Lucknow, Feb. 29 -- In all, 2,42,568 candidates remained absent in the UP Board examination of both the shifts, on Thursday. Out of the total 29,95,736 candidates registered for the first shift, 1,71,366 remained absent and out of the total 16,13,591 candidates registered in the second shift examination, 71,202 remained absent during the exam.

In the first shift, High School science and Arabic, Persian, Accountancy (for commerce stream) for Intermediate students were conducted and in the second shift, High School agriculture and Intermediate biology and mathematics exams were completed.

Three candidates, 2 boys and 1 girl, were caught using unfair means in the High School examination. An FIR was lodged against five impersonators in Shah...