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UP plans easier welfare benefit delivery

Lucknow, May 28 -- The Uttar Pradesh government is set to simplify and strengthen its social welfare schemes following a review meeting that stressed faster and easier delivery of benefits to deprived... Read More


Nehru built world-class institutions, PM 'selling them' off, says Ajay Rai

LUCKNOW, May 28 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Wednesday credited Jawaharlal Nehru with establishing world-class institutions, while alleging that the current Prime Minister was engag... Read More


ASI seeks report from CISFover Taj Mahal 'bhajan' video

AGRA, May 28 -- A video purportedly showing a group of around two dozen visitors singing 'bhajans' inside the Taj Mahal premises went viral on social media on Tuesday, prompting the Archaeological Sur... Read More


Four arrested for snatching Rs 1.34 lakh from accountant

VARANASI, May 28 -- Four youths were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly snatching a bag containing Rs 1.34 lakh from an accountant near Bhojpur village under Mughalsarai police station area in Chanda... Read More


Two cyber fraudsters held in Varanasi

Varanasi, May 28 -- Police arrested two cyber criminals, including the alleged gang leader, for illegally withdrawing money from bank accounts using stolen SIM-linked banking access. Mobile phones, fa... Read More


UP govt approves Rs.2L aid for minor trafficking and assault victim

VARANASI, May 28 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has approved financial assistance of Rs.2 lakh from the chief minister's discretionary fund for a minor victim of alleged human trafficking and sexual ... Read More


NGT seeks verification of proposed petrol pump site

Dehradun, May 28 -- National Green Tribunal (NGT) principal bench New Delhi has directed the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) to independently verify the distance of a proposed petr... Read More


Lightning strike kills shepherd in Pithoragarh

Haldwani/Pithoragarh, May 28 -- A shepherd was killed after being struck by lightning in Pithoragarh district, officials said on Wednesday. The incident was reported from Dharchula town and marks the ... Read More


bengali director falls from roof of house, dies

Kolkata, May 28 -- Renowned Bengali movie director Anik Dutta died on Wednesday after falling from the roof of a multi-storey apartment building in Kolkata's Gariahat, with the police suspecting it to... Read More


118 kg cocaine seized off guj coast, 3 arrested

Ahmedabad, May 28 -- Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday seized 118.977 kilograms of cocaine from a cargo vessel off the Mundra coast and arrested three foreign ... Read More