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With 33 lakh diyas, government eyes new Guinness record this year

LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- Ayodhya is again bracing for another Guinness Book of World Record this Deepotsav as the state government plans to light 33 lakh earthen lamps (diyas) to surpass last year's record ... Read More


'Parents cannot force adult girl to live with them'

PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 7 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that parents cannot seek a writ of habeas corpus to force an adult daughter to live with them against her wishes. Justice Sandeep Jain dismis... Read More


Man, two sisters and niece killed as car collides with dumper, falls into ditch in Muz'nagar

Meerut, Oct. 7 -- Four members of a family, including a 49-year-old iron trader, his two sisters and 14-year-old niece, were killed after the Scorpio they were travelling in collided with a soil-minin... Read More


Shiksha Mitras' honorarium raised from Rs.10k to Rs.18k per month, fund released

LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- The honorarium of Shiksha Mitras in the state has been increased under the Samagra Shiksha scheme. A financial limit of Rs.460.23 crore has been released to cover the honorarium for... Read More


Two UP cops among five held in Meerut for fake-currency extortion racket

Meerut, Oct. 7 -- The police have arrested five people, including two Uttar Pradesh police constables, for allegedly running an extortion racket that duped victims into handing over genuine currency i... Read More


Two get life term for murder conspiracy outside Bijnor jail

Meerut, Oct. 7 -- A court in Bijnor has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for conspiring to kill a former prisoner outside the district jail in 2023, in an attack in which their own accomplice wa... Read More


Mother, 2 daughters killed as truck drags bike for 3km in Mainpuri

AGRA, Oct. 7 -- A woman and her two minor children were killed, while her husband was critically injured after their motorcycle collided with a truck, became entangled in its rear tyre and was dragged... Read More


After his father-in-law's'sanyas', no need to separateAkash from BSP: Mayawati

LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday dismissed claims that her nephew, Akash Anand, faced multiple expulsions from the party, saying that he was never expelled prior ... Read More


Rajnath launches country's 1st indigenous fleet support ship

NEW DELHI, Oct. 7 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched Surya, India's first indigenous fleet support ship (FSS), at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd in Visakhapatnam, the first of five such ves... Read More


Before buying life insurance, ask these 4 questions

Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- The rise in payouts to banks and other corporate agents that sell life insurance has been more than four times faster than the business they brought in. Yet policies sold by banks ar... Read More