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Faith cuts through fog as devotees ring in New Year across state

LUCKNOW/PRAYAGRAJ/VARANASI/AYODHYA/MIRZAPUR, Jan. 2 -- The New Year began with a massive pilgrim surge across Uttar Pradesh as dense fog and biting cold failed to deter devotees from thronging major r... Read More


UP Board to make vocational edu a must for Class 9 from 2026

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 2 -- The Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, or UP Board, will introduce a major curriculum overhaul starting from the 2026-27 academic session, which begins April 1, 2026, by making vocationa... Read More


Man killed after being dragged 4 km by speeding car in Mirzapur, three hurt

VARANASI, Jan. 2 -- A man in his mid-twenties was killed after being run over and dragged for nearly four kilometres by a speeding car near Bhuili Khas village under the Adalhat police station limits ... Read More


Magh Mela area declared no-vehicle zone

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 2 -- The entire Magh Mela area was declared a no-vehicle zone from 8 pm on Thursday as the administration put in place extensive traffic and crowd management measures ahead of the Magh... Read More


How a call nailed IRS officerin Rs.1.5-cr CGST bribery case

LUCKNOW, Jan. 2 -- It took just one phone call for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to expose what it describes as a "carefully orchestrated" corruption racket allegedly led by a woman Indian... Read More


Old challenges, new resolutions

India, Jan. 1 -- The new year begins with most of northern India under a blanket of noxious smog that has endangered the lives of millions of people, qualifying it as among the foremost public health ... Read More


Building on the gains, reversing the decline

India, Jan. 1 -- Did anything end yesterday, the 31st of December? Has anything begun today, the 1st of January, that is new, different? Nothing, except the calendar and the diary. Come tomorrow, and ... Read More


Bridging the intent and outcome gap

India, Jan. 1 -- To become a sporting nation, India needs not just athletes or coaches or infrastructure or professional administrators. It needs all of them to come together and make it work like a w... Read More


Emerging multipolar world could be India's moment

India, Jan. 1 -- As the world enters a new year, it is becoming increasingly clear that South Asia's existing models of regional cooperation are no longer fit for purpose. Institutions such as South A... Read More


Indian jails: Prisoners of the caste system

India, Jan. 1 -- In December 2020, as the world grappled with unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines, another form of inequality was exposed inside India's prisons. A journalist, Sukanya Shantha, reporte... Read More