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ECI appoints Special Observers for UP

Election Commission of India appointed Special Observers for Uttar Pradesh.

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‘Threatened’ by SP ally’s son, DD journalist writes to UP cops

Doordarshan journalist Ashok Shrivastav has written to the Ghaziabad SSP alleging that Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader OP Rajbhar’s son has threatened him for questioning why a reporter was “beaten up” – during a joint conference by SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary – in Ghaziabad last…

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How arsenic finds its way to food chain, ‘hurts social fabric’ too

“When I was in my maayka (maternal home) before my marriage, I had no spots on my body…the problems came up after coming here. The water is really bad,” says Seemadevi, in Karkatpur village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

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Railways exam protest: Concerns of students being addressed, physical outreach camps set up, says North Central Railway

Amid protests against alleged discrepancies in the Railway Recruitment Board's NTPC stage 1 exam results, the North Central Railway on Friday assured that they are addressing the concerns of students.

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Christians are ‘target practice’ for communal groups, say community leaders

According to the 2011 Census, Uttar Pradesh has the second-lowest population of Christians among all the states in India. Yet according to the data collected by the Evangelical Fellowship of India, which is a national alliance of over 65,000 churches, UP recorded the highest number of cases of violence against…

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Healthcare should be a right: doctor

Dr. Kafeel Khan’s book chronicles UP hospital tragedy where some children died for want of oxygen

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Brahmanism, socio-economic factors, rise in assertion: Why anti-Dalit violence continues to grow

“Tell everyone we scalped you,” Sardar Singh Jatav recalled a group of upper caste men as having told him while they pinned him down, broke his arm and shaved his forehead. He was brutalised﹘when he had gone to talk to his son’s upper caste employers﹘only because he is a member…

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Akhilesh Yadav slams UP govt, terms current phase as 'half income, double inflation'

In an open letter addressed to the public, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over a range of issues, terming the current phase as "half income, double inflation", adding that the present government has only brought "difficulties and troubles".

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Of Facebook's 50 top spenders, 20 are pages run by political parties or their supporters

Political campaigns in India have come a long way. Once upon a time, door-to-door visits marked the onset of a political campaign. Now, in the age of the pandemic, lockdowns and social media, it’s screen to screen.

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U.P. Assembly polls | Polarisation suits both BJP and SP to consolidate vote bases, says Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka Gandhi said her party will take a call on whether to forge a post-poll alliance once the election results are out.

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Police arrest two arms supplier ahead of Republic Day

Ahead of the Republic Day, the Special Cell unit of Delhi Police has arrested two persons for allegedly involved in the supply of illegal arms, officials said on Tuesday.

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Arsenic in water brings death and disease in UP, Bihar

Around 900 kilometres from Delhi, it is difficult to find a single household unaffected by illness in Tiwaritola village of Ballia﹘a border district cushioned between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Reason: presence of high levels of arsenic in groundwater.

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UP TET: One held for impersonating candidate in Pratapgarh

Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday arrested a man, who was allegedly appearing in place of a candidate in the UP Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2021 for Rs 20,000 at Pratapgarh district's Saket Girls Inter College.

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UP TET aspirants denied entry at Noida exam centre for not producing 'valid' documents

Several candidates appearing for UP Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) at a centre in Noida on Sunday were denied entry on not producing valid documents.

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Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 203: Nepotism at ICHR, UP’s unemployment crisis

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari and freelance journalist Saurabh Sharma.

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Hafta letters: Coverage of climate catastrophe, UP assembly election, impact of tech on youth

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UP Election 2022: Congress launches youth manifesto for UP, promises 20 lakh jobs

Congress on Friday launched a manifesto for youth ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls and promised 20 lakh jobs, including eight lakh for women in the state.

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EC notification for UP phase II polls on Friday

The Election Commission on Thursday said notification for the February 14 polls covering 55 assembly segments in nine districts of Rohilkhand region in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Friday.

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The journalist as neta: Inside the heady world of Press Club politics

A lot more than revelry and banter goes down between drinks at the Press Club of India, a 62-year-old institution that occupies one of Lutyens Delhi’s premier addresses – 1, Raisina Road. For a couple of weeks, two groups camp in the outer courtyard of the club, strategically seated at…

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Cauvery: A basin on the burn

At slightly under 800 kilometres, the Cauvery is the smallest of India’s major rivers. But it is the subject of the oldest and the most bitter water dispute in the country.

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Lesson from #KarnatakaVerdict: Congress should shake hands with BSP

Exactly 15 years ago, in the summer of 2003, LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee tried to persuade Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to join a national pre-poll alliance with the BJP in return for support to her in a hung UP Assembly.

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#KarnatakaVerdict: Kingmaker is set to be king

It’s verdict day for Karnataka. If you don’t know that then you’re obviously living under a rock. For those of us who do live above it and on Twitter and TV and digital news updates, the day has been, umm, a little like this.

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‘We can’t separate Reddy and Sriramulu,’ says Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje

It took two days of persuasion for Udupi Member of Parliament and Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka secretary Shobha Karandlaje to agree to speak to Newslaundry. In the course of the conversation, she accused incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of being power hungry. Karandlaje also defended jailbird Janardhan Reddy’s move to campaign…

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How Hindutva wants to stem Dalit rage and stifle Congress with one stone

Motoring smoothly towards 2019 and the aim of securing a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva juggernaut has hit a road bump shortly after tasting success in Tripura in early March. Top of the list of concerns for Modi and BJP president Amit Shah ahead of next…

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#UnnaoCase: Thank god for the Allahabad High Court

The judicial intervention in the Unnao case has once again exposed the political-criminal nexus in Uttar Pradesh. Under pressure from the Allahabad High Court, the Prime Minister’s Office cleared the Yogi Adityanath government’s recommendation for the case to be handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation in record time on…

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