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Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a 24-year-old woman vanished into the unknown from her Auraiya house, abandoning a 5-foot serpentine slough, fuelling whispers of a mystical metamorphosis. According to police, a dramatic turn of events unfolded in Singanpur village as Reena eloped with her lover on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, leaving behind…

Lucknow: Infrastructure development, education, and agriculture, along with women and youth are likely to be the focus area as finance minister Suresh Khanna tables his 7th and Yogi govt’s 10th consecutive budget on Wednesday. This is likely to be the last budget before the 2027 assembly polls slated to take place Feb-March next year for…

Lucknow: The governor’s address to the joint sitting of the UP Assembly on Monday was mired by din and pandemonium as Samajwadi Party members protested over bulldozer action as part of redevelopment work at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi and special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ list by the Election Commission, among other issues.The SP members…

Lucknow: Congress Legislative Party leader Aradhana Mishra Mona on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Yogi Adityanath govt, describing the governor’s address to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly as a “bundle of lies and false promises” and claiming that even the governor could not repeatedly defend the BJP’s claims. Reacting to the address, Mishra said…

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday stood strongly with Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi‘s concerns over China border and held the BJP-led NDA govt at the centre responsible for disruption in Parliament proceedings after the House was adjourned within barely five minutes of its commencement on Monday morning. Akhilesh said it was…

Lucknow: Ahead of the joint sitting of the Uttar Pradesh legislature on Monday, opposition parties led by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress staged a sit-in protest outside the assembly complex, targeting the BJP govt over inflation, unemployment and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The MLAs from opposition…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Monday issued instructions to complete water supply to all households in Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions within 30 days.While reviewing Jal Jeevan Mission projects in Vindhya and Bundelkhand at the Jal Nigam (Rural), the minister issued an ultimatum to companies to complete the project within 30…

Lucknow: Sonbhadra Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) unit mistakenly detained an innocent youth while searching for an accused in the theft of a mobile tower battery at Payagipur crossing in Sultanpur on Sunday night. The incident led to a massive public protest. Lucknow: Yogi On Sanatan Dharma, Faster Investor Proposals, Free Trauma Diagnostics And More…

Allahabad HC (File Photo) LUCKNOW: In a significant ruling, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed the entire criminal proceedings, including the charge sheet and summoning order, against businessman Nikant Jain in a high-profile extortion and corruption case linked to a solar power project. The Court held that no offence was made…

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Uttar Pradesh has progressed from a BIMARU state to a breakthrough state, and the govt is presenting the Economic Review in the Assembly for the first time to ensure that people are aware of the state’s development journey over the years.Speaking ahead of the budget session…