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Lucknow: The day after a draft bill on population control was uploaded on UP’s state law commission website, chief minister Yogi Adityanath released the state’s new policy which aims to reduce population growth rate to 2.1% over next 10…

Unlike China, India does not have a national child policy. But two BJP-ruled states are moving towards a two-child policy. After Assam, it’s the turn of Uttar Pradesh. The state's Law Commission has come up with a similar proposal where a…

Gorakhpur: In a shocking incident, a mother of three children allegedly eloped with a Class VIII student here in Uttar Pradesh. A complaint was lodged by the boy’s family at Campierganj police station following which an FIR was registered…

New Delhi: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will not witness the “chakka jam” or road blockade on Saturday despite the farmers across the country are set to protest “peacefully” on national highways, an umbrella body of farmers…

Allahabad: A man was forced to spend eight months behind the bars for no fault of his. The reason -- his middle name, Kumar, was missing from the bail order. His bail application had first been rejected by the additional sessions court at…

Pratapgarh: Couples running away from home and getting married in temples is not rare. But have you heard of a wedding taking place in a hospital? Yes, it happened at Pratapgarh in UP recently. Hours before her wedding, bride-to-be Aarti…

New Delhi: An infuriated bride called off her wedding after the groom's friends dragged her to the dance floor. This incident happened in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. The celebrations were brought to an abrupt halt after the incident, leading…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has made 10 years of government service mandatory for PG medicos studying in the state. Anyone failing to do so will have to pay a fine of Rs 1 crore. "The UP Government mandates 10 years of service in the department…

Lucknow: Just before a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy were to get married in a ceremony involving rituals of both religions in Lucknow, police stopped the wedding citing the controversial ‘love jihad’ (anti-conversion) law in Uttar Pradesh.…

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a huge exercise to make space for COVID-19 vaccine as and when it arrives. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed to prepare for a 1.23 lakh-litre cold chain storage capacity in the…