Yogi Adityanath-led state government has proposed the construction of a 100-meter tall statue of Lord Ram in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya on Saryughat. Besides the statue, other structures of public utility will also be built in the town. Funds for these projects has been partly sanctioned by the Centre. The proposal[Read More…]
Two brothers were murdered after a quarrel broke out in the Barola village of Sector 49, Noida. The deceased brothers have been identified as Umesh and Yogesh, students of Class XI and X respectively, who were strangled to death. When taken to the hospital, the doctors declared them brought dead.[Read More…]
Fueling the Taj Mahal controversy even further, a cabinet minister of the state, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary has said that the famous monument was rightly kept out of the tourism booklet of Uttar Pradesh and it should instead be replaced with the Guru Gorakhnath peeth. The minister in charge of religious[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar threatened that parents who would not send their children to schools will be imprisoned in police stations without food and water. Addressing a party gathering, the ‘Divyangjan’ empowerment minister can be heard saying in a viral video, “I am going to enact a law[Read More…]
A student of class 5 boy in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar suffered an injury in one eye after he was slapped by a school teacher on Thursday. The superintendent of police told ANI that Saffan Khan was slapped by the teacher when he left his seat to get a book from[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up nearly 5,000 English medium primary schools. Anupama Jaiswal, minister of state for basic education, said on Saturday while claiming that they may become functional from the next academic session. Five or more such schools will be set up in over 820[Read More…]
Muzaffarnagar traffic police have come up with a unique campaign aimed at ensuring the long life of men on the occasion of Karva Chauth. The officials have released posters asking women to keep fast, but also gift their husbands who drive two-wheelers a helmet. “Women observe the fast of Karwa[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday said that the Taj Mahal is an integral part of our heritage. His statement comes a few days after controversy was raked over non-inclusion of the Taj Mahal in a UP government booklet released to mark six months of the BJP government[Read More…]
A massive temple worth Rs. 30 crore will be built to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. It will be built in Sardhana area of Meerut where a 100-foot statue of Prime Minister Modi would be installed. The ‘Bhumi Pujan’ and the stone laying ceremony[Read More…]
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea seeking exemption from singing national anthem in the madrasas. The petition challenged the order issued by the state government in Uttar Pradesh, which instructed madrasas across the state to sing national anthem on Independence day. The madrasas were asked to videograph[Read More…]
In another incident of rail mishap, three coaches of a goods train derailed on Achhnera-Mathura rail route on Wednesday, affecting the Kasganj-Achhnera rail route. However, no casualties have been reported in the incident. Just a week ago, 16 coaches of a goods train derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack, affecting[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly making a hoax call about a bomb being placed in the state assembly. The man has been identified as Narsinh and is a resident of Babra village of Shahjahanpur district. On Sunday, Police had received an anonymous call informing[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed many tourism projects worth Rs 370 crore. Around half of it is meant for the Taj Mahal and its surrounding areas, as per an official release. The details have been released following reports saying that the Taj Mahal has been omitted from the tourism[Read More…]
With a whopping 12.77 lakh people authorised to carry weapons, Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with active gun licences followed by Jammu and Kashmir where 3.69 lakh people are having arms licences. As per the statistics released by the home ministry, the nation has a total of 33,69,444[Read More…]
To put an end to copying in board exams in Uttar Pradesh next year, the Yogi Adityanath-led state government has decided to allow only CCTV-equipped schools to become examination centres. The state government also has decided to ask schools that school bus drivers and other staff should be hired only[Read More…]
The situation in Banaras Hindu University is still tensed that led the administration to order a closure of the university till October 5. Three additional city magistrates and two cops were removed on Monday in link with the lathi-charge on students. A high-level probe was also ordered into the violence[Read More…]
Former Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Monday dismissed reports of forming a new party as of now. Prior to his press conference, there was speculation that he may float a new party. However, no such announcement was made by him. Addressing the media in Lucknow, “I am not[Read More…]
A day after clashes broke out at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Vice-Chancellor, Girish Chandra Tripathi, on Sunday said that the administration had information that some “anti-social” elements may try to spoil the atmosphere of the university. “We had information that some anti-social elements will try to disturb the environment[Read More…]
BJP MLA, Mejor Sunil Dutt Dwivedi, of Sadar assembly constituency of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh carried an accident victim on his back inside the emergency ward of Lohia hospital. The incident happened on Friday after three men on two bikes rammed into a bicycle near Bhimsen market on Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh road[Read More…]
Violent clashes erupted in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Saturday night between a group of students and police when the former were protesting against the alleged shaming of a molestation victim by the university administration. The students, including a large number of girls, allegedly used arson pelted stones while the[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday cautioned his party members against fake samajwadis. He was addressing the state convention, which unanimously re-elected Naresh Uttam as SP president in the state. Akhilesh called on his party members at the meet, and asked them to realise their responsibilities ahead of Lok[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government will bring a strict law to avoid deaths from the consumption of illegal alcohol, where the guilty will be awarded life imprisonment and a fine of upto Rs 10 lakh. UP excise minister, Jai Pratap Singh, on Wednesday said, “To stop poisonous alcohol in UP, which[Read More…]
A massive search operation has been launched along the Indo-Nepal border to nab Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s adopted daughter, Honeypreet Insan. A high alert also has been issued to ensure that she does not escape to Nepal. Besides this, the police are also conducting a search operation for other Dera Sacha[Read More…]
At least four people were killed and more than 50 others were injured after a truck collided with a tractor trolley in Uttar Pradesh’s Budhanpur area on Tuesday night. According to primary information, the injured were shifted to the nearest hospital and are being provided with medical assistance. However, it[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that his priority since assuming power was to get rid of jungle raj. He took potshots at the previous Samajwadi Party government in the state. His remarks came a day after his government was criticized for the white paper released to[Read More…]