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Mercury remains over 40 degrees in several areas of UP

9:09 pm June 9, 2020

Lucknow: The mercury continued to remain over 40 degrees Celsius in several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, the Met office said. Jhansi registered the highest temperature in the state with 42.5 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. The maximum temperature in Lucknow was 39.9 degrees Celsius and the minimum was 27.4 degrees, the department […]

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Chennai bizman sends home UP-based workers by flight

11:23 pm June 1, 2020

Chennai: Anxious to return home after being stuck here with no work due to COVID-19 lockdown, seven workers from Uttar Pradesh boarded a flight for the first time in their life and reached Varanasi on Monday, thanks to the humanitarian gesture of their employer running a packers and movers firm in the city. In a […]

Around 31 L workers returned to UP: Official

Two people die while returning home: UP officials

8:33 pm May 28, 2020

Etawah/Banda (UP): Two people, one on board a special Shramik train and the other travelling on a hired vehicle, died while returning home, Uttar Pradesh officials said on Thursday. Etawah Chief Development Officer Raja Ganpati said a 50-year-old woman, Kita Sherpa, was found dead on a special train going to West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri from […]

No major impact of Ola, Uber drivers' strike in Delhi

Ola resumes services at Delhi airport

8:54 pm May 26, 2020

New Delhi: Cab aggregator Ola has resumed services at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital, a company statement said on Tuesday. Specially trained staff will be deployed at the Delhi airport to perform car fumigation, temperature checks for driver partners and car audit before every pick-up, it said. As part of ’10 […]

Day temperature above 40 deg C at many places in Uttar Pradesh

11:36 pm May 23, 2020

Lucknow: The day temperature at many places in Uttar Pradesh was above forty degrees Celsius on Saturday, the meteorological department said. Some places where mercury rose above the forty mark are Varanasi (40.1 degrees Celsius), Lakhimpur Kheri and Shahjahanpur (41.4 each), Meerut (41.6), Kanpur (42.5), Etawah (42.8) and Churk (43), the MeT department said. The […]