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Kanpur:  It remains a glaring example of neglect as the examinations of the Council schools are taking place amid a shortage of the question papers.

It is to be noted here that the Basic Siksha Parishad exams of classes from 1 to VIII are being conducted in Kanpur Dehat district these days.

The height of negligence remained so much that the two examinees were given one question paper.

Another startling spectacle was that the teacher wrote down questions on the blackboards at the school in Derapur Block of Kanpur Dehat district.

Kanpur: There are no ministers from Kanpur Nagar district while Kanpur Dehat has got as many as three ministers. This has caused an atmosphere of enthusiasm among the party supporters.

Just opposite to this there is a flurry of discussions among the political circles in Kanpur Nagar district.

Not a single minister from Kanpur has been included in the UP cabinet for the first time. But it is being speculated that eight-time MLA Satish Mahana will get Speaker post in the UP assembly.

Kanpur: The new cabinet sparks a barrage of discussions among the politicians here. But the latest news said of Satish Mahana to be seated on Speaker's seat.

Not a single minister from Kanpur has been included in the UP cabinet for the first time.

Satish Mahana, former Cabinet minister and eight-time MLA, was almost certain to be chosen as a minister. But he was dropped from Cabinet.

In the last state government, as many as four MLAs from Kanpur were made ministers in the cabinet.

Kanpur: Pollution in atmospheric air is too much, says a leather professional. He has been living in the Jajmau area for the past several years. Or, in a more precise way since he has been married luckily.

In search of puffing fresh air he went up above the fifth storey of his building but what broke the spell was the prevalence of dusty, filthy air. It was extremely unbearable for him.

Therefore he decided to walk in the serene air available on the Cantonment area spanning from the Golf Course to the second gate opening towards the Mall Road side here.

Lucknow, Mar 24 (PTI) After being elected leader of BJP legislature party, Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met Governor Anandiben Patel to stake claim to form government in Uttar Pradesh.

After dropping Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the airport, Adityanath went to the Raj Bhawan to meet the governor.

Earlier, an NDA delegation met the governor and handed over letters of support for forming government in the state following the conclusion of the legislature party meeting.

Kanpur: Owing to the grave negligence of the municipal corporation, Jalkal, Jal Sansthan and Pollution Control Board, the Namami Gangey Project to make Ganga pure seems to be sabotaged here.

Drains in Sisamau, Parmat, Baba Ghat, Guptar Ghat, Paramiya Purwa and Nawabganj areas were shut down by spending a whopping Rs 63 crore way back in the year of 2018.

Recently, the Sisamau drain, was tracked and monitored by officials. They found that water from the drain was still being dumped into the Ganga.

Kanpur: "There is salt in the air of Jajmau", said the tall boy who brought two young mechanics for repairing the AC set at his relative's house residing in the same area here on Friday. 

It is a good line indeed, said the person who heard him initially. Upon this reaction there came the laughter too.

Why did he say so? Because the main pollutant has been recorded at PM 2.5 while the air quality index remains very poor at 180 today according to the Friday's weather reports.

Airborne salinity refers to the content of gaseous and suspended salt in the atmosphere.

New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The number of tuberculosis cases in India has seen a 19 per cent rise in 2021 over the previous year, according to the annual TB report released by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday.

The total number of new and relapsed TB patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against 16,28,161 in 2020, the report showed.

New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Friday, the third increase in four days as oil firms recoup losses from holding rates during the period prior to the recently-concluded assembly elections.

Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 97.81 per litre as against Rs 97.01 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 88.27 per litre to Rs 89.07, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 25 (PTI) A group of people allegedly tied a man to a tree and raped his wife in this district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday night when the couple was returning to their village, they said.

According to the complaint lodged by the survivor's family, the man was walking back home from his in-laws' house with his wife when 10 people intercepted them.