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UP council passes four bills by voice vote

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Wednesday passed four bills by voice vote. During the post-lunch sitting, the principal secretary laid on the table four bills earlier pass... Read More


Past alliances hurt BSP, party will contest alone in 2027: Mayawati

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati on Wednesday once again ruled out any electoral alliance ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, asserting that her part... Read More


Invest UP, Skill Development Mission linked through 'Kaushal Connect Cell'

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a 'Kaushal Connect Cell' to provide trained manpower to major industries investing in the state and to enhance coordination between Invest U... Read More


UP launches Swachh Ward Competition 2026

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has launched the 'Swachh Ward Competition-2026' across all urban local bodies from February 17 to 28 under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), to streng... Read More


HC: Ejaculation without penetration is not rape

Raipur, Feb. 19 -- The Chhattisgarh high court has held that ejaculation without penetration does not attract the offence of rape but constitutes attempt to rape, as it converted a man's conviction fr... Read More


Mallya to HC: Can't say when I'll return, barred by UK court

MUMBAI, Feb. 19 -- Vijay Mallya on Wednesday told the Bombay high court that he is unable to precisely state when he will return to India, as he has been barred by English courts from leaving England ... Read More


Indo-France Centre for AI in health launched

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- India and France on Tuesday launched the Indo-French Centre for AI in Health at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, with French President Emmanuel Macron statin... Read More


Retired Isro employee kills wife in Karnataka

BENGALURU, Feb. 19 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a 75-year-old retired employee of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after he strangled his 71-year-old wife to death in their apartment o... Read More


halt Christian tribal bodies' exhumation: sc

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a halt on any further exhumation of bodies of tribal Christians in Chhattisgarh villages after a petition alleged that some unidentified pe... Read More


approach centre for 'racial slur' as hate crime: sc

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a petitioner seeking the use of "racial slurs" to be recognised as a separate category of hate crimes to approach the Union government eve... Read More