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Census shows increase in Ganga dolphin population

There is good news for dolphin lovers. From 600 in 2005, the number of Gangetic river dolphins in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 671, according to the latest dolphin census report.

SP Demands Probe on vadra

In a surprise move, the Samajwadi Party that had decided to continue its support to the UPA government barely a few days ago has now demanded an independent probe against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’

Facebook user upsets village with mischievous posts

Residents of the Nasirabad village in Rae Bareli district are in a state of distress.

Children and teenagers have been strictly warned against switching on the Internet but the elders are keeping a r

FB user’s mischievous posts upset village

Residents of the Nasirabad village in Rae Bareli district are in a state of distress.

UP babus split on IAS officer arrest

The large section of the bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh is getting increasingly divided on caste lines over the arrest of Indian Administrative Service officer Shashi Bhushan Sushil for allegedly attemp

Gulabi Gang leader to be in Bigg Boss

If Bigg Boss Season 4 had former bandit queen Seema Parihar as a big attraction, the reality show’s sixth season will have “Gulabi Gang” leader Sampat Pal as a star contestant.

UP BJP leader plots own murder to escape debts

In a bizarre incident, it has been found that a BJP leader plotted his own murder so that he could escape the debt burden of `43 lakhs and his family could avail the insurance money to lead a comforta

UP Cong MLAs blame MPs for indifference

It was an awkward moment for the newly-appointed UPCC chief minister Nirmal Khatri when, during a meeting here, Congress legislators blamed their own MPs and ministers for not cooperating with them in

CBI closure: Sachan killed self

The CBI on Friday put the lid on one of the most sensational crimes of the decade when it filed a closure report in court on the murder of deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan and said he had committed suicide inside Lucknow jail.

UP govt offices ‘lead’ the way in LPG use

While the common man is still trying to figure out how to manage his household with six subsidised LPG cylinder, the mighty and the powerful in Uttar Pradesh, apparently, have no such worries.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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