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MUFG Bank acquires 20% in Shriram Finance for Rs.39,618 cr

New Delhi, April 9 -- Japan's MUFG Bank on Wednesday acquired 20% stake in Shriram Finance Ltd (SFL) for Rs.39,618 crore. The transaction represents the largest cross-border investment in India's fina... Read More


CM: Ensure immediate relief to farmers for rain-hit crops

Lucknow, April 9 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed officials to ensure immediate relief to farmers whose crops were damaged by unseasonal rain, hailstorm and incidents of fire in... Read More


22 years of social welfare school appointments under scanner

PRAYAGRAJ, April 9 -- The appointments of teachers in government-aided private primary schools run under the state social welfare department across Uttar Pradesh are now set to be investigated. The st... Read More


UP Board to track teachers with 'geofenced biometric attendance'

PRAYAGRAJ, April 9 -- In a fresh push to tighten discipline and restore accountability in government schools, the UP Board is preparing to roll out a high-tech, geofenced biometric attendance system f... Read More


Dolphin friends step in to protect Ganga's endangered species

PRAYAGRAJ, April 9 -- In an effort to protect the endangered Ganga dolphin, the forest department in Prayagraj has launched a special conservation drive under the Namami Gange Programme. A dedicated t... Read More


Over a dozen injured in bee attack on villagers

PRAYAGRAJ, April 9 -- A swarm of bees attacked people grazing livestock in an orchard in Mafia village, near Gadwara, under the Antu police station area, in Pratapgarh, on Wednesday evening. In a desp... Read More


IIT-K director proposes 'Cognitive Gym' to preserve original thought

Varanasi, April 9 -- Introducing the concept of a 'Cognitive Gym', director of IIT Kanpur Prof Manindra Agrawal on Wednesday said that a mental counterpart to physical gyms is now essential to preserv... Read More


UP must move from productionto prosperity in agriculture: Yogi

LUCKNOW, April 9 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said Uttar Pradesh must transform agriculture from "production to productivity, productivity to profitability and profitability to prosp... Read More


Crashing potato prices forcea few UP farmers to crush crops

KANPUR, April 9 -- In a stark symbol of agricultural distress, a few farmers across Uttar Pradesh's potato belt are driving tractors over their standing crops and abandoning cold storage stocks. A sev... Read More


Trailer rams mining team vehicle during raid in Rae Bareli

LUCKNOW, April 9 -- A Uttar Pradesh mining department team allegedly had a narrow escape on early Monday after an overloaded trailer carrying red sand rammed into an official vehicle during an enforce... Read More