NSA for those using unfair means in exams: CM Yogi
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Moreover, FIRs will also be lodged against room invigilators and centre administrators found involved in the activities of cheating. According to the government spokesman, the chief minister has ordered the officers that static and sector magistrates should be appointed at each examination centre by the district magistrates. Last year, the board had suffered a major embarrassment.
No holiday in UP on Independence Day this year
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that this Independence Day will be celebrated as a special event this year in each district as it is the 75th year of Independence. Chief Secretary D.S. Mishra said that a special sanitation drive would be carried out, as is done during the festival of Diwali, and this should be made into a national public movement.
Yogi removes UP DGP for 'dereliction of duty'
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In an official statement, the government spokesman said that Goel had been removed for "ignoring his work, not taking interest in departmental work and dereliction of duty". This is the first time that a DGP has been removed on such charges.
Yogi Adityanath creates history, breaks jinx and belies myths as he enters 2nd term today
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As the first chief minister in 37 years to return to power with an overwhelming majority, Yogi Adityanath has already created history. By the time he completes his second term, he will become the longest-serving chief minister of the country's most populous state. Yogi Adityanath's return to power has also broken the infamous Noida jinx that kept chief ministers away from the district. This 'Noida jinx' gained currency in state politics after then UP CMVir Bahadur Singh was forced to resign in 1988.
Yogi elected leader, BJP stakes claim to form govt in UP
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BJP leaders Swatantra Dev Singh, Raghubar Das and others drove to Governor's house on Thursday evening after the legislative party meeting, where Adityanath was elected the leader. A proposal to this effect was put forward by senior BJP MLA Suresh Khanna, which was approved by all the legislators. UP Governor Anandiben Patel has invited Adityanath to form the government.
Watch | Punjab CM Channi uses 'Bhaiyya' jibe for people of UP, Bihar,
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“Don't let Bhaiyyas from UP, Bihar, Delhi, enter Punjab,” CM Channi passed the comment during an election rally in Ropar, Punjab. Priyanka Vadra is the congress-in-charge for the upcoming elections in UP. “Bhaiyya” is considered an offensive, disparaging classist slur used to refer to people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who work as contract labourers and farmers in Punjab.
‘Dynasty politics is threat to democracy': Top 10 quotes of PM Modi from his ANI interview
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his first television interview after he returned to power in 2019. PM Modi spoke on a wide range of crucial issues including Farm Laws withdrawal, dynastic politics, corruption, politically-important UP elections and his speeches in both the houses of Parliament. Here is a concise list of top 10 quotes from PM Modi's interview:
Battle for UP: Polling begins in 11 districts for 1st phase
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Voting began at 7 a.m. in 58 Assembly constituencies in the first of the seven-phase elections, covering 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh. The 11 districts where polling is being held include Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura. Nearly 2.27 crore voters will exercise their right. This phase is crucial for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which had won 53 of these 58 seats in 2017.
RRB NTPC Protest: Why have students taken to the streets?
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The students' protest in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has entered the fifth day as the protesters displayed their disappointment over the Railway Recruitment Board’s (RRB) examination procedure. The protests reached its boiling point as a bogie of the Bhabua-Patna Intercity Express at the Gaya station was set on fire. There were incidents of vandalism of public property and clashes with local police. Given that the protests have also boiled over into poll-bound UP, it is important to understand in detail the grievances of the students and the response by the Central government.
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