After the disastrous train accident in Uttar Pradesh that took lives of almost 145 people and left over 200 injured on Sunday, doctors involved in the treatment of injured are helping survivors to reunite with their kin with the help of most popular instant messaging app WhatsApp. Notably, many of[Read More…]
A four-year old died on a bank’s premises while her father was waiting in a queue in front of an ATM for her treatment in Banda in Uttar Pradesh. Dharmendra Varma had been trying for few days to withdraw money from the ATM for his daughter’s treatment, PTI reported. Dharmendra’s[Read More…]
A bank in Mohanlalganj, 25 km from Lucknow, handed over a bag packed with one rupee coins against Rs 2000 (in old denomination) to a 60 year old lady. After standing in the queue for long hours, Sarju Devi handed over the 2000 rupee to the cashier. The cashier returned[Read More…]
BJP leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh while speaking at party’s Parivartan Yatra in Kairana, Uttar Pradesh warned, “Those using muscle power to terrorise people… hum dekhenge ki usne kitna mas ka doodh piya hai.” Rajnath claimed that the “self-respect of mothers and sisters is being looted” in the region and promised that[Read More…]
In an interesting twist to the rift in Yadav clan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav called his son, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, and brother Shivpal Yadav to his home and asked them to bury the hatchet. Shivpal was fired by Akhilesh a day earlier and after a day full of clashes[Read More…]
The Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav sacked Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. The announcement came less than an hour after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked his uncle Shivpal Yadav from his council of ministers. Ram Gopal has said that being with Akhilesh means being with the winning side.[Read More…]
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday expelled MLC Udayveer Singh for six years after he incurred the wrath of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for writing a letter against SP’s ruling family. Udayveer had written a letter to SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav, asking him to step down from the[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday said the party’s chief ministerial candidate will be decided by elected party legislators after the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “SP legislature party will decide on the name of chief minister,” said Mulayam, indicating that his son and current chief minister Akhilesh[Read More…]
Going all out to woo Dalits in the run up to 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party of exploiting the community for their ‘own political interests’. In an address at Dhamma Chetna Yatra Samapan programme in Kanpur, Amit[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attending the Dussehra festivities in Lucknow, saying “had there been elections in Bihar, he would have slayed Ravan there.” Akhilesh also backed Rahul Gandhi’s controversial ‘dalali’ remarks against PM Modi on surgical strikes saying the Congress[Read More…]
You could be charged with sedition if you refuse a Rs 10 coin in Uttar Pradesh. The district magistrate (DM) of Pilibhit, Masoom Ali has said that those refusing to accept the Rs 10 coin could be charged with sedition. Earlier there were rumors in parts of UP that the[Read More…]
Amar Singh has been appointed as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday. Party president Mulayam Singh in a handwritten letter to Amar Singh said, “I hope in the coming days you will strengthen the party in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.” In the ongoing storm in[Read More…]
In a seemingly similar incident to 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots where communal clashes erupted after a “harassment” incident between the Jat and Muslim communities, another city in Uttar Pradesh is witnessing similar situation. Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh saw tension brewing on Friday, after three male members of a Muslim family were shot[Read More…]
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Friday night, his decision to return all portfolios of uncle Shivpal Yadav and re-induct Gayatri Prajapati as Cabinet minister. The announcements were made after the “four-point” compromise formula worked out by Mulayam Singh Yadav who said, “There can be no division in the party, till[Read More…]
Here is a four point four-point compromise formula of the Samajwadi Party that brokered the truce in the Yadav Pari’War’. 1) Gayatri Prasad Prajapati to be minister again, but will get different portfolio. 2) Shivpal to get back his portfolios and also be state President. 3) Akhilesh to have an important say in ticket distribution.[Read More…]
Cases of dengue across the country have been on the rise but one of the worst affected places has to be Kanpur. The onslaught of the vector-borne disease is being felt the most by the police department as 250 of its personnel have been tested positive. With more than 2000[Read More…]
The feud between Yadav family is out in open, late Tuesday evening Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios. Handing him the social welfare department, he also put Shivpal in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party[Read More…]
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has hinted the possibility of ‘friendship’ between him and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying, “Do acche log mil jaye to kya kharab baat hai? (If two good human beings meet, what’s wrong in that?). Akhilesh also called Rahul a good human being and a[Read More…]
Ironically, the highlight of Rahul Gandhi’s “khaat sabha” in Deoria Uttar Pradesh were the khatiyas or cots that garnered more attention than Congress Vice President. The moment his meeting with the farmers ended, locals were seen walking away with the brand new cots that had been laid out by his party. About[Read More…]
In a brutal act, a woman was allegedly gangraped and strangled to death in front of her husband who was stabbed by a group of men at Kasganj in Aligarh district on Sunday. The couple was returning home in a cycle after a holy dip in the river Ganges. They[Read More…]
In yet another instance of heartless medical apathy, an HIV-positive pregnant woman who traveled nearly 50 km to Bareilly with her husband, was denied treatment and delivered a stillborn at Badaun district hospital in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors said the infant could have been saved had the mother received immediate medical[Read More…]
Mayawati, who won in Uttar Pradesh riding high on an unprecedented Brahmin-Dalit alliance in 2007, seems to have found a new top-up to her conventional SC vote bank. Sources close to BSP supremo tells Newsd that the party has finalized as many as 138 Muslim candidates across the state. A[Read More…]
The case of missing “Kalu” that had befuddled the entire Uttar Pradesh police has finally been solved. After the 2014, ‘missing buffaloes of Azam Khan’ case, this was another “high-level” case which was promptly solved by the state police within 24 hours. Kalu, the missing black labrador of former union[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who is famous for his controversial remarks has again courted controversy by targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama over the “conditions of Muslims.” Talking about the detention of Shah Rukh Khan in US, he said on Friday evening, “Modiji is not permitting us[Read More…]
15 police officers have been suspended after a 25-year-old Dalit man was found dead under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. One of the officers is facing murder charges. The incident sparked violent protests in the Chakeri area, Uttar Pradesh, after his family alleged he was tortured to death. “A[Read More…]