Panel submits report on 100 skeletons in up
Unnao/Gorakhpur: A committee tasked with probing the discovery of 100 skeletons in a room in police lines here submitted its report to the Uttar Pradesh Government hours after it was set up on Friday. 47 sacks carrying human bones and 74 jars containing viscera were found from a room in the police lines complex. Three former employees had informed that autopsy was done in that room till 1993 and viscera was being preserved till 2008. Of the 74 jars, 58 had labels on them. The oldest was of 1980 and the latest was of 2007. All the 47 sacks stuffed with human bones were labeled. Meanwhile, reports said around 3,000 skeletons and jars of viscera were also found in an old post mortem house in Gorapkhpur.
Arvind Jain appointed as new DGP of UP
lucknow: Arvind Kumar Jain, IPS officer of 1979 batch, has been appointed the new DGP of Uttar Pradesh for a short span of two months with immediate effect. Jain takes over from Arun Kumar Gupta, who retired on Saturday.
Shot in the arm for smart city project
New Delhi: The Government's initiative for creating 100 smart cities achieved a major milestone on Saturday as the various stakeholders came out with the criteria for the way forward after intense discussions at a two-day ‘Consultation Workshop of States and Stakeholders on Smart Cities', which concluded here on Saturday.
Govt appoints OSDs to three union ministers
New Delhi: OSDs to three Union Ministers including Manohar Parrikar, and Private Secretary (PS) to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu have been appointed by the Government.