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Congress questions 12% education outlay in UP budget

Lucknow, Feb. 19 -- Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra on Wednesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh budget, saying only 12% has been proposed for education while neighbouring states such a... 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


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


CM meets RSS chief; PDA counter plan on agenda?

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday met Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat in the backdrop of a socio-cultural debate over the UGC's Equity Regulations. ... Read More


Row over idol placement at Banke Bihari temple

Agra, Feb. 19 -- A row broke out on Wednesday over the placement of Thakur Banke Bihari Ji's idol at the Vrindavan temple. Acting on directions of a Supreme Court-appointed High Power Committee, the i... Read More


NDA leads race for RS poll numbers in Bihar

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- The Rajya Sabha polls for five seats from Bihar, out of a total of 37 seats from across the nation, announced on Wednesday, have put the spotlight on the numerical strength of MLAs i... Read More


Apex court to hear Balwant Rajoana's plea on March 18

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on March 18 a plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant ... Read More


AAP sarpanch shot dead at wedding in Tarn Taran

Amritsar, Feb. 19 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and sarpanch of Tarn Taran's Thathian Mehantan village, under the Sarhali police station, Harbarinder Singh was shot dead by an unidentified assailant... Read More


SGPC reduced to servitude to one family: Bains

Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- Terming the revelations by Giani Raghbir Singh extremely alarming and those that pointed to a deep-rooted crisis in the SGPC, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Punjab cabinet min... Read More