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UP govt docs should serve in dept for 10 years: official

3:44 pm December 13, 2020

Lucknow: Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh completing postgraduate courses will have to give their services in the department for 10 years or pay a compensation of Rs 1 crore, according to an official. The order, issued last Wednesday, reiterated an earlier one issued on April 3, 2017. It said had been cases of some doctors […]

Dry weather in UP, dense fog in some places

3:50 pm December 9, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh witnessed dry weather on Wednesday with dense fog at isolated places, the Meteorological Department here said Jhansi recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state at 30.5 degrees Celsius, while Fursatganj was the coldest at 7.6 degrees Celsius The weatherman has forecast dry weather and shallow to moderate fog at isolated places […]

Adityanath attacks oppn parties for ‘politicising’ farm bills

5:47 pm December 7, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday lashed out at opposition parties for “politicising” farm bills. At a hurriedly convened press conference at his official residence here, the chief minister charged the Congress with indulging in “double speak”. “The opposition parties are betraying the spirit of values, ideologies and principles in politics by unleashing anarchy […]

Reforms needed for development, says PM

1:57 pm December 7, 2020

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that reforms are needed for development, and said some laws of the past century have become a “burden” in the current times. The government believes in all-round holistic reforms, he stressed after inaugurating the construction of the Agra Metro project via video conferencing. “Reforms are needed for […]

UP cop’s live-in partner found dead under suspicious circumstances in Lucknow

11:34 pm December 6, 2020

Lucknow: The body of a 39-year-old woman, who was in a live-in relationship with an Uttar Pradesh policeman, was found under mysterious circumstances inside her apartment in Chinhat area here on Sunday, an officer said. The woman was identified as Mamta, Chinhat Police Station inspector Dhananjay Kumar Pandey said, adding that the body had a […]