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'PPc spend up 5 times since 2018'

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The government's spending on Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) has jumped five-fold since its launch in 2018, when the expenditure stood at Rs.3.67 crore, to Rs.18.83 crore in 2025, acco... Read More


Traffic snarls choke city as staff crunch, encroachments add to woes

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 19 -- Daily life in Sangam city is reeling under crippling traffic jams as a depleted traffic force and unchecked roadside encroachments continue to paralyse movement across major inte... Read More


Class 10 student stabbed by junior in Ghazipur school

VARANASI, Aug. 19 -- : A 14-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by a junior student in a private school in Ghazipur on Monday, police said. Another student suffered a knife injury to his thigh... Read More


Police probe post on SP MLA Pooja Pal, FIR lodged

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 19 -- Police are investigating the whereabouts of the owner of an X account, Umesh Yadav, in the case of a post on the social media platform, carrying indecent comments on expelled SP ... Read More


Chain-snatching accused held after police encounter

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 19 -- Two wanted criminals were arrested following an encounter near Hashimpur bridge under the George Town police station area in Prayagraj late Sunday night. Both sustained pellet in... Read More


Minor dies after mother poisons kids, self in Jaunpur village

VARANASI, Aug. 19 -- A 30-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her three minor children before consuming a poisonous substance herself in Sabardah village under Shahganj police station area of Jaunpur. S... Read More


133 booked for blocking road, holding protest over goldsmith's murder

PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 19 -- A case has been registered against 13 named and 120 unidentified people involved in the road blockade after the murder of goldsmith Aman Soni in Prayagraj on Sunday afternoon. Th... Read More


Five-fold jump in spending on Pariksha Pe Charcha: Edu min

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The government's spending on Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) has jumped five-fold since its launch in 2018, when the expenditure stood at Rs.3.67 crore, to Rs.18.83 crore in 2025, acco... Read More


NDA nominee for VP known to be affable

NEW DELHI/Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) nominee for the upcoming vice-presidential elections, was p... Read More


Adopt zero-tolerance policy in encroachment cases, says CM

GORAKHPUR, Aug. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reaffirmed his government's commitment to ensuring prosperity in every household and noted that injustice towards any citizen would not b... Read More