Lucknow: As many as 701 students from SC/ST and OBC categories, studying at special coaching centres run by social welfare department, have been selected in various competitive examinations for govt jobs since 2017.Of these students, 48 were selected in examinations conducted by the Union and state public service commissions..The social welfare department is operating eight…
Lucknow/Puri: The UP tourism department showcased the state’s unique charm, rich heritage and cultural vibrancy at the 40th annual conference of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) underway in Puri. Themed ‘Rejuvenate Inbound @2030′, the event brought together nearly 1,000 participants, including tour operators, travel media representatives, hotel industry professionals and policymakers.The UP tourism…
Lucknow: Car-borne miscreants opened indiscriminate firing on a hotelier allegedly over a business rivalry near Alambagh bus stand around 2am on Friday, police said.One of the bullets grazed past his temple. He was admitted to hospital where his condition was said to be stable. As per reports, Prashant Rai of Gazipur district went to Alambagh…
Lucknow: A day after taking him into custody, the Gomtinagar police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly raping his two minor stepdaughters for several months after they made a distress call to the women’s helpline 1090 and narrated their ordeal. Their mother, instead of supporting them, allegedly beat both the sisters and later absconded.“The…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that a developed Uttar Pradesh with good governance can only be achieved if the state’s judicial system is “smooth, quick and accessible”.Addressing the 42nd session of the Judicial Service Association of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow, the CM announced a corpus of Rs 50 crore for the association…
Varanasi: Prof Hareram Tripathi (58), the vice-chancellor of Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek (Nagpur) and his wife Badami Devi (52) were killed when the SUV they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck in Mau early Saturday morning.Prof Tripathi, who was the former VC of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, was coming from Nagpur and…
Lucknow: INDIA bloc vice-presidential nominee B Sudershan Reddy on Saturday came under fire from an aggressive UP BJP, which joined the chorus to accuse the former Supreme Court judge of being supportive of the naxal and maoist ideologies while bolstering the agenda of the left and the Congress.The state unit released a video accusing Reddy…
Lucknow: The Sitapur police have come under fire after submitting an investigation report that included the statement of a man who had died two years earlier.The lapse was exposed during a corruption case hearing against Hindora gram pradhan, Shyama Devi, accused of taking bribes in 2020 for allotting PM Awas Yojana houses.Sub-inspector Ramdular Rawat, the…
Kanpur: A 21-year-old BBA student was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while returning home from college. They knocked her to the ground and tore the flesh from her cheek. The incident took place on Aug 20, but came to light on Saturday.Hearing her screams, nearby people chased the dogs away with sticks. She…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday questioned the very idea of the bill to remove jailed Prime Minister, chief ministers and said no SP MP would be a part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that has been constituted to deliberate on it. The announcement came shortly after the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool…
