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Buddhist monk Bhante Gyaneshwar passes away

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- Revered Buddhist monk Bhante AB Gyanesh Mahasthavir, also known as Bhante Gyaneshwar, passed away at a hospital in Lucknow after a prolonged illness early on Friday. He was 89. Bhan... Read More


Uttar Pradesh adds 950 MBBS seats this year

Lucknow, Nov. 1 -- Uttar Pradesh has added 950 MBBS seats for the session 2025-26, admissions for which are going on. According to the data from the director general of medical education's (DGME) offi... Read More


Teen accuses mom, 2 sisters of selling her for Rs.10 lakh; FIR lodged

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- A young woman in Lucknow's Thakurganj area accused her mother and two elder sisters of selling her to an unidentified man for Rs 10 lakh and trying to force her into flesh trade. Th... Read More


Bareilly man drew dad's pension for 16 yrs, made to cough up Rs.75 lakh

Meerut, Nov. 1 -- A man was made to cough up nearly Rs 75 lakh after he impersonated his dead father for 16 years to withdraw the latter's pension in Bareilly, officials said. The district administrat... Read More


STF cracks down on another inter-state fake birth/death cert racket

LUCKNOW, Nov. 1 -- The UP Special Task Force (STF) on Friday cracked down on another inter-state fake birth and death certificate racket and arrested five people, including a Village Panchayat Officer... Read More


V-P praises PM Modi, CM Yogi forVaranasi's remarkable growth

VARANASI, Nov. 1 -- Vice-president CP Radhakrishnan on Friday noted Varanasi's remarkable transformation over the past 25 years and attributed this progress to the "visionary leadership of Prime Minis... Read More


Akhilesh seeks caste column inSIR form, Pathak decries demand

Lucknow, Nov. 1 -- Days before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls starts on November 4, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yaedav has demanded the inclusion of a separate... Read More


Mega tri-services drill kicks off, 1st such exercise after Sindoor

New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The military has begun large-scale drills in the country's western sector and the Arabian Sea to test its operational readiness, with the exercise involving tens of thousands of s... Read More


Selection Centre East in Prayagraj to celebrate Raising Day today

PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 1 -- Selection Centre East (SCE) in Prayagraj, the oldest and largest Selection Centre in the country, will mark its Raising Day on Saturday. Situated in Prayagraj, SCE has a storied h... Read More


Low Oxygen levels blamed for fish deaths in Varuna river

VARANASI, Nov. 1 -- The recent death of a large number of small fish along the banks of the Varuna river, between the Old Bridge and Nakkhi Ghat, was caused by low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in the ... Read More