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Bahraich to Buckingham Palace—Arti’s bumpy e-rickshaw journey that men tried to stop

Bahraich district’s first pink e-auto rickshaw driver just won the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award. Everyone wants the 19-year-old local celebrity to drive around for their videos and Reels.

Did Arvind Kejriwal hurt BJP in UP? Data shows his Yogi speech was an unsung cameo

Not Yogi Adityanath but his voters may have got frightened in the last few phases.

2024 election mandate in UP is more against Yogi than Modi

The state government’s failure to address crucial issues such as unemployment, corruption and stray cattle caused noticeable dissatisfaction among voters.

Teachers who make kids beat classmate are a result of UP’s broken school education system

UP isn’t spending more on recruiting more teachers. It isn’t spending more on training them. And it isn’t spending more on building more state-run schools.

Moradabad Muslim massacre 1980: A tale of missing men, memories, Ek Raat Wali Masjid

UP Police's indiscriminate firing on Muslim worshippers on 13 August 1980 killed dozens of people. CM Adityanath is making public Justice MP Saxena report that gave a clean chit to the police.

74% of UP sees power cuts daily. Some even endure it for 4 hrs, finds LocalCircles survey

The poor financial condition of the UPPCL is considered to be a reason for the inadequate infrastructure and the Yogi govt’s inability to handle the electricity demand.

Unable to pay bribe to community health centre, UP woman gives birth in the bushes outside

The incident in Aligarh district’s Iglas town flies in the face of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s claims of a poor-friendly health service.

Gang lords like Atiq eliminated regularly in UP—It only cements ‘long-live’ mafia tradition

Public support for mafia slaying is not surprising, as it is considered a cathartic response. No police officer would be expected to mourn mafia deaths either.

Arif reunites with Sarus crane for ‘5 emotional mins’ at Kanpur zoo: ‘Flapped its wings, jumped around excitedly’

UP farmer Muhammad Arif met the bird Tuesday, 3 weeks after state forest officials took it away. Videos of the meeting show the crane in quarantine inside a cage within an enclosure.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.