Articles by Gaurav Saigal
Centre slams UP for sitting on Rs 293 crore meant for building toilets
Official statistics reveal only 1.17 crore of 3.29 crore households in UP have toilet facility, forcing 14.82% people in urban areas and 77.13% in rural areas to defecate in the open.
Updated on Jun 06, 2014 08:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Brajesh Kumar, Gaurav Saigal and Rohit K Singh, New Delhi/lucknow
Women-only party with a difference roots for Modi
In the multi-pronged poll war now on in the holy city, two young Muslim girls have created a flutter. They have formed a women-only party claiming 35,000 members and support BJP’s Narendra Modi for PM.
Updated on Apr 20, 2014 02:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Varanasi
Kejriwal's budget for Varanasi fixed at Rs 10 lakh
A 15-foot by 8-foot room, an earthen water pot, ceiling fan to beat the heat at 37 degrees Celsius and volunteers working out their campaign plans on three laptops next to a bunch of brooms – the party symbol.
Updated on Apr 12, 2014 02:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Varanasi
Ajay Rai turns Varanasi into a local-outsider fight
Five-time MLA Ajai Rai, picked by the Congress for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, kicked off his campaign on Wednesday with the ‘local versus outsider’ slogan to counter the perceived wave for his BJP rival Narendra Modi.
Updated on Apr 10, 2014 09:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Varanasi
Ramrati Devi, a champion of organic farming
In Sarpataha village, 35 km from Gorakhpur city, Ramrati Devi is one of the few people who have a pucca house. But that is not the only thing that sets apart this 56-year-old grandmother of two. She is also a model farmer.
Updated on Mar 07, 2014 10:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Sarpataha Village, Uttar Pradesh
21-year-old stands for the need for sanitation
"No toilet at home, so what? We all defecate in the open and so must you." These words from her mother-in-law on April 13, 2012, changed the life of 19-year-old Priyanka Bharti the very first day she reached her husband's house.
Updated on Mar 07, 2014 10:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
UP: Both senior and junior doctors call off strike
Senior doctors in Uttar Pradesh called off their strike early on Thursday after Essential Services Maintenance Act (Esma) was invoked against them on Wednesday. The act includes "essential services" in its charter and prohibits key employees in these services from striking.
Updated on Mar 06, 2014 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Haider Naqvi and Gaurav Saigal, Kanpur/lucknow
After decades of darkness, Vrindavan widows celebrate Diwali
There was a new light in Meera Sahabhagni Ashram, a century-old widow shelter in the 'City of Widows' on Thursday. The women living here, most of them in their seventies, celebrated Diwali for the first time. Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on Oct 31, 2013 09:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Soaring vegetable prices pinch the palate in Lucknow
Vegetable prices are soaring at such a pace that buying vegetables or fruits from local greengrocer is akin to making purchases at international prices.
Updated on Oct 14, 2013 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Rupee slide may inject price rise in healthcare sector
The continuous fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar has had a direct impact on the cost of medical equipment and medicines in the country.
Updated on Oct 04, 2013 09:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Lucknow civil hospital’s modular OT in coma since 2011
With no central gas system and anaesthesia station, docs refuse to perform surgeries in the operation thetre.
Updated on Sep 13, 2013 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Radio cabs to vroom in Lucknow, 12 other cities in UP
After a notification by the state government a few weeks ago, the transport department on Thursday finalised the modalities for the service, assumed to be a safe and comfortable mode of public transport.
Updated on Sep 06, 2013 11:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Shinde supports Amartya Sen’s statement on Modi
Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday seconded Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s statement on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi saying "Amartya Sen is a world reowned economist and whatever he has said must be correct." Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on Jul 25, 2013 07:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Amethi
Big Poorvanchal families swelling UP’S population
Uttar Pradesh has the dubious distinction of being the most populous state of the country.
Updated on Jul 11, 2013 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Lucknow autos take 'passengers for a ride'
Most of them don’t have a meter system in place and they continue to charge arbitrary fares in violation of the prescribed rate list
Updated on Jul 05, 2013 01:27 PM IST
None | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Five north Indian plants’ potential to fight cancer discovered
Bringing a ray of hope to millions of cancer patients, scientists of University of Florida, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio and King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow have discovered anti-cancer properties in five plants found commonly in north India.
Updated on Jun 14, 2013 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Cell towers harm migratory birds' sense of direction
The radiation from mobile communication towers has severely affected the arrival of migratory birds, say experts, pointing to the drop in their numbers over the years. Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on May 14, 2013 04:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Vrindavan widows to celebrate Holi at last
This Holi will bring some colour to the lives of the Vrindavan widows, living on the margins of society forgotten and abandoned by all.
Updated on Mar 22, 2013 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
34% kids have never been vaccinated in Sonebhadra
Sonebhadra, which was in the news for hunger deaths a few years back, is still grappling with another issue - about 34% kids here have never been vaccinated against fatal diseases.
Updated on Feb 26, 2013 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Have a ‘pain-free’ delivery at RML hospital!
Supriya, 28, had an extraordinary smile on her face while holding her newborn in her lap at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.
Updated on Feb 07, 2013 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Scavengers to take holy dip at Kumbh, dine with priests
Come Thursday and the ongoing Kumbh at Allahabad will witness a never-before event when former night soil carriers, considered 'unholy' for centuries, will take a holy dip at the Sangam. Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on Feb 03, 2013 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
TPE meets UP minister, seek help for Tibet's freedom
China’s gesture of friendship towards India is based upon the trade benefits it has to derive out of Indian market and in the garb of trade ties the dragon is basically eying the natural resources, feels the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPE).
Updated on Jan 13, 2013 03:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Lucknow: unwed mom wants to 'donate' her child
It’s a story about an unwed mother and her half courage. Having shown the guts by giving birth to her baby against all advice, she now intends to ‘donate’ her three-day-old child.
Updated on Jan 11, 2013 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
HIV couples drawing ‘positives’ out of life
Parineeta’s husband died of HIV three years ago. The loss was irreparable and anyone would have given up, but this woman -- also an HIV positive -- decided to give life a second chance, Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on Dec 01, 2012 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
15% of 40-plus Lucknowites pre-diabetic
Around 10 to 15% of the city’s population above 40 years of age suffers from pre-diabetes levels of blood sugar, reveals a survey by the Lucknow Association of Practicing Pathologists and Microbiologists (LAPPM).
Updated on Oct 12, 2012 03:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
New toy train: Joyride at Lucknow zoo to get more comfortable
The joyride at Lucknow zoo is set to get better, more comfortable, as a new toy train is to replace the rickety one that chugs along at present.
Updated on Oct 07, 2012 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
HIV down, multi-drug resistant TB new challenge
Though HIV prevalence in Uttar Pradesh has gone down in 2012, instances of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are on the rise and according to experts, will pose a bigger challenge than any other disease in the coming years.
Updated on Sep 13, 2012 11:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
Now, doctors to be taxed on ‘freebies’
Foreign junkets, gifts and even home décor from pharma companies to doctors will now come under the tax scanner.
Updated on Aug 24, 2012 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
With toilets in place, brides return home
No toilet at home, no marriage - this had been the position of three would-be brides.
Updated on Jun 28, 2012 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Maharajganj
Tainted candidate takes to FB for votes
On Facebook, Brijesh Singh, 47, appears with folded hands, looking serious. A majority of the 150 friends on his page have pledged support for him in the election. Gaurav Saigal reports.
Updated on Feb 14, 2012 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow