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2 bills tabled in assembly to removeleprosy-linked term from civic laws

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- The state government on Monday tabled the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities (Amendment ) Bill 2026 and Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the assembly. The b... Read More


Akhilesh Yadav alleges large-scale anomalies in SIR, demands EC action

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- Reiterating his allegation of large-scale anomalies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his par... Read More


110 tourism-related projects approved in 3 years: Minister

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- A total of 110 projects have been approved and completed between 2022 and 2025-26, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said in the state assembly on Monday. He was respondin... Read More


Marriage a duty, not contract, in Indian culture, says Bhagwat

GORAKHPUR, Feb. 17 -- Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Monday said that in Indian culture, marriage is regarded as a duty rather than a contract, and that strong famil... Read More


Mission 2027: BSP to rejig its committees, appoint upper castes, Muslims

Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to appoint upper castes and Muslim members to various posts in the district, assembly and booth level committees across Uttar Pradesh to w... Read More


Woman, daughter accused of being Pak nationals, husband blames property feud

Meerut, Feb. 17 -- Amid the accusation that a woman and her daughter are Pakistani nationals and have been living illegally for nearly 30 years without valid citizenship documents under the Delhi Gate... Read More


Retd armyman kills wife, son; dies by suicide in Kanpur

KANPUR, Feb. 17 -- A 52-year-old retired armyman, who was a Kargil war veteran, allegedly shot his wife and 16-year-old son dead with a double-barrelled gun at their home here in Sen Pashchim Para are... Read More


GST fraud nexus busted: 4 held; 15 bogus firms exposed

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- In a major crackdown on GST fraud, a joint team of the Cyber Cell, Surveillance Unit and police from Itaunja police station under the Lucknow Police Commissionerate, has busted an ... Read More


Courts in 18 UP districts in tizzy after fresh bomb threats

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- Heightened security, intensive searches and deployment of anti-sabotage teams across court complexes was witnessed on court premises after they received bomb threat emails, early o... Read More


Tusker tramples elderly priest to death in KWS

Bahraich, Feb. 17 -- Panic continues to grip villages adjoining the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary located on the Indo-Nepal border after a wild tusker brutally trampled an elderly priest to death la... Read More