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Swachhata for one rupee: Door-to-door garbage drive in Lko under scrutiny in surprise inspections

LUCKNOW, March 18 -- The Lucknow district administration conducted surprise inspections on Tuesday of gram panchayats Semnapur Koryani and Pahad Nagar Tikaria to assess the progress of the "Swachhata ... Read More


Legal challenge mounts against NAINA; villages file first writ petition in Bombay High Court to cancel project

India, March 18 -- Opposition to the state government's Navi Mumbai International Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA) project has taken a legal turn, with five villages under the Chipale Group Pan... Read More


VB arrests panchayat secy for accepting rRs.r15,000 bribe

Kapurthala, March 18 -- The Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested Parmjit Singh, a panchayat secretary from Jhall Bimbri village in Kapurthala district, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs... Read More


NEET-PG 2025 to be held in two shifts, triggers concerns over normalisation

India, March 18 -- The decision by the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) or NEET-PG 2025 exam in two shifts... Read More


Equity, discipline must guide states' fiscal behaviour

India, March 18 -- On Monday, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy expressed his government's inability to pay dearness allowance to government employees because of the precarious fiscal situation o... Read More


Much ado about a Mughal ruler

India, March 18 -- Aurangzeb, the last of the great Mughals, was a divisive figure in his lifetime and later. He died in 1707, devoured by age and a long self-defeating campaign in the unforgiving lan... Read More


NEET-PG 2025 to be held in two shifts, triggers concerns over normalisation

India, March 18 -- The decision by the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate) or NEET-PG 2025 exam in two shifts... Read More


After Trump, the world in 2028

India, March 18 -- Given how different the world is in mid-March compared to mid-January, it is foolish to gaze into the future. But there is a value to thought experiments based on current trendlines... Read More


Butler Palace transformation: Revamp into book cafe, cultural hub begins

Lucknow, March 18 -- The transformation of Butler Palace into a book cafe and cultural centre, aimed at preserving the state's historical heritage, has begun. Built in 1915 by Raja Mahmudabad, in memo... Read More


UP govt forms panels for Rani Laxmi Bai Scooty Scheme rollout

PRAYAGRAJ, March 18 -- Efforts to implement the Rani Laxmi Bai Scooty Scheme, announced in the 2025-26 budget to support meritorious college-level girl students in Uttar Pradesh, have begun with the f... Read More