of which […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

Cold wave, thick fog in parts of UP

7:27 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: Cold to severe cold conditions prevailed over parts of Uttar Pradesh with Kanpur being the coldest city in the state where the mercury dipped to 4.4 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. It said a dense fog to very dense fog enveloped isolated places in the state. State capital Lucknow recorded a minimum temperature […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; test results of Delhi, Maharashtra samples awaited

9:05 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird […]

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UP: SDM ‘caught’ on tape misbehaving with woman during public meet

10:31 pm January 8, 2021

Gorakhpur: In a video that surfaced on social media, an SDM was allegedly seen misbehaving with a woman during a public meet in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district. Nichloul SDM Ram Sajeevan Maurya allegedly misbehaved with the woman of Lahrouli village on Thursday, pushing her away in the presence of a crowd of villagers. The woman alleged that the SDM was trying to give […]