National

Sero Survey to be carried out to find out Covid -19 exposure across country

New Delhi, June 11: There has been a rapid decrease in fresh cases of coronavirus across the country. In 15 states, the positivity rate is being reported less than 5 percent. At the same time, Sero Survey will be carried out soon to find out how many people got infected...

National

Jamia retains QS-World University Rankings, ranks 6th in Indian University

New Delhi, June 11: Jamia Millia Islamia has been ranked 6th as a comprehensive institution among Indian universities in the recently released London-based QS World University Rankings (QS-World)-2022. The university has been ranked by QS since 2019 and has consistently ranked among the top 800 prestigious institutions in the world...

Uttar Pradesh

All states should implement ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme: Supreme Court

 New Delhi, June 11: The Supreme Court has reserved the decision on the matter of suo motu cognizance on behalf of the court on the case of migrant labourers. During the hearing, a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked all the states to implement the scheme of ‘One Nation...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Prayagraj: Tota’s property worth Rs 14 crore attached

Prayagraj, June 11: A joint team of district administration and police confiscated property worth Rs fourteen crores of Mafia Atiq Ahmed’s shooter Tota. Meanwhile, there are several other serious criminal cases registered against the accused in Dhumanganj police station and other police stations of the district. Additional Superintendent of Police...

Uttar Pradesh

Shrikant Sharma appeals to consumers, ‘pay electricity bill, will reduce electricity rates in the days to come’

Etawah, June 11: Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma has given strict instructions to the power officers of the state making it clear that the main pillar of the power corporation is the consumer and their harassment will not be tolerated under any circumstances. If any such complaint will come...

National

CJI Ramana reaches Tirumala to pay obeisance at Tirupati Balaji

Amaravati, June 10: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice NV Ramana reached Tirumala on Thursday evening. YV Subbareddy, President, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthan (Titide) and Executive Officer Jawahar Reddy gave him a grand welcome at Padmavati Guest House here. Justice NV Ramana will visit Tirupati Balaji in the hills on Friday...

Uttar Pradesh

Special inoculation drive for hawkers, street vendors, rickshaw-pullers across UP from June 14

Lucknow, 09 June: After free ration and maintenance allowance, the Yogi government is going to give another gift to the weak income group during the Corona period. A special inoculation drive campaign is going to kick off from June 14 across Uttar Pradesh for labourers, poor and daily wage earners....

National

Assam: Financial assistance of Rs 2.50 lakh to women who lost their husbands in Covid-19 second wave

GUWAHATI, 10 June: On the completion of the month of his government, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma threw light on the functioning of his government. In relation to the success of the state government in the first month, Chief Minister Sarma made some remarks while addressing a press conference here...

Uttar Pradesh

Covid-19 test being done 10 times more than WHO standards in UP

Lucknow, June 10: The Uttar Pradesh government claimed that the outcome of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s corona management strategy is that the UP model is an example for other states. A spokesman of the state government said that the UP model is at the forefront of the country due to...

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Every person will be vaccinated against Covid-19 in UP by December, assures MoS Health

GHAZIABAD, 09 June: Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of State for Health and Medicine Atul Garg assured on Wednesday that each person in the state would be vaccinated against deadly Covid-19 by the month of December. He directed the Health and District Administration of Ghaziabad to prepare a concrete action plan to...

National

1st solar eclipse-2021 to be visible in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday

New Delhi, 09 June: The first solar eclipse of this year is going to happen on Thursday and it will be visible only in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh in India. According to the map released by NASA, this solar eclipse will be visible in eastern America, northern Alaska, Canada, parts...

National

Covaxin offers protection on Delta and Beta variants of Covid-19, Research reveals

New Delhi, 09 June: The Delta variant responsible for the second wave of coronavirus transmission across the country is more dangerous than last year’s infection. However, it is a matter of relief that the indigenous anti-Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ is effective on this too. In a recent research, it was revealed...

Uttar Pradesh

After Jitin Prasada, rebel MLA Aditi Singh signals to leave Congress

 Raebareli, 09 June: After the former Union Minister Jitin Prasada left the Congress and joined the BJP, a political stir has started in Sonia Gandhi’s stronghold seat Raebareli as well. MLA Aditi Singh has also signalled of leaving the Congress and looking for her future in other parties. There was...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Police arrests RML doctor, 5 others for black marketing of Remdesivir injections

Lucknow, 09 June: The Wazirganj police arrested six accused allegedly involved in black marketing of life-saving drugs ‘Remdesivir’ and liposomal Amphotericin B injection for patients of corona and black fungus, police said. Out of these three accused, one is a doctor in Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, while other two are...

Uttar Pradesh

Mulayam Singh Yadav gets Covid-19 jab months after Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘BJP’s vaccine’ remark

Lucknow, 07 June: Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch and former Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav got the vaccine administered at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Monday. Now after getting the vaccine, BJP leaders including the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh have asked former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to apologize. When...

Uttar Pradesh

PM Modi’s address to Nation: Top announcements in Modi’s today speech

New Delhi, 07 June: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that the countrymen will now be vaccinated completely free of cost through the Central Government. Also, like last year, free food grains will be given to the needy people till November this year. In his address to the Nation,...

Uttar Pradesh

Search begins for new UP DGP as HC Awasthi retiring on June 30

Lucknow, 06 June: IPS Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, the current Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh, is completing his term on June 30 this month. Due to this, the search has started regarding the next chief of police. The current head of UP Police, DGP HC Awasthi, is going...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

UP STF guns down most ‘wanted’ criminal Parvez

 Ambedkar Nagar, 06 June: Parvez, believed to be the right hand of mafia don Khan Mubarak, was gunned down by the STF in Gorakhpur on Sunday. There was a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on him and a search was on for him since 2018. Parvez had fled the district...

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: 17 black fungus patients admitted in KGMU in 24 hours, two died

Lucknow, 06 June: Two patients died of black fungus or Mucormycosis on Sunday at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in the Lucknow. The patients who died are residents of Hardoi and Unnao districts. According to the KGMU spokesperson, 308 patients of black fungus have been admitted so far. This is...

National

Rajasthan ranks 1st in country in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)

Jaipur, June 04: Rajasthan has been ranked as the first state of the country in the all-over ranking of the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G). Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has congratulated the people of the state, panchayati raj institutions, public representatives and all the personnel associated with...

National

CBSE constitutes 13 member committee to evaluate the students of class 12th

New Delhi, 04 June: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday constituted a 13-member committee to decide the criteria for evaluation of students in the cancelled Class 12 Board examinations. This committee will submit its report in 10 days. CBSE’s Controller of Examinations Dr Shyam Bhardwaj issued a...

Uttar Pradesh

UP receives total revenue of 8272.55 crore in May, highest during corona period

Lucknow, June 04: The revenue of the Uttar Pradesh government has increased even during the period of Corona. The state has received total revenue of 8272.55 crore in the month of May of the financial year 2021-22. State Finance, Parliamentary Affairs and Medical Education Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna gave this...

Uttar Pradesh

1268 new corona cases found in UP, recovery rate jumps to 97.4%

Lucknow, June 03: Coronavirus active cases are continuously dropping across Uttar Pradesh as in the last 24 hours, 1268 cases have been reported. On the other hand, a total of 4260 Covid-19 patients went home after recovering, this information was given by Additional Chief Secretary, Information Navneet Sehgal on Thursday....

Uttar Pradesh

Ayodhya: Postal dept delivering Hanuman Garhi ‘prasad’ across the country

Ayodhya, 02 June: Faizabad Divisional Senior Superintendent of Post Office RN Yadav, during a surprise inspection of Faizabad Head Post Office, said that on October 20, the Department of Posts, through Sankatmochan Sena Trust, performed the service of delivering ‘Prasad’ (devotional offering made, consisting of a food, to a God)...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

International sex racket busted in Lucknow, 4 girls, 6 males held

Lucknow, 02 June: The Chinhat police busted an International sex racket running in a hotel by arresting four girls and six men, including two foreigners, the police said. Meanwhile, the police have recovered US dollars and objectionable items from their possession. Assistant Commissioner of Police Praveen Kumar told that the...

Entertainment

FIR lodged against 9 Bollywood celebrities on charges of sexual exploitation

Big and shocking news has once again come out of the entertainment industry. An FIR has been registered against nine big Bollywood celebrities including Bollywood’s well-known actor and producer Jackky Bhagnani. Actually, recently a 28-year-old model, artist and songwriter has made allegations of sexual harassment and assault against 9 big...

International

First case of bird flu H10N3 reported in China

BEIJING, 01 JUNE: The first case of bird flu H10N3 has been reported in China’s eastern province of Jiangju. A 41-year-old male has been found to be suffering from the flu. This information has been given by the National Health Commission of China on Tuesday. On behalf of the commission,...

National

After CBSE, CISCE also cancels 12th board exams

New Delhi, 01 June: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Tuesday cancelled its ISC exams for this year after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the cancellation of Class 12 board exams. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations said that the class...

Uttar Pradesh

Corona curfew relief in UP: Relaxation in 3 more districts from Wednesday

Lucknow, 01 June: After nearly a month of corona curfew, markets in 61 districts of Uttar Pradesh have buzzed since Tuesday morning. Permission has been given to open shops between 7 am and 7 pm with some restrictions. Meanwhile, three more districts will get a waiver of the corona curfew...

Uttar Pradesh

UP sets target to vaccinate 1 cr people in June, CM Yogi kicks off immunization drive

Chief Minister Yogi inspects vaccination center in Lucknow, appeals to get vaccine Lucknow, 01 June: In the midst of the ongoing war against the global pandemic coronavirus, the Yogi government kicked off massive immunization drive across Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also inspected a vaccination centre at...