UP Ambulances back on road

UP Ambulances back on road

Lucknow: In the midst of the covid-19 controversies, a Press trust of India report from Uttar Pradesh mentioned a lightning strike by the state’s ambulance drivers. The association of ambulance employees in Uttar Pradesh has called off their strike following negotiations with the administration over their demands for timely wages and protective gear to guard […]

नकल पर लगाम लगाने के लिए यूपी बोर्ड करेगी रंगीन उत्तर पुस्तिकाओं का इस्तेमाल

नकल पर लगाम लगाने के लिए यूपी बोर्ड करेगी रंगीन उत्तर पुस्तिकाओं का इस्तेमाल

बिहार और यूपी मे नकल माफियाओं का बड़ा असर देखने को मिलता है। आये दिन  इन राज्यों से परीक्षा मे धांधली की खबरें सामने आती रहती हैं। कुछ वर्ष पहले बिहार मे हुए टॉपर घोटाला अभी हर किसी के जहम मे है। यूपी बोर्ड मे भी पिछले वर्ष कई जगह परीक्षा मे नकल माफिया का […]

UP Mining Scam: ED registered a formal case of money laundering

UP Mining Scam: ED registered a formal case of money laundering

LUCKNOW:More trouble is in store for former Samajwadi Party government as well as some IAS officers, including B Chandrakala, as Enforcement Directorate(ED) sleuths are preparing to register a formal case of money laundering in connection with siphoning off money earned through illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh. Though the CBI is probing the mining scam since […]

UP: Fake Education Board busted

UP:  Fake Education Board busted

Lucknow, Feb 18 : A fake education board, which operated in several states and  ‘duped’ hundreds of students, was busted by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, and  seven persons arrested, reports PTI. In UP alone, 62 educational institutes are reportedly  affiliated to this board, while three websites – www.upsosb.ac.in, www.upsos.co.in and www.upsos.in – were […]

Foreign Sadhvi attacked in Varanasi

Foreign Sadhvi attacked in Varanasi

Lucknow: So much for ‘Athithi Devo Bhava’! An Argentinian who leads the life of an ascetic in Varanasi city escaped with bruises on her face and shoulders while fighting off three men on Saturday, her late-evening meditation by the Ganga ending in a nightmare of assault and robbery. The 38-year-old was eventually spared being sexually […]

Ugly face of Intolerance: Roughed up for taking Oath in Urdu

Ugly face of  Intolerance: Roughed up for taking Oath in Urdu

Aligarh (UP), Dec 13: Unpleasant scenes marred the swearing-in of newly-elected members of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation after BJP corporators  created a ruckus when the lone BSP corporator, Musharraf Husain, insisted on taking the oath in Urdu, says a PTI report. Husain was roughed up by the BJP rowdies. Some district officials intervened and managed […]

BHU ruckus strengthens anti-patriarchy movement

BHU ruckus strengthens anti-patriarchy movement

Police action on women protesting sexual harassment of a female student at India’s premier Banaras Hindu University has led to a national struggle to end gender discrimination. In Patna, Bihar a group of citizens have started Aawazein, which has begun a series of interventions and activities to sensitize the students and teaching community about gender […]

Meat sellers in UP face livelihood issues

Meat sellers in UP face livelihood issues

New Delhi, Sep 12: Why are the BJP ruled states, led by Uttar Pradesh denying  meat, fish, and poultry sellers from Muslim and Dalit communities licences to carry on their trade? That’s a question being asked, and there are no clear answers. The meat business in Uttar Pradesh has badly been hit, affecting the livelihood […]

1,317 child deaths in 8 months in BRDMC

1,317 child deaths in 8 months in BRDMC

Gorakhpur (UP): The spate of deaths continued in the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital  with 13 more children dying in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 1,317 so far this year. As many as 13 children, 10 in NICU and three in general paediatric ward died in the past 24 hours, […]

Agra Divisional Commissioner hauled up by Green Court

Agra Divisional Commissioner hauled up by Green Court

New Delhi: The illegal felling of trees especially around the Taj Mahal is serious, and the NGT isn’t going to let anyone get away with it. A former Agra Divisional Forest Officer had allegedly cut 8,000 trees in Babarpur and around 4,000 trees in 500-metre-radius of the Taj Mahal, which is an eco-sensitive zone. The National […]

100 arrested, cops transferred in UP Hotel Raid

100 arrested, cops transferred in UP Hotel Raid

Ghaziabad (UP): Around hundred men and women were arrested after they were allegedly found in ‘objectionable positions’ during raids on hotels on railway road in Bazariya area of the city says a PTI report dated march 20, quoting local police said. It is thought that the area was used for illegal trafficking or sex work […]

Rivers continue to threaten lives

Rivers continue to threaten lives

The tension is palpable. Nervous citizens watch anxiously the rising levels of the rivers. They water slowly creeps upwards and enters the low-lying areas of the towns, as it advances foot by foot, the people have to start moving away… leaving their homes…. The Ganga and five other rivers Sone, Punpun, Burhi Gandak, Ghaghra and […]