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Topic: Uttar Pradesh

Minor arrested for anti-CAA protests in Feb freed after HC says he was ‘languishing’ in jail

The 16-year-old boy was released on bail from a jail in Azamgarh Friday after an Allahabad HC order. He was among 19 arrested for violence during anti-CAA protests.

Kejriwal wants to reserve Delhi hospitals for residents but here’s what doctors have to say

Delhi has sealed borders until 8 June over caseload and infrastructure concerns. Some doctors say the move will reduce burden, others call it denial of justice.

One UP teacher ‘gets a job at 25 govt schools, draws Rs 1 crore as salary over a year’ 

UP government has launched a large-scale investigation into its discovery that one teacher was enrolled at 25 government schools. 

Yogi govt completes skill-mapping of 23.5 lakh migrant workers, 18 lakh want jobs in UP

UP govt survey says 77% of these 23.5 lakh migrant workers want to stay back and work in the state, as of 2 June. Of the total, 16.6 lakh are unskilled labourers.

Lucknow-Mumbai express not just a special train but lifeline for migrants heading back to work

The Pushpak Express has transported over a 1,000 passengers since 1 June, including migrant and white-collar workers who were waiting to get back to work amid the lockdown.

Yogi Adityanath stresses on increasing state’s Covid-19 daily testing capacity to 15,000

The Additional Chief Secretary said the state had set a record in the country by increasing it's hospital bed capacity to over a lakh.

HC pulls up Yogi govt over bad internet for state lawyers, calls it ‘impediment to justice’

Allahabad High Court observed that over the past few weeks, it has repeatedly noticed a connectivity problem on the part of the state counsel, particularly in bail hearings.

Kanpur principal claims ‘blackmail bid’ as viral video shows her calling Tablighis terrorists

Dr Aarti Lalchandani of GVSM Medical College, Kanpur, claims video was ‘tampered with’, but acknowledges she was upset about ‘misbehaviour’ by Jamaatis.

UP allows inter-state travel, district admin to decide on permit in areas adjoining Delhi

The new guidelines say there will be no need for an e-permit to travel, adding that religious places, shopping malls, hotels and barber shops will open from 8 June .

States are going ahead with labour reforms, even if Modi govt is finding it hard to do so

The labour ministry has told a parliamentary panel that over 10 states have reformed some labour laws over the last year or more. A dozen more are considering them.

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?