Photo: Melanie M / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Food safety teams in Gautam Budh Nagar checked sweet shops and dairies ahead of the festival. Here is how to spot adulterated sweets.
Photo: Divyendu Raj Sharma / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Uttar 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.
Photo: Ara Basu / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Self-help groups are selling handmade candles, earthen diyas and decorations in the festival season.
Photo: Gabriel Santiago gabrielssantiago / Wikimedia Commons, CC0Police suspect they gained access to the phone and collected one-time passwords under the pretext of an application process.
