Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: The desperate wait for obtaining a driving license prolongs with the extension of lockdown days. The state government has extended the duration in the wake of a spike in the Covid-19 virus. So the disposal of paperwork related to the license has been delayed.

Expressing their views on the delay the officials at RTO anticipated that work-related with the driving license would begin next week. In case of the lockdown does not extend further, the work will start as per the Headquarters order.

Kanpur: What a reversal! Now the roadways buses are made to wait for the passengers for several hours. This spectacle was seen at the busy Jhkarkutti Bus Depot here.

The crowd of passengers no longer stays at the depot. The bus conductor has to wait for more than six hours to carry the passengers. 

Despite waiting for nine long hours the bus passengers for non-air-conditioned buses bound for Varanasi and Gonda were not available. The norm of fifty per cent passengers in a bus seems to be waning.

Kanpur: The weather becomes a little less harsh as some drizzles of the predicted rain took place in the late-night hours here. If we go through the temperature at 3 p.m., it stands at 36 degrees Celsius with hazy Sun. There is also maintaining humidity.

The weather experts have expected the possibility of changing conditions up to five days. There is an indication of fierce storm and rains.

Lucknow, May 1 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday of ignoring ground realties and problems faced by people as the second coronavirus wave ravages the state.

In a statement Yadav said, "Congratulations to the chief minister for getting rid of COVID-19. But, the problem is that he is wearing his old glasses."

Kanpur: The state government has removed Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil Mishra due to his failure in controlling the coronavirus cases. Dr Nepal Singh, deputy CMO, Gautam Budh Nagar, has been made the new CMO of Kanpur.

Arrangements on the part of the health department in wake of the second wave of Covid-19 proved to be inadequate. So his removal was said to have taken place.

There will be no vaccination on Sunday owing to the paucity of the vaccine supply. The shortage maintains on account of insufficient stock. It will continue on Monday, as was reported.

Lucknow, May 2 (PTI) Counting of votes for the panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh began on Sunday morning, an official said.

"The counting of votes will continue till all the ballots are counted. The entire process may take two days," a senior SEC official told PTI.

The State Election Commission (SEC) had said the candidates and their agents will be allowed to enter the counting centres only if they have tested negative for COVID-19 in the 48 hours prior to the commencement of the counting process or taken both doses of the vaccine.

Delhi; 02 May 2021 (UMMN): Kesar Singh Gangwar has died due to Covid-19 on Wednesday. Gangwar was a sitting BJP MLA from Bareilly's Nawabganj constituency.

Lucknow, Apr 30 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said he has tested negative for COVID-19.

The chief minister had isolated himself on April 13 after some officials he came in contact with tested positive for coronavirus. He tested positive the next day.

"Due to your good wishes and doctors' care, I have tested negative for coronavirus. I thank you all for your cooperation and good wishes for me,"Adityanath said in a tweet in Hindi.

During his over two-week isolation, the chief minister carried on his work virtually.

Kanpur (UP) Apr 30 (PTI) A 35-year-old worker at an oxygen plant was killed and two others injured after a cylinder exploded during the refilling process here on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred when cylinders of the Royal Children Hospital were being refilled at the oxygen plant in the Dada Nagar factory area, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vikas Kumar Pandey said, adding the deceased was identified as Murad Ali.

The injured men -- Ajay, a supervisor at the unit and Hariom, a hospital employee -- were being treated at a hospital.

Kanpur: Nothing terrifies more than the deadly virus consuming lives all around. Side by side there is scorching heat that gives a very burning feel if we happen to go out. The weather temperature appears to be rising every day but there is also a forecast of rain in the few days to come.