New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court over the condition of the Taj Mahal, the government on Monday said that it will take action on war footing to deal with air and water pollution in and around the world-famous 17th-century Mughal monument. The assurance came after a high-level[Read More…]
New Delhi: As part of the campaigning for the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi addressed a rally in Azamgarh today while inaugurating the Purvanchal Expressway, a project with a total worth of 23,000 crore. The 340 km long expressway will connect several towns of the state to the state[Read More…]
Former BJP MP Ram Sakal, who was under the spotlight for allegedly misbehaving with police officials, has been nominated as one of the members in Rajya Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday morning. Just two month back in July, Ram Sakal’s video went viral on the social media,[Read More…]
Triple Talaq victim and mother of a six year old infant, died on Tuesday morning in Bareilly during her medical treatment. Raziya was given divorced by her husband Nahim, over the phone. She was locked inside the house for more than a month, hungry and thirsty, and even thrashed by[Read More…]
Dreaded gangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside the district jail of Baghpat on Monday morning, July 9. Wife of Munna Bajrangi, Seema Singh had recently alleged that UP Police Task Force was hatching a conspiracy to eliminate her husband inside the jail. As per the[Read More…]
Like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of polythene bags and items of common use made of plastic from July 15 in the state. “I appeal that after July 15 plastic cups, glasses and polythene should not be used at any level. This will need the cooperation of[Read More…]
Lucknow: A 24-year-old woman and her two children were burnt alive allegedly by her in-laws in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh for failing to fulfil their dowry demands, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Prayagipur. The victims’s mother has filed a complaint with the police alleging that[Read More…]
Kanpur: The aviation sector has seen a 20 per cent rise in May-June, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Tuesday after launching a daily flight between Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and the national capital under the air regional connectivity UDAN scheme. The minister said soon a direct flight would commence[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, July 2, addressed gathering in Lucknow, asking the Mayor and Chairperson of the city to inspect the city twice a day in order to attain the goals of Swachh Bharat Mission. CM Yogi instructed the MPs, Mayors and District Magistrates of the[Read More…]
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh on Friday emerged as the surprise first among states who have recorded the maximum percentage of decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), it was announced on Friday. Uttarakhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh follow the state with a remarkable decline in their MMR, Union Health and[Read More…]
Lucknow: An Uttar Pradesh head constable shot himself dead on Saturday apparently unable to continue with 20-hours of work shift each day, police said. Raj Ratan Verma was posted at the Dial 100 emergency response service and was apparently under a lot of stress by the overtimes and prolonged duty[Read More…]
New Delhi: Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for protecting the corrupt, the Congress on Friday referred to Governor Ram Naik’s letter to the Chief Minister regarding a bribery demand accusation against a senior officer in the CMO. The BJP government was trying to protect the corrupt and penalise the innocent[Read More…]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked for details in a case where his Principal Secretary S.P. Goel has been accused of seeking a Rs 25 lakh bribe, an official spokesman said. A Lucknow-based businessman has alleged that senior IAS officer Goel sought money to approve widening[Read More…]
Lucknow: Having vacated his sprawling official bungalow day back following the Supreme Court’s orders, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit the streets of the state capital on his high-end sports bicycle and went straight to the Gomti Rover Front, a dream project of his tenure, which[Read More…]
Patna: A case was lodged against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Saturday for insulting Sita by claiming she was the first test tube baby of India. Chandan Kumar Singh, an advocate, filed the case in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court. It will be[Read More…]
New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said that it will launch flight operations from Delhi to Kanpur under the air regional connectivity scheme UDAN from July 3. Tickets for the RCS seats on this flight will be available at Rs 2,313 (all in), the company said in a[Read More…]
New Delhi: A new shelter home for widows, with capacity for 1,000 people, has been constructed in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan by the Union Women and Child Development Ministry, an official statement said on Tuesday. The ministry signed an MoU on Tuesday with Uttar Pradesh’s Women and Child Development Department, which[Read More…]
Varanasi: In a shocking incident, five children of a woman were keeping her dead body in their house here for the past five months, so that the pension coming in her name did not stop despite her passing away, police said on Wednesday. The bizarre incident came to light in[Read More…]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) and accused it of patronising criminals and communal forces when in power in the state. Addressing an election rally in Kairana, ahead of the May 28 Lok Sabha bypoll, Adityanath said the previous SP[Read More…]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BJP on Monday attacked former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over his “loose comments” in recent interviews, warning him that criminals, patronized by him, will no longer have a free run under the Yogi Adityanath government. Bharatiya Janata Party state spokesman, Manish Shukla said that the Samajwadi[Read More…]
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will be soon honouring five sportspersons from the state who won medals at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in Australia, an official said on Thursday. The gold medallists will get Rs 50 lakh each, while the silver medallists will get Rs 30 lakh each[Read More…]
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Friday demanded President’s rule in Uttar Pradesh and said this was necessary to restore the rule of law in the state. Addressing a press conference here, party leader Kironmoy Nanda said the time had come to bid the Yogi Adityanath government good bye. Referring to[Read More…]
Lucknow: Nine people were killed and four others injured on Tuesday when a vehicle rammed into a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said. The victims, including a child, were from the same family that hailed from Meerut. The family was returning from a pilgrimage at the holy shrine[Read More…]
Lucknow: The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday installed a statue of Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar in a Budaun village painted saffron, unlike the usual blue. The statue of the architect of the Indian Constitution in Dugraiyya village, which was vandalised some time back, was replaced with this new one. The[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Manish Bhandari – the oxygen supplier to Gorakhpur’s B.R.D. Medical college and hospital where a large number of children died in 2017. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud granted bail as it was[Read More…]
