Amita Verma

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UP purchases power worth `7cr per day

The Uttar Pradesh government is purchasing power worth `7 crores everyday from outside the state in order to narrow the gap between demand and supply of electricity even as the BSP staged a walkout fr

UP revokes 7 pm deadline for malls

Owing to pressure from all sections, the UP government finally retraced its steps in less than 24 hours and withdrew its order that directed all commercial establishments to down shutters at 7 pm in order to reduce power consumption.

A first in UP Assembly: No disruption

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly has created a record of sorts.

UP netas want better facilities in jails

With more and more politicians in Uttar Pradesh heading for stints in jails, it is only natural for state legislators to demand improved facilities for MPs and MLAs lodged behind the bars.

Teachers to escort students from home to check dropouts in Uttar Pradesh

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The Uttar Pradesh government has devised a new plan to check school dropout rate, particularly among girls.

The state education department will now ask teachers and the non-teaching employees in scho

Teachers to escort students from home to check dropouts

The Uttar Pradesh government has devised a new plan to check the school dropout rate, particularly among girls.

Lord Jagannath falls ‘ill’, devotees pray

Lord Jagannath in Varanasi has fallen “ill” and has been advised “bed rest” for a fortnight. Devotees are thronging the doors of his temple to pray for his “speedy recovery”.

The lord fell “ill” af

Lord Jagannath falls ‘ill’, devotees pray

Lord Jagannath in Varanasi has fallen “ill” and has been advised “bed rest” for a fortnight.
Devotees are thronging the doors of his temple to pray for his “speedy recovery”.

Ajit moots Mathura international airport

Union minister for civil aviation Choudhury Ajit Singh has written to UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking a proposal for establishing a new greenfield International airport in Mathura.

Docs’ bribe MMS circulates in UP

A few residents in Lucknow have recorded a video clip on their mobile phones of government doctors demanding bribe for admitting patients in the emergency ward.

The video clip shows doctors at the go

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