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CS SP Goyal on leave, APC Deepak Kumar gets charge

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal has gone on leave due to health reasons, and agriculture production commissioner (APC) Deepak Kumar has been assigned charge of a... Read More


Years later, infra gap weighs in on rlys' baggage weight rule

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- Seven years after it was introduced, the Railways' directive of 2018 to regulate baggage weight akin to airport protocols, is yet to be implemented. While the rules officially exis... Read More


Rs 6.43 crore tax scam busted in Ayodhya

Ayodhya, Aug. 20 -- The State GST team has uncovered a fraudulent input tax credit (ITC) claim of Rs.6.43 crore in Ayodhya. A bogus firm, registered in October 2024 under the guise of garment trade bu... Read More


Kanpur SDM relieved after old CCTV clip surfaces online

KANPUR, Aug. 20 -- Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Sadar Auraiya Rakesh Kumar here was relieved of his charge and attached to the collectorate after a CCTV footage, reportedly from 2024, surfaced on s... Read More


9k fake beneficiaries identified under PMAY; CDO confirms recovery, probe

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 20 -- Nearly 9,000 cases of fraud have been detected in which people owning double-storey houses obtained government aid by submitting fake documents in Prayagraj's Shankargarh block.U... Read More


Sambar deer strays into railway station premises, rescued

Rudrapur, Aug. 20 -- A stray sambar deer that had strayed into the premises of Lalkuan railway station in Nainital district was rescued on Monday evening after a joint operation by forest officials an... Read More


Uttarakhand: Boy dies after boulder crashes into his house

Pithoragarh, Aug. 20 -- A 12-year-old boy was killed and four members of his family were injured after a massive boulder crashed into their house in Pithorgarh district on Tuesday, officials said. The... Read More


'Another govt school's roof collapses due to rain, no injury reported'

Jaipur, Aug. 20 -- The roof of another government school building in Tonk collapsed on Tuesday due to heavy rainfall when at least 25 students were giving test in the next room, officials familiar wit... Read More


Centre approves Rs.1.5k-cr for airport at Kota-Bundi

Jaipur, Aug. 20 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the Airports Authority of India's proposal to develop a Greenfield Airport at K... Read More


UP Govt, UK FCDO launch joint Chevening scholarship

LUCKNOW, Aug. 20 -- The Uttar Pradesh government and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), UK, signed an agreement in the presence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday to lau... Read More