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One suspect held, 5 identified in attack on school van in Lucknow

India, Aug. 5 -- LUCKNOW A day after a group of men, alleged by eyewitnesses to be Kanwariyas, attacked a school van ferrying children in Lucknow's Chowk area, police on Tuesday arrested one suspect, ... Read More


Man on Kanwar Yatra killed in crash near Noida Sec 63; 2 booked for rash driving

India, Aug. 5 -- Two firefighters were killed and three others injured after a wall collapsed on them during a firefighting operation at an electronic chip manufacturing factory in Greater Noida early... Read More


Downpour drenches Lucknow; orange alert for 12 UP districts

India, Aug. 5 -- LUCKNOW For the second consecutive day, the state capital remained soaked in rain as the district recorded 40.2 mm of rainfall (from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm) on Tuesday. With the strengthe... Read More


Glass in mid-day meal: FDA cancels licence of Ghatkopar contractor

India, Aug. 5 -- Days after small glass shards were found in the mid-day meal served to students at a municipal school in Ghatkopar, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the licence of... Read More


Mumbai police clerks suspended for siphoning off rRs.r6.5 cr via ghost salary accounts

India, Aug. 5 -- Mumbai police on Tuesday suspended two staff members for allegedly creating fake service IDs in the name of 10 non-existential police personnel and misappropriating nearly Rs.6.5 cror... Read More


HC allows felling of 847 mangroves for bullet train transmission line

India, Aug. 5 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) to fell 847 mangroves and 196 other trees and divert 3.3561 hectares o... Read More


Gujarat simplifies police verification for passports, ends mandatory station visits

India, Aug. 5 -- Gujarat Police has simplified the passport police verification process by limiting checks to an applicant's citizenship and criminal antecedents while doing away with the requirement ... Read More


Gujarat court convicts 2 for forcing trafficked Bangladeshi girls into sex work

India, Aug. 5 -- A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has convicted two men for trafficking two Bangladeshi girls into India on the pretext of jobs an... Read More


UP greenlights U-Hub to cement state as deep-tech innovation hub

India, Aug. 5 -- LUCKNOW The UP cabinet on Tuesday formally approved the creation of U-Hub, an independent deep-tech innovation and entrepreneurship platform aimed at positioning the state as a leadin... Read More


6 trekkers rescued after losing way in Panvel hills

India, Aug. 5 -- Six young trekkers from Navi Mumbai were rescued from the hills between Uran and Panvel on Sunday evening after they lost their way and called the emergency helpline for aid. Police t... Read More