Uttar Pradesh
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Competitions in UP schools to focus on Ramayana
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will host competitions centered around topics related to Ramayana in both basic and secondary schools. The decision is aimed at instilling the ideals of…
- India
SP may finally get Leader of Oppn position in UP Vidhan Parishad
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) is likely to get the position of a Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council in May next year. Since July, the UP Legislative…
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Sachin, Virat, Amitabh invited for Ram temple consecration
Ayodhya: The Ram temple trust has invited 7,000 people including cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, and billionaire industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani to the consecration…
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50k weddings to be held in UP under CM community wedding Programme
Lucknow: Nearly 50,000 weddings are scheduled to be held between December and January in Uttar Pradesh under the chief minister’s Community Wedding Programme. A target of 1,09,883 weddings has been set for…
- India
Security beefed up in Ayodhya ahead of anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition today
Ayodhya: Ahead of the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the local administration has tightened security in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, officials said on Tuesday. December 6 marks the 31st anniversary of the…
- India
Postpone probe into madrasas: UP madrasa board to Yogi govt
Lucknow: Following the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to initiate a probe into the availability of basic facilities and competent teachers at state-funded madrasas, UP Madrasa Education Board Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad Javed called for…
- India
Is the party now over for Mayawati and BSP in UP?
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party has miserably failed to arrest its downslide in politics. The BSP failed to open its account in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana and bagged just two seats…
- India
FIR against Kafeel Khan for ‘objectionable’ content in his book
Lucknow: A case has been registered against Kafeel Khan, a former doctor at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, and five unidentified people over publication of his book, some text of which…
- India
UP: 42 people booked, 9 arrested under religious conversion law
Sonbhadra: The Uttar Pradesh Police has booked 42 people and arrested nine of them for allegedly luring the poor and tribal people to convert to Christianity through fraudulent means in Sonbhadra district,…
- India
‘Burqa’ catwalk: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind threatens legal action, seeks apology
Muzaffarnagar: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a Muslim body, has raised objections to a recent fashion show held in a local college where participants walked down the ramp wearing burqas. The convener of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind in…
- India
UP tables supplementary demand of Rs 28,760.67 cr
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday tabled supplementary demands of Rs 28,760.67 crore, including over Rs 175 crore for various development projects for Ayodhya, for 2023-24 in the state assembly. The…
- India
Teacher arrested for molesting 16 girl students in UP school
Unnao: The head teacher of a co-educational school in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district has been arrested on charges of molesting 16 girl students. The children said the teacher bribed them with candies…
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‘Burqa’ on the catwalk leads to controversy in UP
Muzaffarnagar: The inclusion of colourful ‘Burqa’ in a recent fashion show, held as part of ‘Fashion Splash 2023’ at the Sriram Group of Colleges in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, has created a controversy.…
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UP temple ‘purified with gangajal’ after Muslim MLA’s visit
Siddharthnagar: A temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district was ‘purified’ with ‘gangajal’ after a visit by a Muslim MLA of the Samajwadi Party. Doomariyaganj MLA Sayeda Khatoon had on Sunday visited the…
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UP minor girl abducted, raped for a week in Hyderabad; accused arrested
Ballia: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by a man from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district and taken to Hyderabad where she was raped for almost a week, police said…
