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It was four decades after Independence, in 1987, that India passed a Mental Health Act that had taken nine years to design.

In a major change in the land law in the state, the UP government is likely to allow members of scheduled caste to sell their land to non-Dalits even if their holding is less than 3.5 acre. According to highly placed sources, the state cabinet in its meeting on Tuesday is likely to accept a recommendation to this effect made by a committee set up to present the Revenue Code Bill 2015. This recommendation is a key feature of the bill.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday set up a one-man inquiry commission against the beleaguered civil servant Surya Pratap Singh. The inquiry, headed by Anil Kumar Gupta, Board of Revenue chairman will probe whether Singh’s conduct over the past few months has violated the All India Services Conduct Rules.

Development fund to the tune of Rs 10 lakh has allegedly been siphoned off in Benti -- the village adopted by Union home minister Rajnath Singh. Located around 20km from Lucknow in Sarojininagar block, the village was adopted by Rajnath under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana.

In a bid to protect the low lying areas of city’s new real estate hub, the state government will construct an embankment road along the Gomti river connecting Shaheed Path and the outer ring road in the city. While reviewing the ongoing work on the Gomti riverfront development project, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced the construction of the proposed embankment which will prove a boon to various government and private housing and commercial projects being planned in Gomtinagar Extension and beyond along Shaheed Path.

As Nepal moves towards removing the word secular from its constitution, the contribution of Gorakhpur MP Mahant Yogi Adityanath who exhorted Nepal government to declare the themselves a “Hindu Rashtra” cannot be overlooked.

Controversy surrounding IPS officer Amitabh Thakur refuses to die down as RTI activist Sanjay Sharma has filed a second complaint with the Lokayukta alleging that the IPS officer evaded tax after selling off a large piece of land.

One need not go all the way to Ujjain to take part in its famous Bhasma Aarti. A visit to Mahashiv Temple in Rajendranagar on any Monday can fulfill the desire. The recently started ritual was witnessed by a huge crowd of devotees here on the first Monday of Sawan.

All Hindus are invited to 'Raksha Bandhan parv' Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS), irrespective of whether they belong to Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party or any other and are of any caste or class. Lucknow vibha karyavaah Prashant Bhatia said the idea is to convince everyone to come and get familiar with the nationalist approach of RSS leaders. Though it might not be possible to invite all leaders and workers across political spectrum, RSS men who are regulars at around 225 shakhas and around... Читать дальше...

The Federation of Film Societies of India kicked off the 1st FFSI International Film Festival which will travel to 20 cities in India.

A herd of 30 elephants entered West Midnapore’s Jhargram from Jharkhand’s Dalma on Sunday night. A group of 15 jumbos, that couldn’t return to Jharkhand last year due to mining activities in the neighbouring state, was pushed back to Jharkhand this June.

Students of the 2011 batch of Bachelor of Unani Medicine & Surgery at the Government Unani College (Takmil-Uttib Unani Medical College), staged a two-hour-long demonstration at Lucknow University on Monday. The batch has been staging a protest for four days after LU revoked its examination result. LU officials have assured the students a meeting with the vice chancellor on Tuesday.

Months after CBI wrote to Kolkata Police asking it whether it had probed the Saradha financial scam that’s in public knowledge since 2009, the latter has shot back a letter mentioning that it has no mandate (unlike the ED) to investigate a financial scam without a rudimentary FIR.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday stayed for four weeks the bailable warrant issued against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by a Amethi court for his alleged inflammatory speech in UP during 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The East-West Metro project on Monday made some progress with the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), the implementing agency, trying its best to convince the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) that there won’t be any damage to the Currency Building.

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The celebrated Banerji protocol — a homoeopathy-based treatment method devised and practised successfully by legendary physician Prasanta Banerji for over 60 years — is ready to seek recognition as a separate stream of medicine.

The first Kisan Mandi along the Lucknow-Agra expressway, inarguably India’s longest will come up in Kannauj, the parliamentary constituency represented by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.

In a bid to make Kolkata the first Unesco City of Literature in India, the state has decided to work with Norwich, the first city in England to bag the title.

Noted Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh has been chosen for the state’s highest literary award, Bharat Bharti. The award, given by UP Hindi Sansthan, carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. The award list for 2014 was announced on Monday.

The realty boom that kept Bengal’s economy churning has switched to reverse gear.