Times News NetworkKanpur: Devotees on Wednesday observed Guru Purnima with great enthusiasm. They reached Ganga Ghats and took bath and offered their prayers.Guru Purnima is a traditional festival celebrated to honour teachers expressing gratitude and paying respect to them. It is observed on the full moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashadha.Scores of…
Times News Network Kanpur: Around 10 kutcha houses collapsed in Ravi Nagar locality of Jajmau following heavy rain on Tuesday evening, triggering panic among residents and prompting a large-scale rescue operation by the district administration, Fire Brigade and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).Though initial reports suggested that more than two dozen people were trapped…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Aheadof the commencement of the holy month of Shrawan on July 30,District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh on Tuesday visited the renowned Anandeshwar Mahadev Temple in Parmat to review the arrangements being made for the convenience and safety of devotees.During his visit, Singh conducted an on-site assessment of the facilitiesavailable for pilgrims and…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Problems of poor sanitation, encroachment, drainage and inadequate street lighting dominated discussions at a zone-4 review meeting convened by mayor Pramila Pandey on Friday to assess development works and civic issues in municipal wards.During the meeting, corporators highlighted several problems affecting residents, including poor sanitation, encroachments on public land, clogged drains and…
Kanpur: Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey on Wednesday held a review meeting with Zone-3 corporators and officials of the engineering, revenue, health, water works, street lighting and horticulture departments to assess development works and address civic grievances.The Mayor said corporators would present details of works carried out in their wards over the past year, while officials…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Continuing their weekly environmental drive, members of Kanpur Ploggers carried out a cleanliness and plantation campaign at the Lakhanpur Green Belt on Sunday. The volunteers removed nearly 50 kilograms of non-bio-degradable waste from the area before planting around 100 saplings to enhance the city’s green cover.The campaign began with a plogging exercise…
Times News NetworkKanpur: During a meeting with the municipal commissioner and zonal officers of Kanpur Municipal Corporation here on Friday mayor Pramila Pandey expressed strong displeasure over delays in the issuance of birth and death certificates.She said the people face considerable difficulties in obtaining birth and death certificates, but the KMC officials fail to address…
Kanpur: A major fire broke out in the revenue department of Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday, prompting a swift response from the fire department.According to the Colonelganj fire station, the blaze broke out around 4.30pm. On receiving information, four fire tenders were pressed into service, and the fire was brought under control within two…
Kanpur: The season’s first major monsoon downpour lashed Kanpur on Friday, dumping 99.8 mm of rain in barely two-and-a-half hours and exposing the Kanpur Municipal Corporation’s claims of cleaning and desilting drains and nullahs. While the showers brought much-needed relief from the scorching heat, they also triggered widespread waterlogging, traffic chaos, road cave-ins and wall…
Times News NetworkKanpur: In view of the recent coaching institute fire incident in Lucknow, a joint security meeting was held here on Tuesday under the direction of Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal. Additional police commissioner (Law and Order) Vipin Tada chaired the meeting.The Police Commissionerate and the chief fire officer Deepak Sharma, organized this meeting with…
