Articles by Gaurav Saigal
Poll-time lens reveals decade of transformation in Kashi
The most remarkable facet of transformation is palpable at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) complex post its renovation and expansion as the Kashi Vishwanath Dham.
Updated on May 30, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Varanasi
Modi juggernaut vs INDIA bloc: Kashi poised for ‘tug of margin’
While the opposition seeks to wrest power from the saffron party, the BJP is focusing on increasing the victory margin of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated on May 29, 2024 01:28 AM IST
INDIA bloc getting stronger with each passing phase, says Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai
“Elections are won by winning hearts... Youth are troubled with price rise and unemployment,” says Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai in an exclusive interview
Updated on May 28, 2024 09:04 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Varanasi
All 10 stranded dolphins in safe waters now
Last two stranded Gangetic dolphins in Lakhimpur swam to safety after 48 hours. Mother and calf reached safe waters with help from forest officials.
Updated on May 27, 2024 05:10 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Plight of stranded dolphins makes a splash, spawns rescue op
National aquatic animal of India got stranded in the shallow water of Sharda irrigation canal in U.P.’s Lakhimpur district
Updated on May 26, 2024 05:08 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Kalanamak rice bowl sees grain concern sprout in poll season
Much of the Kalanamak rice that farmers harvested last year is awaiting customers and the growers feel it needs an MSP push but they say they don’t know whether their concerns are part of any manifesto.
Updated on May 25, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Siddharthnagar
Political choice has a benefit quotient in aspirational districts of UP
Politicians and parties have a different take on campaigning in these districts - they call it the “beneficiary connect”, which is high on their agenda. Siddharthnagar, one of the 8 aspirational districts in UP, has 1,19,527 Ujjwala beneficiary families who got wood stoves replaced with LPG system
Updated on May 23, 2024 09:38 AM IST
Farmers in Barabanki transforming their fortunes amidst political apathy
Politicians pass through rural pockets in Barabanki while campaigning for the Lok Sabha election and plan novel methods to attract voters, but they rarely visit fields full of innovation.
Updated on May 18, 2024 05:08 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Barabanki
Washing machine hasn’t worked for Modi: Supriya Shrinate
In conversation with Hindustan Times, Congress’ social media chairperson, party national spokesperson and member CWC Supriya Shrinate feels people want change and the BJP will be pulled down drastically in Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on May 12, 2024 07:10 AM IST
Unnao Lok Sabha constituency: Thousands face water woes but their plight unfit for political consumption
Children in Makur village, Unnao, face the daily struggle of drinking contaminated water due to high fluoride levels, leading to health issues.
Updated on May 11, 2024 05:12 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Unnao
Villagers in eye of the tiger, politicians miss the point
Campaign trail grows cold in tiger country as candidates hardly visit places at the epicentre of the man-animal conflict compounded by people encroaching on forests.
Updated on May 09, 2024 05:28 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lakhimpur Kheri
Barabanki: In the land of progressive farmers, key contestants in race to be first-time MP
Barabanki goes to polls on May 20. The Bahujan Samaj Party won the seat in 2004, the Congress in 2009 and the BJP twice in succession in 2014 and 2019.
Updated on May 05, 2024 05:20 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
‘Promise metro rail in old city area’, says Ravidas Mehrotra, SP’s Lucknow candidate
“I am contesting against an MP who never spent a night in his constituency. I am a resident of Lucknow, and he (Rajnath Singh) is not. Lucknow residents had even put up posters ‘Lapata Sansad’ (missing MP) during Covid pandemic when patients were looking for him and could not find him.”
Published on Apr 30, 2024 11:42 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Bahraich: Ghaghra’s wrath yatra fails to find poll resonance
Villagers here know that in a few weeks from now as the political temperature goes down with the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, the Ghaghra will swell amid the rains and eat up more land of theirs, push them even farther from the present riverbank and compel them to find a new place for their huts.
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 06:02 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Bahraich
Lok Sabha polls: Villagers here demand mobile connectivity for electoral support
Residents of Amba and several other remote villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district say life is incomplete without network
Updated on Apr 26, 2024 04:41 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Bahraich
Awareness campaign: People ‘educated’ to vote for OPS
This issue connects over 15 lakh families of state and central employees in UP who joined service after the new pension scheme was implemented, says a state employee
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 08:06 AM IST
KGMU doctors give fresh lease of life to U.P. man after iron rod pierces his heart ‘through and through’
The incident took place when Mannelal was working on an under-construction toilet at his home at Durgapur, in Sultanpur district on March 27. The roof came down and an iron rod pierced his body.
Updated on Apr 09, 2024 06:22 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Candidates take the digital route to engage with voters
Social media influencers and messaging apps have become the preferred means for candidates to engage with voters
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 09:18 AM IST
Saving Rhinos: To prevent inbreeding, UP rhinos set to woo partners in Nepal
In first ever initiative Rhinos from DTR will be left to wander along Indo-Nepal border to mate with Rhinos from Nepal to change bloodline for lineage.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 08:30 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
From ‘Nimbooie’ to ‘Jataun’, Indian butterflies get Hindi identities
Uttar Pradesh hosts over 200 butterfly species, but all of them had names given by the British, just as the others found in India. This is the first time that names have been given in Hindi after research.
Published on Mar 14, 2024 01:33 PM IST
Shrouded in callousness: One error, two families and twice the pain
As a result of the post-mortem house staff in Lucknow calling out just the first name of a deceased woman, wrong body handed over, one family has to do cremation twice, the other gets only ashes
Updated on Mar 06, 2024 10:59 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Leopards grow 17% in U.P; actual number may be more
U.P. falls in Shivalik Hills and Gangetic Plains (SHGP) landscape of the national forest regime, which also includes Bihar and Uttarakhand.
Published on Mar 01, 2024 07:34 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Lucknow docs craft comprehensive guide for paediatric trauma care
Touted as SE Asia’s first, the manual, that is being shared with doctors across the country, is a ready reckoner on handling queries related to trauma cases in children
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 06:00 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Solar power to illuminate Lucknow’s health centres
In Lucknow, Itaunja (2,398 deliveries), BKT (1,523 deliveries), NK Road (168 deliveries), Kakori (1,850), Gosaiganj (2,163), Chinhat (856), and Mal (2,814) health centres will have solar panels installed for generating solar power.
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 09:16 AM IST
Going digital: Trial run for paperless OPD in four Uttar Pradesh hospitals
The Lok Bandhu Raj Narain hospital, along with Balrampur, Avantibai (women’s), and Jhalkaribai (women’s) hospitals, are piloting this paperless system for patients.
Published on Feb 25, 2024 04:55 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
From action to inaction, the curious case of Jankipuram’s trauma centre
A trauma centre was started in the strategic location of Jankipuram Extension in July 2023 to cater to road accident victims as it is close to Lucknow-Sitapur highway. But being ill-equipped and short-staffed, it has failed to serve its purpose and functions merely as a clinic to treat common ailments.
Updated on Feb 13, 2024 08:12 AM IST
BRD hosp cardiology unit dismantled, dealing a big blow to locals
The cardiologist working here was transferred and was not replaced. Doctors here do attend to all patients, including those with heart problems, but only up to a limit beyond which they refer patients to other hospitals.
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Trauma centres to get shot in the arm, integrated labs on cards in UP
The state government has proposed that trauma centres, which number over 48 at present, will be upgraded to level one (200-bed facilities)
Published on Feb 05, 2024 10:21 PM IST
Reviving Lucknow’s ecosystem: 108 wetlands set for restoration
“Lucknow has 1370 wetlands identified via remote sensing, and among these, 108 have been earmarked for restoration work, for now,” said Prof Venkatesh Dutta.
Published on Feb 02, 2024 10:37 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Govt identifies 120 CHCs with low admission rate, less or no doctors
Parametres such as less than 1,000 out-patients in a month, less than 50 deliveries or 75 admissions in a month, and one or no medical officer deployed or where specialists are posted without their need were considered to make the list, “CHCs are significant to ensure health services reach people in rural areas
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 07:40 AM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow