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Niti Aayog report claims decrease in multidimensional poverty

India has seen a 9.89% decrease in multidimensionally poor people from 2015-16 to 2019-2021, with 13.5 crore people escaping poverty. Rural areas saw the fastest decline, while urban areas saw a decrease from 8.65% to 5.27%. Uttar Pradesh registered the largest decline with 3.43 crore people escaping poverty. The report…

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Supreme Court grants Umar Ansari interim protection from arrest

SC grants interim protection from arrest to Umar Ansari in evacuee property case. Court issues notice to Uttar Pradesh, asks Ansari to cooperate with investigation. Allahabad HC had dismissed plea for pre-arrest bail and quashing of chargesheet.

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Uttar Pradesh: 5 Kanwariyas electrocuted to death, 5 others injured in Meerut village

Five Kanwariya were electrocuted to death while five others were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in came in contact with an 11kv power live near a village in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Saturday evening. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Om Prakash Rajbhar-led SBSP joins NDA

Amit Shah stated that Om Prakash Rajbhar’s entry will strengthen the NDA in Uttar Pradesh and further boost its efforts under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the welfare of the poor and deprived.

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From selling street food to dazzling India debut, Jaiswal scripts rags-to-riches story

It was a stellar display by 21-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal from Uttar Pradesh, who moved to Mumbai when he was 12. There he would sell ‘pani-puri’, a traditional Indian snack, for pocket money and sleep in tents until a coach took him under his wing.

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Uttar Pradesh: FIR against Atiq Ahmed’s son, five others in Prayagraj for demanding extortion

Uttar Pradesh Police have registered another case against slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's son, Ali Ahmed, for allegedly threatening, land grabbing and demanding extortion of Rs 50 lakh in Prayagraj's Kareli. Read further on Dynamite News:

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U.P. govt. approves two 800 MW thermal power projects

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on July 11 approved building two thermal power projects of 800 MW each at the cost of ₹18,000 crore in Sonbhadra district. The State government said it is the part of U.P.’s efforts to provide cheap electricity to people in the State.

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Talk of India being ‘Mother of Democracy’ meaningless, says Akhilesh Yadav

After Uttar Pradesh police registered a case against Samajwadi Party (SP) worker Ajay Yadav alias Ajay Fauji and four others for masquerading as vegetable vendors drawing attention over an alleged price rise and protecting tomatoes at a vegetable shop in Varanasi, the SP president Akhilesh Yadav on July 10 lashed out…

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Once drought-hit, Siddipet now attracts migrant farm workers

With the commencement of the rainy season, the labour-intensive farming activities have picked up in Siddipet. Knowing about the work available here, hundreds of farm labourers have migrated to the district from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal in the past few weeks.

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PMK to stage protest against murder of three party functionaries

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday announced that the party will organise a protest on Thursday against the murders of three party functionaries in 50 days in Chengalpattu district by hirelings while praising the Uttar Pradesh government for eliminating the criminal gangs by empowering the police department.

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Four arrested after video of Dalit man made to lick shoes in Sonbhadra goes viral

Days after a video of a Dalit man being slapped and forced to lick the shoes of a contractual Electricity Department employee in Sonabhadra district went viral, Uttar Pradesh police registered a case under the SC/ST Ac and arrested four persons including the assaulter

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U.P. Minister compares Opposition unity against BJP with barking dogs against a powerful roaming elephant

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State (independent charge) Manohar Lal Panth made a controversial remark in Jalaun district on July 9 comparing Opposition unity against the BJP with barking dogs against a powerful roaming elephant. “When elephant roams and does its work, dogs bark,” he said, when reporters asked him about Opposition unity.

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Uttar Pradesh: 3 killed, 3 others injured after being struck by lightning in Mainpuri

Three persons, including a woman, were killed while three others were injured after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Gorakhpur Railway Station on July 7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 7 will lay the foundation stone of Gorakhpur Railway Station redevelopment in Uttar Pradesh around 2.30 p.m.

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Uttar Pradesh STF to soon have AI-based Criminal Data System

The U.P. STF has initiated the process of acquiring the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Criminal Data Creation and Retrieval System.

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Bureaucracy: Why are bureaucrats leaving the job? Another IAS officer of UP cadre seeks voluntary retirement

Another Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has applied for retirement under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS). He is the fourth IAS officer from the state cadre to do so in the last one year. Read full report of Dynamite News:

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Uttar Pradesh: Demolition drive conducted at Fatehpur house of accused in rape, murder case

Uttar Pradesh Police carried out a second demolition drive at the residence of one person identified as Sonu alias Sikandar, accused of rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Fatehpur district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Uttar Pradesh: 6 people killed due to lightning strikes in Azamgarh

District Administration said that five people died in Barwa Sagar which comes under Mehnagar police station and in another similar incident one person died in the Maharajganj area of the district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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U.P. govt, to begin Road Safety Fortnight campaign from July 17

The Uttar Pradesh has decided to organise a campaign under Road Safety Fortnight from July 17 to 31, aimed at reducing the number of road accidents and raise public awareness about traffic rules

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SP MLAs unhappy with Akhilesh, breakup imminent: Rajbhar

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) president Om Prakash Rajbhar on July 3 said that a Maharashtra-like situation would soon emerge in Uttar Pradesh and claimed that several Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs and leaders who are angry with Akhilesh Yadav are likely to change sides soon.

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Uttar Pradesh: 2 killed, 2 injured as car falls into 70-ft deep pit in Sitapur

Two persons were killed, while two others were injured when a car they were travelling in collided with a divider and fell into a 70-feet deep pit along the banks of Gon River in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Atiq Ahmed killing | SC says its focus is on ‘systemic problem’, not individual cases

The Supreme Court said its focus is on the “systemic problem” of murder and violence in Uttar Pradesh rather than individual cases while hearing a case concerning the killings of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf.

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Atiq Ahmed killing: U.P. tells SC it is probing 'security lapses'

The Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court on July 2 that it is investigating the “security lapses” which allowed three armed men to merge with journalists to dodge a police cordon and shoot dead gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother in full view of TV cameras on April 15.

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Monsoon covers entire country six days early: IMD

The southwest monsoon on July 2 covered the entire country six days before the normal date, as it advanced in the remaining parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. On June 30, the IMD had said the monsoon is expected to be normal in July…

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Call centre fraud: ED arrests three for allegedly cheating foreign nationals

The ED also searched the locations linked to the accused persons in Rajasthan’s Jaipur and Nagaur; Mathura, Kanpur, Allahabad and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

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