Prayagraj: The UP Board’s ambitious initiative to digitise attendance in affiliated schools has failed to gain traction even a year after its launch, with most institutions yet to adopt the system regularly.A review of attendance records from over 29,000 affiliated schools revealed patchy compliance despite repeated directives from the board. Officials attributed the poor response…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh govt has linked 4.25 lakh families — around 34% of identified beneficiaries — with all welfare schemes they are eligible for under the ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign launched in 2024, officials said.Officials said the coverage is expected to rise by nearly 30% once targets under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are achieved.Among districts,…
Lucknow: The food safety and drug administration (FSDA) has unearthed an interstate syndicate allegedly involved in the sale of counterfeit medicines, black marketing of govt hospital drugs, relabelling, fake billing and illegal distribution of physician samples.The action, carried out under the directions of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, was led by FSDA commissioner Roshan Jacob. A…
10 electric drain-cleaning carts and 10 electric garbage loaders were flagged off for the Hardoi Nagar Palika Parishad LUCKNOW: The state govt has entered into a partnership with HCL Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL Tech, to strengthen the waste management systems in Hardoi, Prayagraj and Agra under the Swachh Bharat Mission.An MoU…
Kanpur: Seven people were injured when a passenger bus travelling from Gonda to Delhi collided with an LPG tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Etawah in the early hours of Thursday.The accident occurred near Bani Hardu village when the passenger bus reportedly went out of control, broke through the divider and entered the other lane,…
Kanpur: Around 700 cricketers of the city will participate in Super Star’strials to be held at Kamla Club on July 11 & 12. The aspirants mustbelong to Kanpur division and they should be enrolled with UPCS.The franchise team will pick best of them for its team which willparticipate in fourth edition of UP T20 league…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by the biological parents of a 4-year-old boy, seeking the return of their son from the custody of an IPS officer and his wife.The decision, uploaded Tuesday and handed down by a division bench comprising Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Bhuwan Goyal, concluded…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court on Monday directed the central govt and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file their counter-affidavits in response to a petition challenging an Agra court order that refused to allow a survey of the Taj Mahal.The petition challenges the rejection of an application seeking the appointment of an advocate…
Kanpur: A traffic police constable and a trailer driver were killed, while another constable sustained critical injuries after an uncontrolled trailer rammed into the policemen’s motorcycle before crashing into a truck on the Barra elevated bridge early Monday. The accident disrupted traffic on the flyover for several hours.According to police, traffic constables Jitendra and Rakesh,…
Lucknow: Only 72 applications have been received for the state teachers’ award, presented by the state govt to primary and upper primary school teachers on Teacher’s Day. The basic education department sought self-nomination from teachers who have made exemplary contributions in the year 2025.The department had invited online applications between June 7 and June 30….
