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Major seat expansion: 950 MBBS and 271 PG seats approved in Uttar Pradesh medical colleges. (AI Image) Uttar Pradesh MBBS seats: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved a major increase in the number of medical education seats for the 2025-26 academic session. A total of 950 new MBBS seats and 271 postgraduate (PG) seats will…
Uttar Pradesh CM with Yogi Adityanath and World Bank President Ajay Banga (file photo) LUCKNOW: World Bank Group president Ajay Banga on Thursday praised Uttar Pradesh’s resilient agriculture model for small farmers as a global benchmark for sustainable farming and climate adaptation, a govt official said in a statement.Banga also lauded the Yogi Adityanath government’s…
When we think of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, temples and heritage buildings come to mind. However, these two beautiful states of India are so much beyond the sacred ghats of Varanasi and Mughal architecture. These states are also blessed with a lesser-known and hidden wealth of wildlife. The states are home to Gangetic plains, undiscovered…
LUCKNOW/BAHRAICH: Uttar Pradesh’s forest department issued Sunday “shoot on sight” orders for wolves following a spate of attacks in Bahraich district that have left six people, including four children, dead in the past two months. The order coincided with fresh attacks that left three villagers injured.“Given the repeated attacks by wolves on villagers, state government…
MEERUT: Sambhal district administration Thursday demolished a mosque and a 30,000-sq-ft marriage hall allegedly built on govt land that was earlier a pond in Raya Buzurg village. Both structures, erected a decade ago, had been declared illegal encroachments during a recent survey. This is the second mosque to face demolition in Sambhal within four months.Sambhal…
TRIGGER WARNING: The article contains references to r*pe and suicide.Haryanvi actor and filmmaker Uttar Kumar was detained on Monday from his farmhouse in Amroha. This came after a 25-year-old colleague accused him of r*pe and intimidation. Reportedly, the police acted after the woman tried to end her life outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Lucknow,…
NEW DELHI: At least four pilgrims were killed and nine others seriously injured when a bus collided with a truck on Monday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 5am when the bus, carrying devotees from Ayodhya to Varanasi, was travelling on the Lucknow-Varanasi National Highway near Sihipur village.Superintendent of police, Jaunpur, Dr Kaustubh, said there…
