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After trial drags on for 49 years, 71-year-old confesses to theft

Kanpur, Aug. 6 -- On Saturday, a weary Kanhaiya Lal stood before the chief judicial magistrate, Jhansi, and confessed to theft and embezzlement from a cooperative society. The trial had dragged on for... Read More


UP govt brings new quality framework to overhaul tech education

LUCKNOW, Aug. 6 -- The state government has introduced a major overhaul of its technical education sector by implementing a new state-level quality framework and a streamlined online process for colle... Read More


Labourers, drug addicts targeted by blood bank staff, four held in Bareilly

Meerut, Aug. 6 -- The Bareilly police unearthed a racket that involved the illegal sale of blood extracted from poor labourers and drug addicts in exchange for food and paltry sums of money. The opera... Read More


Hapur administration orders demolition of abandoned school after wall collapse; none hurt

Meerut, Aug. 6 -- The district administration has ordered for the demolition of the building of an old, abandoned school in busy Chhota Bazaar area of Garhmukteshwar, in Hapur after the wall of the di... Read More


Environmental nod must for constructions over 20K sqm: SC

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that any construction activity in the country with a built-up area of over 20,000 square metres will require environment clearance as it struck d... Read More


BJP MP's remark on Gaya airport triggers row

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- A BJP MP's complaint that Gaya International Airport's three-letter code "GAY" is "socially and culturally offensive" has sparked backlash from LGBTQ activists who say his remarks... Read More


Maya reaffirms go-solo strategyfor 2027 UP assembly elections

LUCKNOW, Aug. 6 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati reiterated on Tuesday that her party will not ally with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Congress-led Indian National... Read More


Dera chief Ram Rahim granted 40-day parole

Karnal, Aug. 6 -- Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for rape and two life terms for murders, walked out of Rohtak's Sunaria jail on Tuesday after being ... Read More


Supreme Court cites 'worst order' as it takes HC judge off criminal matters

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The Supreme Court has directed that an Allahabad High Court judge be stripped of all criminal jurisdiction until his retirement and made to sit with a seasoned senior judge to und... Read More


Minister snubbed, JE suspended

LUCKNOW, Aug. 6 -- Minister Suresh Rahi was left shocked after a junior engineer in Sitapur allegedly dismissed his request to fix a defunct transformer. The village had no power for 20 days. Rahi sta... Read More