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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: UP Government

86 rapes in 11 months in UP’s Unnao, 185 cases of sexual harassment

A rape victim from Unnao died Friday after she was allegedly set on fire by five people, including the two suspected rapists. The UP govt has promised action against all culprits.

Uttar Pradesh cabinet decides to amend law exempting CM, ministers from paying income tax

Currently, the Uttar Pradesh Ministers' Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Act, 1981 puts the burden of paying ministers' taxes on the state govt.

Not just Adityanath, UP journalists have been jailed, thrashed under Akhilesh & Mayawati too

Latest incident came Sunday when 30-40 journalists were ‘locked up’ in a room in a Moradabad hospital where CM Yogi Adityanath was on an inspection visit.

Yogi govt relents, will pay Rs 2.5 cr bill for Vajpayee ash-immersion event

Former PM Vajpayee passed away on 16 August 2018 at the age of 93. His ashes were immersed on 23 August in Lucknow.

UP on a high: Govt study shows most cannabis users are in the populous state

A study covering all 36 states and Union territories found nearly 3% of Indians between ages 10 and 75 used cannabis, with UP topping the list.

Free dialysis services to be provided in all Gorakhpur hospitals, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath inaugurated a 10-bed dialysis unit at Gorakhpur district hospital Thursday saying that the plan comes under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

NCR districts must suspend construction activities till 10 November to check pollution: UP govt

It has also asked them to ensure strict compliance to other Environment Pollution Control Authority guidelines.

Drinking is the ancestral business of Yadavs and Rajputs: UP minister Rajbhar

OBC leader makes controversial statement, saying the two dominant communities consume the most amount of alcohol, not his own Rajbhar community as alleged.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.