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No plan for unemploymentallowance in UP: Minister

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Labour and employment minister Anil Rajbhar on Friday ruled out any plan to give unemployment allowance in the state and pointed out that, instead, the government was making effort... Read More


Growing budget size will not benefit people: CLP leader

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Aradhana Mishra on Friday alleged that increasing budget size was a mere pretence. "If there is no expenditure to be done, what benefit does... Read More


Report flags commuter discomfort, incorrect ridership estimate

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- A CAG report on the construction and operation of Lucknow Metro, tabled in the UP Legislative Assembly on Friday, cited major lapses and lack of service for commuters. "In static c... Read More


CAG report: 'UPPCL contributed 45% of total losses of SPSEs'

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Uttar Pradesh government's 39 out of 72 functional state public sector enterprises (SPSEs) earned a profit of only Rs 2169.50 crore while its 27 SPSEs incurred losses amounting to ... Read More


Debt rising amid financial indiscipline, says LoP

LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- Mata Prasad Pandey, Leader of the Opposition in UP legislative assembly, on Friday slammed the Yogi government alleging financial indiscipline, rising debt and the government's fai... Read More


Five students die, three injured in four road accidents

GORAKHPUR/Bahraich/Prayagraj, Feb. 21 -- Two Class 12 students lost their lives in separate road accidents on Friday morning in Deoria and Sant Kabir Nagar districts while on their way to appear for t... Read More


Licence of pvt hospital cancelled over botched cataract surgeries

GORAKHPUR, Feb. 21 -- The licence of a private hospital in Sikriganj town in Gorakhpur was cancelled on Friday after a post-surgical infection following cataract operations left 12 patients permanentl... Read More


Man strangles sister over inter-faith affair, father justifies act

Meerut, Feb. 21 -- A 25-year-old man killed his younger sister in Matavali Patti Jaggu village, in Sambhal district, on Thursday night, for carrying on an inter-faith relationship despite the family's... Read More


Brazilian coaches grace Shaurya Sports Meet

Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- The opening ceremony of the Shaurya Sports Meet 2026 at SR Group of Institutions in Lucknow received a special touch this year with the presence of former Brazilian football coache... Read More


Of ties that bind and also constrain

India, Feb. 21 -- Admirers of Banu Mushtaq's International Booker-winning Heart Lamp will enjoy Salma's Dark Hours of the Night, translated from the Thamizh by GJV Prasad. Originally published in 2006... Read More