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Mayur Maheshwari joins UPSIDA as CEO

5:49 pm July 7, 2020

Kanpur: IAS officer, Mayur Maheshwari on Monday took charge as CEO of Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Authority at Kanpur. Soon after joining the post, he reviewed several projects being developed by the Authority like TransGanga City, Saraswati Hi Tech City, Kanpur Leather Park among other. He also reviewed the status of investor centric services offered […]

Lockdown: Man cycling from Maha to reach UP home dies in MP

7:41 pm May 1, 2020

Barwani (MP): A 50-year-old man died in Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh after cycling over 390 kilometres to get home from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra to Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, those accompanying him said on Friday. Tabarat Mansoori had gone to Bhiwandi looking for work but could not find any due to the lockdown imposed for the […]

UP: Suspected COVID-19 patient commits suicide in quarantine ward

4:40 pm April 2, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A suspected coronavirus patient allegedly committed suicide in the quarantine ward of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said on Thursday. The body of the 40-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling in the district hospital, they said. The reason behind him taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, […]

Noted Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi claims performance on Qawwali /Sufi music stopped, Uttar Pradesh govt denies charge

Noted Kathak dancer claims performance on Sufi music stopped, UP govt denies charge

1:49 pm January 18, 2020

Lucknow: Noted Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi has claimed that her ‘Qawwali’ performance organised by the Uttar Pradesh government at a private hotel here was “deliberately stopped”. The Culture Department of the UP government, has, however, denied the accusation. Speaking to a news channel, Chaturvedi said, “I was invited by the Culture department of the UP […]

Citizenship violence: Toll in Kanpur rises to 3

Violence in Kanpur, police post torched

10:05 pm December 21, 2019

Kanpur (UP): Anti-citizenship law protestors set Yatimkhana police post here on fire on Saturday and indulged in heavy brickbatting, leading to injury to some people, a senior official said. Police had to lob tear gas shells and use canes to chase them away. Fire tenders were rushed to control the flame. ADG (Kanpur) Prem Prakash […]