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UP Board tightens exam security during Holi holidays, officials barred from leaving HQ

PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- State Director of Secondary Education Dr Mahendra Dev has directed all District Inspectors of Schools (DIOS) to ensure that the sanctity of examination procedures is strictly mai... Read More


Elaborate security in place as Holika Dahan to be held at 3,994 sites

PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- Ahead of the festival of colours, Holika Dahan is scheduled to take place at 3,994 locations across Prayagraj district on Monday. In view of the large-scale celebrations, the pol... Read More


Record 2.88L metric tonnes paddy procured

PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- A record 2.88 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procurement against the target of 2.73 lakh metric tonnes (105% of the target) has been achieved in Prayagraj district this financial ye... Read More


Vns creates Guinness Record, plants 2.5L saplings in one hour

VARANASI, March 2 -- Varanasi set a new Guinness World Record on Sunday by planting 2,51,446 saplings in just one hour, surpassing China's eight-year-old record. The plantation drive was carried out o... Read More


UP STF nabs two accused carrying Rs.50,000 bounty

LUCKNOW/PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- Intensifying its crackdown, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested two accused carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 each in separate operations in Sultanpur and Pr... Read More


Man, niece killed after scooter hit by unidentified vehicle

PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- A man and his teenage niece were killed in a road accident under Tharwai police station limits on Sunday evening after their scooter was hit by an unidentified vehicle. Rajat Kum... Read More


Rs.50,000 reward accused arrested in kidnapping-murder case

PRAYAGRAJ, March 2 -- Satyam Mishra, an absconding accused carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a young woman whose body was allegedly dump... Read More


Ravi Shankar Centre rejects 'last disciple' claim

Mumbai, March 1 -- The Delhi-based Ravi Shankar Centre, dedicated to preserving the legacy of Pandit Ravi Shankar, on Friday issued a rebuttal to sitarist Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma's claims of being the... Read More


The university-brand trap, for students & institutions

India, March 1 -- A few years ago, I was attending a wedding in the family - a congregation of old relatives distributed across geographies, who attend such events out of reciprocity. "They came for o... Read More


Reading the tea leaves on a bubble in the AI space

India, March 1 -- The use of the word Gen AI spiked in November 2022 with the release of ChatGPT. Adoption went viral with 100 million users in two months. By the last quarter of 2025, 62% of global C... Read More