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Former Minister and People’s Party National President Swami Prasad Maurya has come out in support of the controversial UGC Act 2026, which aims to promote equality in higher education institutions across India. The legislation, formally titled “Regulations to Promote Equality in Higher Education Institutions, 2026,” directs universities and colleges to set up Equality Cells to ensure fair opportunities for all faculty, non-teaching staff, and students. While upper-caste groups have been protesting the Act, Maurya defended it, emphasizing the need to protect SC, ST, and OBC rights. In a social media post, he stated that the original purpose of the UGC was to ensure educational equality and social justice, but today, systematic discrimination is occurring against reserved categories. He h...

In a shocking incident highlighting serious security concerns, a 35-year-old woman was shot at close range while riding a motorcycle with her husband in Loni area of Ghaziabad, barely 50 metres from the Lalbagh police outpost. The incident occurred on Sunday evening in Lalbagh Colony, when the victim, identified as Sanjana Devi, was returning home from a local vegetable market with her husband Harishankar, a private company employee working in Delhi. According to the husband, after crossing the police outpost and moving a short distance ahead, an unidentified assailant fired at Sanjana from behind. The bullet struck her in the back, causing her to lose balance and fall from the motorcycle. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, from where she was later referred to Guru Tegh Bahadur (GT...

A tragic accident claimed the lives of two young cousins after an overloaded tractor-trolley carrying straw overturned into a drain on the Modinagar–Hapur road near Nahli village in Ghaziabad district. The victims remained trapped under a heap of straw for nearly three hours, leading to their deaths, police officials said. The deceased have been identified as Hashim (20) and Aqib (22), residents of Baghpat district. The two cousins were travelling atop the straw-loaded trolley on Sunday night while delivering fodder to a relative’s house in Nahli village. The tractor was being driven by Ubaid, accompanied by his helper Irfan. According to preliminary investigations, the accident occurred around 1:00 AM when the trolley, heavily overloaded and moving along a badly damaged stretch of r...

A surprising incident from Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh has left an entire village stunned after a newly married bride gave birth to a baby girl within just six hours of her wedding. The incident took place in a village under the Azimnagar police station area, where a young couple, reportedly in a long-standing relationship, got married with the consent of both families on Saturday. Following the wedding ceremony, the bride arrived at her in-laws’ home late in the evening. According to family members, around midnight, the bride began experiencing severe abdominal pain. Initially, the family assumed the discomfort was due to exhaustion after the wedding rituals. However, as her condition worsened, a female doctor was called to the house. After examination, the doctor informed t...