SONBHADRA: At the Rohiniya Damar village in Uttar Pradesh, 100 kilometres from Sonbhadra district’s main Robertsganj town, excessive flouride in the ground water has spared no one. It hasn’t spared the old, most of whom walk totally bent, slowly with the help of sticks. While others like 65-year-old Shakuntala DeviContinue Reading
Lucknow: Over 40 persons were killed in the heavy rains and related incidents across Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday. Heavy rains accompanied by lightning hit many parts of the state on Tuesday. Officials said two dozen people were killed in the Varanasi and Azamgarh divisions while 11 diedContinue Reading
The violence was sparked off due to a minor spat between people of two communitiesContinue Reading
The district administration has asked the school to distribute students evenly in all classesContinue Reading
Lucknow: With just a week left for the Christmas festival, the entire plains of Uttar Pradesh are under the arrest of festive fever. Markets of the state capital, Lucknow are flooded with both beautiful and artificial Christmas trees, decorated very aesthetically with items wrapped in gift packs, frills, chocolates, colorfulContinue Reading
Kanpur: A 90-year-old Dalit man was attacked with an ax and set on fire for trying to enter a temple in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Police on October 2 identified the victim as Chimma. The nonagenarian had gone to the Maidani Baba temple with his wife, sonContinue Reading
Varanasi: An atheist-turned-ascetic launched a 100-day peace march in Varanasi to promote unity in diversity and India’s composite culture on Saturday when the country celebrated its 69th Independence Day. Heads of all religions in Hinduism’s holiest city attended a four-hour fasting and prayer meet called “Tyagarchana Mahayagya’(an oblation of sacrifice)Continue Reading
Bareilly — An audit of beneficiaries of the Janani Suraksha Yojna in Uttar Pradesh, which primarily guarantees through a small dole better food for new mothers in the days just after the delivery of their babies, has thrown up some startling “facts”. A woman, for instance, was declared pregnant threeContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a courageous initiative to encourage intercaste marriage. The government has promised to give such couples Rs 50,000 as reward. To bring this initiative into action the government will felicitate 8 couples in Meerut a week before Valentine’s Day that is on FebruaryContinue Reading