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HP's Palampur to administer polio drops to kids at 81 booths from Dec 21

12 Dec 2025 | 4:23 PM

Palampur, Dec 12 (UNI) A meeting of the Block Task Force for the upcoming Pulse Polio Campaign was held on Friday under the chairmanship of SDM Palampur, Netra Mehti. The SDM said the campaign will be conducted in Gopalpur Medical Block from December 21 to 23.

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J&K: One dead, three injured on Bhaderwah-Chamba road mishap

12 Dec 2025 | 3:37 PM

Jammu, Dec 12 (UNI) One person was killed and three injured in a road mishap on Bhaderwah-Chamba road in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Another baby dies in UP over contaminated cough syrup

12 Dec 2025 | 2:48 PM

Auraiya (UP), Dec 12 (UNI) A 20-month-old baby died and his toddler brother is battling for life allegedly after cosuming a cough syrup purchased from a local hospital in this district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.

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Bangladeshi woman, husband held in Amroha for illegal stay; intelligence agencies launch probe

12 Dec 2025 | 1:53 PM

Amroha, Dec 12 (UNI) A Bangladeshi woman, Reena Begum, and her husband, Rashid Ali, were taken into custody in Mandi Dhanaura after police discovered they had been living in the area illegally, officials confirmed on Friday.
The couple was detained following a tip-off, prompting both police and intelligence officials to launch an inquiry on Thursday.

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High alert in Amritsar after 15 city schools received bomb threats

12 Dec 2025 | 1:47 PM

Chandigarh, Dec 12 (UNI) Amritsar was placed on high alert on Monday after 15 prominent private schools received email threats claiming they would be bombed. Acting swiftly on the alerts, the district administration ordered an immediate shutdown of all schools across the city.

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Komalpreet overcomes financial woes; becomes World Powerlifting Champion

12 Dec 2025 | 1:21 PM

Chandigarh, Dec 12 (UNI) Ludhiana’s 21-year-old powerlifter Komalpreet Kaur has returned to India as a world champion after clinching gold at the 2025 World Powerlifting Championship held in Thailand.

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Victim's parents move SC against acquittal or computation of death sentence

12 Dec 2025 | 11:31 AM

Shimla, Dec 12 (UNI) The family of four-year-old murder victim Yug Gupta has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s September 23 judgment that commuted the death sentences of two convicts and acquitted the third.
Family sources told UNI that Yug’s father, Vinod Gupta, has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the apex court, which has been accepted for hearing.

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PM Modi to inaugurate 'Rashtriya Prerna Sthal' in Lucknow on Dec 25

12 Dec 2025 | 10:58 AM

Lucknow, Dec 12 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the 65-acre 'Rashtriya Prerna Sthal' in Lucknow's Vasant Kunj area on December 25. Statues of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee have been installed at Prerna Sthal.

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New UP BJP President to be announced on Sunday, election process to start tomorrow

12 Dec 2025 | 10:45 AM

Lucknow, Dec 12 (UNI) After a long wait, ruling BJP has announced the formal process of organisational election to elect the new Uttar Pradesh party president. The name of new president would be revealed on December 14 even though it could be disclosed on December 13, if only one candidate files nomination.

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ED raids 25 locations linked to UP cough syrup syndicate

12 Dec 2025 | 10:25 AM

Lucknow, Dec 12 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today launched extensive raids across six cities as part of its money-laundering investigation into the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup in Uttar Pradesh. Beginning early in the morning, ED teams conducted searches at 25 locations connected to the suspected syndicate in Lucknow, Varanasi, Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Jaunpur and Saharanpur.

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Uttarakhand school children to get escorts to prevent animal attacks

12 Dec 2025 | 3:15 AM

Dehradun, Dec 11(UNI) Uttarakhand government will provide escort facilities to school-going children to safeguard them from wild animal attacks in the hill areas.

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Pratibha, Vikramaditya skip HP govt Anniversary Event; Virbhadra family sidestepped in party show

12 Dec 2025 | 3:00 AM

Shimla, Dec 11 (UNI) The third anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh government today witnessed a notable absence, as Congress stalwart and former HPCC Chief Pratibha Singh and her son, PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh, skipped the party’s Jansampark Sammelan at Mandi.

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Lalitpur: Fugitive poses as doctor, heads CCU for three years; massive fraud exposed

12 Dec 2025 | 2:54 AM

Lalitpur, Dec 11(UNI) A sensational case of fraud has rocked Uttar Pradesh’s government health system after it was revealed that a convicted fugitive from a decades-old embezzlement case had assumed a fake identity and served as a doctor—heading one of the most sensitive units of a state-run medical college.

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MP's industrial growth rate highest in India - CM

12 Dec 2025 | 2:40 AM

Bhopal, Dec 11 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday claimed that the state has registered the highest industrial growth rate in the country and asserted that the BJP-led government has taken several significant decisions for the welfare of the poor, farmers, youth, and women.

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Sr HPSEBL management accused of misusing board resources; JAC warns of major expose

12 Dec 2025 | 2:40 AM

Shimla, Dec 11 (UNI) Tension within the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd (HPSEBL) is brewing after the Joint Action Committee (JAC) levelled serious allegations against senior management, accusing them of misusing board resources while unfairly targeting junior employees through disciplinary proceedings.

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