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New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s nearly-600-km-long Ganga Expressway, built at a cost of around Rs 36,000 crore and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh, will unlock new growth opportunities across 12 districts of the state, driving logistics, industrial and real estate development along the corridor, according to a report released on Wednesday.As per Knight Frank India’s analysis, spanning 594 km between Meerut and Prayagraj, the new expressway expected to sign…

Hardoi, April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Ganga Expressway during a public event in Hardoi and said that in this era of modern progress, this project passing in the vicinity of Maa Ganga will become a “new lifeline” for the development of Uttar Pradesh. The inauguration of this project, built for Rs 36,230 crore, will mark a significant milestone in the development of world-class infrastructure in the country.The Ganga Expressway is a 594-kilometre-long, 6…

Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented a charge sheet against the Mamata Banerjee government, Trinamool Congress launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre, presenting a counter‑charge sheet in response to Shah’s claims. On Saturday, the Mamata Banerjee‑led party presented a 15‑page charge sheet titled “Mota Bhai, We Demand Answers.”Senior Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Bratya Basu, Members of Parliame…

Jammu, March 24 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Reasi district on Tuesday reunited two missing persons with their families, bringing relief to the worried relatives.​ Police said that continuing its commitment to public safety and citizen assistance, it successfully traced and reunited two missing persons in separate incidents reported from Katra.​In the first incident, Anil Kumar Tripathi, son of Amar Nath Tripathi, resident of Barra, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), who had been missing from his home,…

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking enhancement of the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and other convicts in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja granted additional time to the convicts to file their responses and posted the matter for further hearing on March 28. Earlier, in February, the Delhi High Court ha…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Board Class 10 and Class 12 examinations began on Wednesday with more than 52 lakh students appearing across the state. The exams are being conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) and will continue till March 12. From Lucknow to Prayagraj, and from Ghaziabad to Varanasi, thousands of students reached their respective centres early in the morning, many expressing nervousness but also feeling confident about their preparation. Th…

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A six-year-old boy was killed and five others, including two women, were injured after a speeding car, driven by a Class 12 student, ploughed into pedestrians in Lucknow, triggering shock and outrage in the area. The incident took place on Thursday evening on Kanpur Road in front of the Hanuman temple at Banthra. Police said five people were seriously injured in the accident, and the child later succumbed to injuries during treatment.The injured have been identified as A…

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In an open letter posted on social media platform X, Dr Ishita Sengar, daughter of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar — convicted in the 2017 Unnao rape case — expressed deep anguish, fear, and waning faith in the justice system. The letter, addressed to the “Hon’ble Authorities of the Republic of India,” comes hours after the Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order that had suspended her father’s life sentence and granted him conditional bail.Sengar, expell…

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday hinted that it may stay the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.”We are inclined to stay the (Delhi HC) order. Generally, the principle is that if a person has been released on bail, the court does not set aside the order ex parte. However, the situation here is peculiar, since he continues to be in custody in connect…

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. “We are conscious of the fact that when a convict or an undertrial has been released, such orders are not ordinarily stayed by this court without hearing such persons. But in view of peculiar facts, where the convict is also convicted for a separate …