Articles by K Sandeep Kumar
Allahabad: Trans-Yamuna assembly seats fuel Ujjwal’s win
Meja, Karachhana, Bara, and Koraon Assembly segments vote in favour of Congress, facilitating the grand old party’s return to the seat after 40 years.
Updated on Jun 06, 2024 05:04 AM IST
SP’s Pushpendra wins Kaushambi seat, becomes country’s youngest MP
25-year-old Pushpendra Saroj of Samajwadi Party wins Kaushambi parliamentary seat, becoming India's youngest MP, defeating sitting BJP MP by 1,03,944 votes.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 08:00 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Cong, SP wrest 3 out of 4 seats in Prayagraj region from BJP
BJP suffered a setback in Prayagraj region, losing 3 out of 4 Lok Sabha seats won in 2019. Congress and INDIA bloc made significant gains.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 06:08 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
₹750 crore revamp on cards for U.P. govt secondary schools
The state government bears 100% cost for the exercise to be undertaken in government-run schools in helping construct new buildings for these schools
Updated on Jun 03, 2024 06:22 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Now, IIT experts to train U.P. govt secondary school teachers
169 assistant teachers and lecturers of government high schools and intermediate colleges have been selected to undergo five-day training
Published on Jun 01, 2024 09:03 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Over 9 lakh govt primary students in U.P. still lacking Aadhaar
Director general (school education), U.P., Kanchan Verma, while sending a report of May 27, directed all BSAs to complete Aadhaar verification process as soon as possible
Published on May 31, 2024 10:30 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Lok Sabha polls: Women outnumber men in voting on Allahabad seat
Women voters outvoted men on the Allahabad parliamentary seat, but men had a higher turnout on the Phulpur seat. Meja and Koraon had the highest female voter turnout.
Updated on May 29, 2024 08:46 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
PMEGP: Prayagraj attains 100% target in providing aid
Under this scheme, financial assistance and subsidy ranging from 15% to 35% of the project cost is provided by the government to eligible entrepreneurs who set up new micro-enterprises
Updated on May 29, 2024 08:41 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Prayagraj Junction gets rail coach restaurant
Visitors will be able to enjoy various flavours in the rail coach restaurant on the theme of ‘Meals on Wheels’. For this, an old, decommissioned AC-2 coach of the Railways has been given the look of a restaurant. As many as 56 people can sit at a time inside the rail coach restaurant for which 14 tables have been arranged here.
Updated on May 29, 2024 05:42 AM IST
In Prayagraj, candidates relax, de-stress after weeks of hectic campaigning
Most spent time with family members, friends and supporters discussing the possible outcome of the polls
Updated on May 27, 2024 05:14 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Phulpur: Candidates with BSP background enliven three-way contest for seat of stalwarts
The BJP won the seat for the first time in 2014, lost the 2018 by-poll and bounced back in 2019. The caste factor is crucial here as only Patel-Kurmi candidates have emerged victorious nine times in the last 11 elections
Updated on May 24, 2024 07:48 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
In UP’s aonla land, stage set for a triangular contest
Pratapgarh constituency, where former ‘Rajas’ held sway over politics for decades, has moved forward at a swift pace, leaving behind its royal history.
Updated on May 24, 2024 06:26 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
LS polls 2024: Not in fray, but prestige of 10 stalwarts at stake in Prayagraj region
They include Keshav Prasad Maurya, Rewati Raman Singh, Pramod Tiwari, Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi among others
Published on May 23, 2024 09:51 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Allahabad: In villages on banks of Ganga, Yamuna, people starve for water
Elections have come and gone, governments formed and reformed, but generations of people have passed away whole lives full of struggle to get a pail of water, here.
Updated on May 23, 2024 05:20 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
‘Son-rise’ in Allahabad amid battle of legacies
The grand old party has won seven of the eight polls held here between 1952 and 1984. However, in recent years, the BJP has made it its citadel, emerging victorious in five of the last seven elections.
Updated on May 21, 2024 09:43 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
As fresh poll promises pour in, old one for Kaushambi uplift still pending
An important stopover of the Buddhist Tourism Circuit, Kaushambi is revered by Buddhists across the world as a place which Lord Gautam Buddha visited many times to deliver his sermons.
Updated on May 18, 2024 05:58 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Tata Bhawans in Sangam city to offer new skill courses from July
Constructed at a cost of ₹4 crore each, these well-embellished centers will start offering training from July 2024.
Published on May 11, 2024 10:22 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
2024 LS polls: Many Allahabad Univ alumni test poll waters, keep alma mater’s fame intact
Dharmendra Yadav, Neeraj Tripathi, Vinod Sonkar, Praveen Patel and Shubh Narayan Gautam are former students of the central university
Published on May 03, 2024 10:52 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Kaushambi: Can the lotus rise anew amidst banana fields?
Currently, over 4,000 farmers and their families are cultivating bananas on 10,000 hectares of land in Kaushambi, especially in its Newada, Kaushambi, and Chail development blocks, which has doubled from 5,000 hectares in 2020.
Updated on May 02, 2024 10:10 PM IST
Health infra, farmers and youth will be my focus areas: Ujjwal Raman Singh
Battle royale in Prayagraj for the 2024 general elections as BJP's Neeraj Tripathi faces off against Congress-SP's Ujjwal Raman Singh to safeguard the city's legacy and address key issues.
Updated on May 02, 2024 08:36 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Now, kids at govt-run primary schools to study about great Indian scientists & scholars
Over 1.25 crore students in government-run primary schools in the state will now learn about Indian scientists and scholars in a new supplementary book.
Updated on Apr 30, 2024 05:06 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Prayagraj to fight groundwater depletion with rainwater harvesting in public parks
In the first phase, rainwater harvesting systems will be installed in 10 public parks, with additional parks following in a phased manner, said PMC officials.
Published on Apr 27, 2024 07:44 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Prayagraj prepares for Mahakumbh-2025: New luxury and heritage hotels on the horizon
According to officials from the tourism department, proposals have been received to convert two heritage buildings into heritage hotels, with in-principle approvals granted.
Updated on Apr 27, 2024 05:18 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
U.P. past under scanner: After 10 elections, count of candidates fell in 2019
In 2019, just 979 candidates were in the fray from 80 seats in UP, whereas in the previous 10 Lok Sabha elections held from 1980 to 2014, the number of candidates was over 1,000.
Published on Apr 25, 2024 06:22 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Candidates play development card to woo new urban voters
Political parties in Prayagraj are competing to win the support of voters from newly added villages in the city limits post delimitation, focusing on local development issues.
Updated on Apr 25, 2024 07:22 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Percentage of girls passing UP Board Class 10 exams on steady rise
Girls in Uttar Pradesh showing academic success with increasing pass percentage in high school exams over the past 5 years. 2024 sees highest pass rate in 101-year history of the board.
Updated on Apr 23, 2024 05:54 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Prayagraj region: In nine out of 17 LS polls, only winners, runners-up could save deposits
It emerges that only the winners and runners-up could save their deposits on the four parliamentary seats of the Prayagraj region: Allahabad, Phulpur, Pratapgarh and Kaushambi
Published on Apr 22, 2024 08:00 PM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Election eccentrics: Candidates who keep coming back
Perennial 'Dharti Pakad' candidates in UP lose deposits in elections, with 80% failing to secure votes. ECI data shows trend persists post-Independence.
Updated on Apr 22, 2024 08:06 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
UP Board Exam Results 2024: 89.55% pass class 10, 82.6% pass class 12 exams
Overall 89.55% of students passed the 10th board high school exam whereas, 82.60% of students cleared the 12th board Intermediate exam.
Published on Apr 20, 2024 03:36 PM IST
Has NOTA been altering influence of smaller parties, independents in Prayagraj?
The NOTA option, symbolising voter’s rejection of all running candidates & expressing disapproval of the available choices, was introduced during 2014 LS polls.
Updated on Apr 20, 2024 01:35 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj