Savita Yadav

GO For Wage implemented Already: VMC

There were a lot of brides and grooms at this party in Kanpur.

Seeing a banner containing photos of 70-odd victims of road accidents on Sabarmati Riverfront on Sunday morning welled up Savita Yadav's eyes."My son had gone out on his bike, saying he would return soon.

The fact-finding committee constituted by Allahabad University authorities to look into allegations of foul play in DPhil admissions at the department of Ancient History in Combined Research Entrance Test, has pointed at discrepancy in selecting candidates as per the reservation norms.

Fate of 28 aspirants keen to pursue PhD from Ancient History department of the Allahabad University is in a limbo due to the callous attitude of authorities.

In Lucknow, a couple, Savita Yadav and Sheshnath Yadav, performed a witchcraft ritual on November 28, sacrificing their 12-year-old niece to cure their mentally unstable son. The couple was arrested on Monday following confession statements and scientific evidence. The girl's body was found hidden in a maize stack after a search was initiated by her kin.

The department-cum-National Centre for Human Genome Studies and Research (NCHGSR), Panjab University (PU), organized the national symposium on ‘Perspectives in Genomics and Proteomics,’ which was attended by nearly 80 delegates from PU, affiliated colleges and research institutes of Tricity.

Over 90 girl students of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Awasiya Vidyalaya in remote Manihan area of Maoist-hit Mirzapur district reportedly fell ill sending health and administration officials into a tizzy.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote a letter to the district magistrate and the GB Nagar SSP about the investigation into the mysterious death of Gazhal Yadav, a Class II student of DPS World School, Noida Extension.

Women devotees donning yellow and red attire from all walks of life undertook UP's first women's Kanwar yatra on Sunday. More than 500 women walked almost 3 kms chanting 'Har Har Mahadev', carrying the auspicious bamboo pole containing holy Ganga water, tied at opposite ends.

In Sidhi district, MP, a man killed his wife in a fit of anger and later died by suicide. The shock led his grieving grandfather to immolate himself on the pyre of his grandson and daughter-in-law. Police have registered cases of unnatural death and murder.

With their names finalised, the candidates for the May 11 urban local body elections are preparing to hit the campaign trail.