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BSP pitches Brahmin outreach as Mayawati steps up 'Mission 2027' drive

Lucknow, Feb. 8 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party has sharpened its social engineering pitch ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with party supremo Mayawati openly courting upper caste voters... Read More


UP legislature Budget session to begin today, Budget to be tabled on Feb 11

Lucknow, Feb. 8 -- The Budget Session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature will begin on Monday, February 9, with the address of Governor Anandiben Patel to a joint sitting of the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan ... Read More


Prashant Kishor launches 'Bihar Navnirman Yatra' to rebuild Jan Suraaj

Bettiah, Feb. 8 -- Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday launched the 'Bihar Navnirman Yatra' from West Champaran district, saying the campaign would focus on rebuilding and strengthening the o... Read More


Triumphs & tragedies: Extraordinary journey of EIR, eastern India's first railway

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- On August 15, 1854, a five-coach train pulled by a British-made locomotive left Howrah at 8:30 am for Hooghly without any fanfare -- signalling an engineering triumph and the begi... Read More


Cong slams Assam BJP's 'point-blank shot' video for 'targeting' minorities

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The Congress on Sunday hit out at the BJP over a purported video posted on the X handle of the ruling party's Assam unit, claiming it shows the "targeted point-blank murder of min... Read More


Sub-contractor's labourer nabbed for not reporting fall & misleading family

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a labourer employed by the sub-contractor who was held in connection with the death of a 25-year-old biker who fell into an uncovered 15-foot deep ... Read More


Two arrested in 'digital arrest' scam linked to 190 complaints

NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 -- The Delhi Police has arrested two men in connection with a digital arrest scam linked to at least 190 cyber fraud complaints and suspected proceeds of over Rs 100 crore, police sa... Read More


Bharadwaj detained while trying to light candles at pit

NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 -- The AAP's Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj was briefly detained in Janakpuri on Sunday, with police saying the action was taken as he was trying to stage a protest over the deat... Read More


Man dies & wife injured after geyser explosion triggers fire

NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 -- A 50-year-old man died, and his wife was injured when a fire broke out in their house, triggered by an electric geyser explosion in southeast Delhi, police said on Sunday. The in... Read More


Shuttering collapse at Noida construction site leaves 2 labourers dead, another hurt

Noida, Feb. 8 -- Two labourers were killed and another injured after the shuttering of an under-construction multi-storey building collapsed in Noida's Sector 144 on Sunday afternoon, police said. Th... Read More