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2 bills tabled in assembly to removeleprosy-linked term from civic laws

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- The state government on Monday tabled the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities (Amendment ) Bill 2026 and Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the assembly. The b... Read More


104 injuries reported in Lko over 2 yrs: Govt

Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday informed the state legislative council that the manufacture, storage, sale and use of Chinese manjha (synthetic kite string) had been banned ... Read More


Akhilesh Yadav alleges large-scale anomalies in SIR, demands EC action

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- Reiterating his allegation of large-scale anomalies in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his par... Read More


110 tourism-related projects approved in 3 years: Minister

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- A total of 110 projects have been approved and completed between 2022 and 2025-26, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said in the state assembly on Monday. He was respondin... Read More


Marriage a duty, not contract, in Indian culture, says Bhagwat

GORAKHPUR, Feb. 17 -- Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Monday said that in Indian culture, marriage is regarded as a duty rather than a contract, and that strong famil... Read More


Mission 2027: BSP to rejig its committees, appoint upper castes, Muslims

Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to appoint upper castes and Muslim members to various posts in the district, assembly and booth level committees across Uttar Pradesh to w... Read More


78K-acre land allotment targetset for current fiscal: Chief secy

Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- Chief secretary SP Goyal on Monday conducted a detailed review of the progress of land acquired, developed, and allotted by various industrial development authorities and the Housi... Read More


Nautanki event 'stopped'; BJPMLA stages sit-in

LUCKNOW, Feb. 17 -- Gyan Tiwari, BJP MLA from Sitapur's Sevata seat, staged a sit-in at the Rampur Mathura police station in that district with his supporters on Sunday accusing cops of forcibly stopp... Read More


Woman, daughter accused of being Pak nationals, husband blames property feud

Meerut, Feb. 17 -- Amid the accusation that a woman and her daughter are Pakistani nationals and have been living illegally for nearly 30 years without valid citizenship documents under the Delhi Gate... Read More


Retd armyman kills wife, son; dies by suicide in Kanpur

KANPUR, Feb. 17 -- A 52-year-old retired armyman, who was a Kargil war veteran, allegedly shot his wife and 16-year-old son dead with a double-barrelled gun at their home here in Sen Pashchim Para are... Read More