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Rich get richer, poor get poorer: Sibal’s swipe at PM’s social justice remarks
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the BJP’s commitment to social justice, claiming that under this government…
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10 Uttar Pradesh districts to get Sanskrit medium schools
Lucknow: Ten districts in Uttar Pradesh will soon get Sanskrit medium secondary schools. The 10 districts are Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Shamli, Jalaun, Etah, Amethi, and Hardoi. This is a…
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Allahabad HC asks UP govt to upload OBC panel report on website
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to upload the OBC Commission’s report on OBC reservation in urban local bodies’ polls on the state…
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Yogi to perform Ram Lalla’s ‘jalabhishek’ with water from rivers of 155 countries
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will on April 23 perform the ‘jalabhishek’ of the deity of Ram Lalla with water from rivers of 155 countries, the general secretary of the…
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‘Apologise’: SC to BJP leader for fake news on killings of Bihar migrant workers in TN
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson, Prashant Umrao, to tender an apology for spreading rumours and fake news on the killings of Bihar migrant workers in…
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Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui jailed over ‘conversion’ for 562 days gets bail
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted bail to cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who was arrested in September 2021 on charges of running a ‘mass religious conversion’ racket…
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Row over deity picture on UP DM’s son’s birthday cake
Kanpur: Kanpur Dehat district magistrate Neha Jain is in the midst of another controversy — this time for her son’s birthday cake. According to reports, Jain’s son’s birthday cake had a picture…
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UP BJP to invoke ‘guesthouse incident’ to woo Dalit voters
Lucknow: In the run-up to next year’s Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh is set to invoke the infamous “guesthouse incident” of 1995 to woo Dalits. The UP BJP’s…
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Video: UP man critically injured after touching electric wire on train rooftop
Gorakhpur: A man climbed on top of the Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Gorakhpur super-fast express and suffered severe burn injuries when he touched a 25,000-volt overhead high-tension electric wire with his bare…
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UP: Tariq Mansoor resigns as AMU VC after being nominated as BJP MLC
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor resigned from the post on Tuesday, a day after he was nominated as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Pro Vice-Chancellor Mohammad…
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Hanuman Garhi priest offers his residence to Rahul
Ayodhya: A priest of the famous Hanuman Garhi temple here has offered his residence on the premises of the 10th-century temple to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Mahant Sanjay Das of Hanuman Garhi…
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Three arrested for smuggling rare red boa snakes in UP
Bijnor: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle two red sand boa snakes for sale from Pune to Moradabad. The red sand boa is a snake listed as ‘near…
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UP: 2 doctors booked for Dalit woman’s death, making casteist remarks
Lucknow: Two doctors have been booked in Lucknow for the death of a 45-year-old Dalit woman patient and for using abusive and casteist remarks against the deceased person’s husband when he asked…
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AMU VC, among 6 names nominated to UP Legislative Council
Lucknow: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor and Ram temple construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Misra’s son Saket Misra have been nominated as members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, sources said.…
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UP schools adopt NCERT’s revised textbooks from current session
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the NCERT’s new class 12 history textbooks in which portions about Mughal courts have been removed. “We teach our students using…
