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U.P. Governor worships 2100 girls

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Kanya Puja has huge significance in Chaitra Navratri. It is performed on the Ashtami and Navami tithi of Chaitra Navratri. It is said in the scriptures that Navratri worship is considered completed only after the worship of a girl child. There is a rule to break the fast during Navratri only after worshiping 9 girls. On the seventh day of Chaitra Navratri, a Kanya Puja program was organized by Prerna family at Gomti Nagar Extension CMS auditorium in Lucknow. In this, Governor Anandiben Patel worshipped 2100 girls. The entire…

Lecture on Thirty Meter Telescope attracts people

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Professor Ishwar Reddy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, delivered a comprehensive lecture on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory in the Ashutosh Pradhan Auditorium of the Department of Physics, Lucknow University. The lecture attracted an eager audience from both the university community and the associated colleges. Interestingly, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is the world’s largest optical telescope which is going to be installed in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Because of the thirty meter mirror installed in this next generation telescope, it has been named Thirty Meter Telescope i.e. TMT.…

Devotees throng in large numbers at ‘Vishal Bhandara’

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: On the auspicious Ashtami tithi of Navratri, a ‘Vishal Bhandara“was organized for Durge Maa at Vibhuti Khand Market near the Police Chowki at Gomti Nagar. The Bhandara began with Maa Durge Vandana, praises of Lord Shri Ram, Pujan, Havan and Aarti. Senior IAS Officer Mukul Singhal and Additional District Judge, Sandeep Tiwari, opened the Bhandara with Prasad Distribution. Renowned litterateur and senior journalist Pandit Hari Om Sharma ‘Hari’ welcomed the devotees by presenting them a chunri of Goddess Durga. Mukul Singhal, Senior IAS, said that the Bhandara evokes feelings…

Lucknow lad cracks UPSC with flying colours

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Lucknow resident Animesh Verma has succeeded in getting selected in the Union Public Service Commission Examination-2023 by securing 38th rank. This is a matter of pride for Uttar Pradesh as well as the people of Lucknow. Animesh Verma’s ancestral home is Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Sarvesh Kumar, father of Animesh Verma, who got success in UPSC examination, is working on the post of Joint Director in the Horticulture and Food Processing Department of Uttar Pradesh. His mother Rekha Verma is a housewife. Animesh Verma did his primary…

Health City Vistaar invokes the supreme being

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: With Health City Vistaar all set to unleash its true potential as a healthcare service provider, experts are eager to see how it adds to the ever evolving space for niche medical care in the city of Lucknow. On the occasion of auspicious Navratri, a Mata Ki Chowki and Prasad distribution were organized. Doctors, staff and caregivers spent a Sunday distributing Prasad from 5 pm onwards. The Prasad distribution and Mata ki chowki event was held at Healthcity Vistaar Superspeciality Hospital & Trauma Center at Healthcity Extension Complex, Gomti…

New Panchkarma Centre inaugurated

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra inaugurated ‘Dr. Tripathi Ayurved Nidanashala and Panchakarma Centre’ established by Rajvaidya Shiv Shankar Tripathi at Saraswatipuram, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow. On this occasion, Principal Secretary AYUSH Leena Johri, Ayurveda Director Dr. Prakash Chandra Saxena and a large number of distinguished guests were present. Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, while addressing the function organized on this occasion, said that India’s oldest discipline ‘Ayurveda’ has its own special significance. Our country has been the origin of Ayurveda. He said that in our Indian system…

Cop shows his humane side

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: If the police becomes more humane in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh will change. Hazratganj Inspector Vikram Singh’s humanitarian work where he gave shoulder to a dead person living on the footpath. A woman earned her living with her husband by living on the footpath on Mirabai Marg. The woman did not even have time to arrange the last rites of her sick husband. Inspector Vikram Singh came to know about the matter. Vikram Singh immediately reached the spot with the police force. He gave assurance of all…

Unique artistic flair

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: “Meghdootam”, a solo exhibition of the artworks of senior painter Raghubir Ambar of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, based on the poetic work Meghdoot of great poet Kalidas recently caught the attention of the city art lovers. A prominent attraction at the city’s Saraka Art Gallery on Mall Avenue, Lucknow the exhibition has garnered ulsome praise from all walks of life. The exhibition was inaugurated by senior poet Naresh Saxena. Raghubir Ambar has given the indelible poetic voice of the great poet Kalidas a visual language of colors and lines and…

LMC makes effort to boost voter turnout

April 20, 2024 Arijit Bose

Lucknow: In Lok Sabha Elections-2024, the date of voting in Lucknow district is fixed for May 20, 2024. In this election, the Election Commission of India has set a target of minimum 70 percent voting. To achieve the goal, Municipal Corporation Lucknow is organizing various activities, making people election literate, communicating locally, organizing forums and awareness programs to create awareness among the voters of Lucknow district. Awareness rallies were organized in various wards of all the zones of Municipal Corporation Lucknow, in which various officials contacted the local citizens and…

Proton therapy OPD for cancer treatment started in Apollomedics

April 19, 2024 Arijit Bose

• First center for proton radiation cancer therapy screening built in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand • India is expected to have more than 15.7 lakh cancer patients by 2025. • The need for better and advanced medical care due to increase in cancer cases. • Apollo Proton Cancer Center is the first and only proton therapy center in the entire South Asia and the Middle East. Lucknow: Now patients will get initial diagnosis and consultation for proton therapy in Lucknow itself. Apollomedics Super Specialty Hospital is bringing a big…