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Eyeing social engineering revival, Mayawati plays Brahmin card

Lucknow, Feb. 26 -- In a sign that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati is looking to revive her 2007 "social engineering" formula (Brahmin-Dalit alliance) to regain lost ground in the 2027 Uttar ... Read More


Digital census: Data to be collected via mobile app, 33 key questions

LUCKNOW, Feb. 26 -- A meeting of municipal corporation officers was held under the chairmanship of Sheetal Verma, director (census) and Anuj Jha, director (local bodies), on Wednesday to review prepar... Read More


State offers stamp duty relief to attract top universities

LUCKNOW, Feb. 26 -- The UP government has notified wide-ranging stamp duty exemptions for setting up multidisciplinary educational and research universities (MERUs), select foreign and top-ranked Indi... Read More


400 extra buses, cash incentives for UPSRTC staff

LUCKNOW, Feb. 26 -- The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has pegged its Holi rush management strategy to a performance-linked incentive scheme, announcing cash rewards for drive... Read More


Five-day UP BarCouncil voting in Lucknowfrom March 11

Lucknow, Feb. 26 -- The high-power election committee of the Supreme Court on Wednesday approved for the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh election in Lucknow from March 11 to March 15. The voting will tak... Read More


NDA's defeat margin would surge the more PM visits TN, says Stalin

Chennai, Feb. 26 -- The upcoming assembly election is a battle between Tamil Nadu and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), chief minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday, while criticising Prime Minis... Read More


Anil Ambani's Pali Hill house attached by ED

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday it has attached the Palli Hill residence, valued at Rs.3,716 crore, of industrialist Anil Ambani in its money laundering probe ... Read More


ncert apologizes for chapter, to be rewritten

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday said it will put the circulation of a new Class 8 Social Science textbook on "strict hold" on the d... Read More


HC quashes charges against Hooda, AJL

Chandigarh, Feb. 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday quashed criminal charges against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the pu... Read More


SC stays criminal proceedings in ED case against Hemant Soren

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted reprieve to Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren by staying the trial proceedings against him in a case lodged by the Enforcement Director... Read More