Uttar Pradesh

Aligarh (UP), May 6 (PTI) Noted Sanskrit scholar at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Prof Khalid Bin Yusuf has passed away after a brief illness, a university statement said here on Thursday.

Prof Yusuf (60) was showing COVID-19 symptoms and had acute pneumonia, his family members said.

He passed away on Wednesday night while being treated at a hospital, they added.

Prof Yusuf was the first Muslim in India to earn a doctorate on Rigveda, as per the statement.

Lucknow, May 6 (PTI) Amid the surge in coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government is providing oximeters and thermal scanners for cows housed in the state's gaushalas'.

That is what a government press release said. But an official later clarified that the medical equipment was meant for people who work at the gaushalas'.

Kanpur: Special kits are required for blood tests like d dimer, ferritin, CRP and LDH. But there is a problem with the supply of these kits. This causes a delay in the doctor reports of the test.

According to available news, the patients have to wait for a week. As the Hallet hospital has been conducting the test with the lasting kits, it causes delay in the test reports.

City's Hallet hospital and a few selected labs conduct these kinds of blood tests which unfold the infection among the patients.

Lucknow, May 5 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh BJP Joint general secretary (organisation) Bhavani Singh died of Covid-19 on Wednesday, party leaders said.

He was 54.

BJP leaders in the state said Singh had tested positive for the virus a few days ago and was admitted to the SGPGI in Lucknow.

But after his condition deteriorated there, he was rushed to a Hyderabad hospital by an air ambulance on Monday, where he died on Wednesday, they said.

Lucknow; 06 May 2021 (UMMN): Based on the results that have been declared, and the leads where counting is in progress, BJP is facing a humiliating defeat UP Panchayat Polls.

BJP seem to have managed to get only 918 out of 3050 panchayat seats – less than one third.

Lucknow, May 5 (PTI) Two people died and two others got seriously injured after an oxygen cylinder exploded during the refilling process here on Wednesday, police said.

The incident took place at an oxygen plant in the Chinhat area of the city, Station House Officer (SHO) Dhananjay Pandey said, adding efforts were on to ascertain the identity of the victims, who died on the spot.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the incident and expressed grief over the loss of lives.

Allahabad; 05 May 2021 (UMMN): While hearing a PIL, judges of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday made the observations that Covid-19 patients dying due to oxygen shortage is “is a criminal act and not less than a genocide”.

The court observed that “death of Covid patients just for non-supplying of oxygen to the hospitals is a criminal act and not less than a genocide” by those responsible for ensuring the continuous procurement and supply of medical oxygen.

Mumbai, May 4 (PTI) Actor Pia Bajpiee on Tuesday said her brother passed away after a frantic search for ventilator beds in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Bajpiee, who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu cinema, took to Twitter and posted an SOS call, writing that she urgently required a ventilator bed as her brother was "dying". She didn't specify if he had COVID-19.

Kanpur: As the water level in the Ganga river is going down during this summer, temporary bandh supports the drinking water supply. Lalmani Tripathi, executive engineer, Jalkal said temporary bandh has made easier availability of raw water from Ganga river.

The water level in the river was measured at 355.5 feet on Tuesday.

The bandh solidified with sandbags was raised up to 110 meters on the Shuklaganj side within 14 days, though it was to get the height up to 200 meters.

Kaushambi (UP), May 4 (PTI) A woman, in her mid-thirties, allegedly committed suicide with her three children by jumping in front of a moving train here on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place in the Saini area, they said, adding the train was going from Prayagraj to New Delhi.

The victims have not been identified yet.

The age of children was stated to be around two, five and 10 years, according to police.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem and probe in the matter is on.