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The bus, carrying 50 to 55 passengers from Beawar to Chhapra, left the road at the expressway’s zero point in Lucknow on 9 November.

Farmers want a cane price of ₹600 a quintal and 15% interest on payments that sugar mills owe them.

The worst was in Muzaffarnagar, where six people died after their car hit a divider and an electric pole, overturned and caught fire.

All were treated at the district hospital. One child with a serious eye injury was sent to Lucknow; most others went home after first aid.

The fire department has set up temporary posts across Gautam Budh Nagar to reach blazes faster during the festival.

The temporary frame holding a concrete roof slab gave way at a construction site in Ghaziabad district on Saturday.

Organisers aimed to light about 28 lakh diyas on the Saryu ghats, beating last year’s world record. The count had not been announced.

Self-help groups are selling handmade candles, earthen diyas and decorations in the festival season.

Police suspect they gained access to the phone and collected one-time passwords under the pretext of an application process.

The Samajwadi Party chief stayed away from the temple when it opened in 2024. With the State election due in early 2027, both sides are fighting over who speaks for Ayodhya.

A court found the two guilty of killing the filmmaker’s wife. They can appeal to the High Court.

Food safety teams in Gautam Budh Nagar checked sweet shops and dairies ahead of the festival. Here is how to spot adulterated sweets.

Uttar Pradesh is among four poll-bound States where the head count comes early. After self-enumeration, enumerators visit homes from 1 December to 4 January.