Fire extinguisher discovered near Jhansi-Kanpur route (left); railway track – representative image (right) KANPUR: In a series of incidents aimed at disrupting train services, a fire extinguisher was discovered near the Holding Line on the Jhansi-Kanpur route between Bhimsen and Govindpuri on Sunday morning. A.K. Bhasin, the loco pilot of the Pushpak Express, spotted the…
LUCKNOW: A preliminary probe into the Thursday’s derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express (15904) conducted by a six-member team of railway officials has found cloth pieces were used with at least 72 elastic rail clips to fasten the rail track. The team blamed the engineering department for the derailment. One member of the panel, however, disagreed with…
LUCKNOW: Deoria district in eastern Uttar Pradesh needed someone to put into practice the IIT Kanpur tagline — “Lead me from darkness to light”. In an extraordinary convergence of talent, the top four helming the backward district now are all IIT graduates. Deoria watches with hope for a brighter future.The key figures responsible for Deoria’s…
LUCKNOW: A 34-year-old woman attempted suicide on Wednesday by climbing an electric pole and grabbing onto a high-tension wire in Gorakhpur. The incident arose from a dispute with her husband regarding her involvement in an extramarital relationship.According to the police, the woman, identified as Suman Devi, 34, and a mother of three, was engaged in…
