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Yogi govt to present its largest-ever budget
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will present its annual budget — largest ever — for 2023-2024 in the state Assembly on Wednesday. State Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that…
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UP BJP leader appears for Class 12 exam at 55
Lucknow: Former BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra, a.k.a Pappu Bhartol, from Bareilly is taking his intermediate examination (Class 12) at the age of 55. The two-term MLA said that he believes that there…
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IAS officer who took on Azam Khan, gets extension
Lucknow: Aunjaneya Kumar Singh, the IAS officer who took on senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan, has been given a one-year extension by the Centre to continue in Uttar Pradesh. The…
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MLA Abbas Ansari’s wife sent to police custody for ‘illegally’ meeting husband in jail
Lucknow: A court here on Thursday remanded Nikhat Bano, the wife of Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, in police custody for three days. Nikhat Bano was arrested on February 10 for illegally…
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Hindus allowed appealing for survey of Teele Wali Masjid in Lucknow
Lucknow: The court of additional district judge-I (ADJ-I) Prafull Kamal has allowed Hindu litigants to appeal in a lower court for a survey of the Teele Wali Masjid in Lucknow. The ADJ…
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UP: UCC, Gyanvapi on agenda in Muslim personal law board meet; Owaisi to attend
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLA) has called for an Executive Committee meeting tomorrow in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow. The meeting is believed to be convened to discuss…
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I struggled, says Siddique Kappan after coming out of jail
Lucknow: “I struggled,” Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan said minutes after he walked out of jail on Thursday to camera crews, a small curious crowd and to his wife and teen son, waiting…
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2nd T20I: It is a shocker of a wicket, Hardik criticises ‘spin-dominating’ Lucknow pitch
Lucknow: Though India registered a nervy six-wicket win over New Zealand in the second T20I, captain Hardik Pandya criticised the ‘spin-dominating’ pitch here, calling it the shocker of a wicket and not…
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India vs New Zeland 2nd T20
Lucknow: Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the 2nd T20 cricket match between India and New Zealand at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana cricket stadium, in Lucknow, Sunday,…
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AirAsia flight aborts take-off after suspected bird hit at Lucknow airport
Lucknow: A Kolkata-bound AirAsia flight aborted its take-off after a suspected bird hit at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here, officials said. “The pilot of an AirAsia flight aborted take-off after…
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Lucknow house collapse: Rescue operations end, 3rd body retrieved
Lucknow: The rescue operations in the house collapse incident here have finally ended with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams retrieving a body of…
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Lucknow building collapse: Around 12 rescued, search operations underway, say officials
Lucknow: Around a dozen people who were trapped after a four-storey residential building collapsed in Lucknow’s Hazratganj on Tuesday have been rescued and a search is on for others, officials said here.…
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Dreaded Bihar criminal held in Lucknow
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested self-proclaimed chieftain of banned outfit ‘Azad Hind Fauj’, which was active in Bihar’s Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Motihari, and Muzaffarpur districts. The accused, Nitesh…
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Woman with backpack – How a pic is changing her life
Lucknow: Someone clicked a picture of a burqa-clad woman, with a Swiggy backpack, walking down a road in Lucknow and posted it on social media. The photograph went viral within hours and…
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‘Madrasas open for students of all faiths’
Lucknow: UP State Madrasa Education Board chairman, Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, has said that students of every faith have the right to get education in state madrasas. He said, “Madrasas impart modern…