Uttar Pradesh News Headlines in English

The newly-appointed 31,277 assistant teachers of government primary schools will be given their first postings by October-end to maintain the prescribed teacher-student ratio. This will be in conformity with the provisions of the Free and Compulsory Child Education Rights Rules, 2011. A circular to this effect was issued to all the district

Commencing his campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a scathing attack on the opposition, charging them of rampant corruption and caste politics over a period of time. Addressing his maiden rally at Ramgarh in Kaimur district of Bihar, Yogi singled out Lalu

Even as the electricity consumption has reached the pre-Covid level, the power distribution companies (discoms) continue to be battered by low revenue recovery, leading to mounting dues of the power generation companies. The fall in revenue realisation is posing a renewed threat to the financial stability of the discoms. The

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha poll accompanied by party chief and nephew Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday. UP SP chief Naresh Uttam Patel, leader of opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary and other party legislators were also present during the process at Rajarshi Purushottam Das Tandon

A total of 2,464 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported across Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday while 3,332 COVID-19 patients recovered. With this, the recovery rate in UP also peaked to 92.17 percent. With the fresh cases, the confirmed positive cases in UP touched the 4.61 lakh-mark. However, 4.25 lakh of these

A police sub-inspector posted in Baghpat, Intesar Ali, has been suspended and attached to the Reserve Police Lines for growing a beard without taking prior permission. This was confirmed by officials on Thursday. Ali had been warned thrice to shave off or seek requisite permission to keep a beard. However, he did

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a senior Home Guards official who was posted as district commandant, Lucknow in 2019, on charges of corruption. Kripa Shankar Pandey has been dismissed on charges of irregularities in allotment of duties to home guards. The action was part of

The Yogi Adityanath government is working on an action plan for a permanent solution to the problem of floods faced by the people of Uttar Pradesh, especially the eastern part of the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said until a permanent solution to the problem was found, the standard

Ostensibly taking a cue from Munna Bhai, 10 MBBS students used micro-sized Bluetooth earphones for cheating but ran out of luck during their final year examination in Agra and were caught on Tuesday. A total of 90 students were writing the paper of ophthalmology in the 8-11 am shift at Khandari Campus

Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad workers created a ruckus at a police station in Bareilly on Tuesday over alleged police inaction in solving a love jihad case. The protesters charged that a Hindu girl was forced to marry a non-Hindu boy. As per reports, a belligerent mob of

In a major relief for farmers and sugar industry facing glut, more cane will be utilised by the distilleries from the next season commencing from November. The sugar industry is facing excess production of sugar due to bumper sugarcane crop in the last season and also this year. The excess sugar

Handing over appointment letters to 3,313 newly recruited assistant teachers at an online event, the CM said, "There is no scope for any irregularity in the recruitment process in the state, and if corruption is found in the process then jail is the only destination for those found guilty."