Both teachers and students reported improvements in hygiene, availability of drinking water during school hours and better attendance. As the young girls are no longer burdened with the job of fetching water, families are now more inclined to send them to school.
Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two men allegedly involved in espionage activities for Pakistan and being involved in illegal financial transactions
According to official data, the highest number of demolitions of illegal structures has taken place in Shravasti, where 100 illegal madrasas, one mosque, five mazars and two eidgahs were demolished.
In a significant operation, police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district detained 90 Bangladeshi nationals from Khajpur village under the jurisdiction of Police Station Nauhjheel, said officials.
In many cases of rape and sexual harassment, the accused secure bail and continue with their criminal activities which highlights serious loopholes in the judicial system.
The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Uttar Pradesh government to utilise funds from the Shri Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan to purchase five acres of land around the temple for corridor development.
All zoos and safari parks in Uttar Pradesh have been temporarily closed as a precautionary measure following the death of a tigress, Shakti, from Avian influenza at Gorakhpur's Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoological Park