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Govt relaxes key sugar import norm amid rising retail prices

NEW DELHI, Aug. 26 -- The government has relaxed a key condition on duty-free imports of 1 million tonnes of raw sugar, giving refiners up to two months from the date of filing the bill of entry to pr... Read More


Lifelong free bus rides for elderly women

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved the 'Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yojana', providing lifetime free travel across all public buses operated by the Uttar Pradesh State... Read More


Upsets continue to galore in AITA U-16 Championship Series

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- The AITA Championship Series Under-16 at the SDS Tennis Academy on Tuesday produced a day of dominant displays and surprising upsets as Uttar Pradesh talent stamped its authority a... Read More


'One lakh youths to get govt jobs in six months'

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- With the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections just months away, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that his government would distribute appointment letters to one lakh yout... Read More


Let them work: SC on plea over CJP stir probe panel

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC), headed by its former judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, should be allowed to conduct its inde... Read More


Kharge, rahul write to Modi on caste format in census form

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to amend the open-ended format for c... Read More


K'taka hands over probe into death of three from TN in firing to CID

Bengaluru, Aug. 26 -- The Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred the investigation into the death of three persons in a firing incident involving forest department personnel in the Cauvery Wildli... Read More


CBSE OSM glitches: SC closes plea, says revaluation will open 'Pandora's Box'

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed a petition over glitches in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)'s On Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class 12, observing that perm... Read More


Heavy rain lashes Varanasi, triggers waterlogging in many areas

VARANASI, Aug. 26 -- Heavy rains, which started in Varanasi on Monday evening, continued overnight, leading to waterlogging in various localities of the city. According to the Indian Meteorological De... Read More


MBBS, BDS internship stipend hiked to Rs 25K

LUCKNOW, Aug. 26 -- Accepting medicos' demand to hike their monthly internship allowance, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday doubled the stipend of MBBS and BDS students in government medical colleg... Read More