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3,337 children adopted in last one year: WCD ministry

IP: Anganwadis to be converted to pre-primary schools

8:18 pm October 25, 2019

Lucknow: Anganwadis at the schools under the Basic Shiksha Parishad in Uttar Pradesh will be converted to pre-primary schools from the next academic session, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said here Friday. “Children of three years of age will get admission to Class 1 in these schools. In Uttar Pradesh, this system will be implemented from […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UP Assembly bypolls: NDA gets 8, SP 3; BSP, Congress draw blank

8:42 pm October 24, 2019

Lucknow: The SP turned out to be a major gainer in UP Assembly bypolls, wresting a seat each from the ruling BJP and the BSP, while the NDA got eight, one less than it held, as final results were declared on Thursday for the 11 seats that went to polls this week. The SP wrested […]

SP leader Azam Khan's condition stable: Hospital

Azam Khan’s wife retains Rampur seat for SP

6:29 pm October 24, 2019

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party on Thursday retained its Rampur assembly seat, which fell vacant after Azam Khan successfully fought the Lok Sabha polls with his wife emerging victorious by a margin of over 7,000 votes. Khan’s wife and SP candidate Tazeen Fatma won by defeating her nearest rival BJP candidate Bharat Bhushan. While Tazeen secured 79,043 […]

CBI arrests GST superintendent in Lucknow

6:27 pm October 24, 2019

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a senior official in the GST department in Lucknow for allegedly demanding bribe from a local businessman, officials said Thursday. An event management company owner had alleged that Rajesh Shrivastava, a superintendent in GST department, had demanded Rs 25,000 from him, they said. The negotiation took place in the […]

UP CM Adityanath meets Kamlesh Tiwari’s family

3:12 pm October 20, 2019

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday met the family of Kamlesh Tiwari, chief of a little-known Hindu outfit who was murdered two days ago. Tiwari’s mother, his wife, and three sons spent some 30 minutes with the chief minister at his official residence here. Hindu Samaj Party chief Tiwari (45), earlier associated […]