Deaths of 96 children have been confirmed by the vice chancellor of the Medical University in Uttar Pradesh. Vice-Chancellor, T. Prabhakar, said that the children died because of excessive workload and malnutrition. He cited the shortage of beds and doctors at the hospital as the main reason for the death[Read More…]
Jawed Habib salon in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district was attacked and vandalised on Saturday by an angry mob over the use of a caricature of Hindu gods in one of his advertisements. Police said the mob was influenced by workers of the Hindu Jagran Manch. They attacked the salon situated[Read More…]
The medical college CMS office clerk, Sudhir Pandey, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College tragedy that killed more than 70 children. Uttar Pradesh health minister, Siddharth Nath Singh, had earlier said that it was a clear case of criminal negligence if someone[Read More…]
Another technical glitch was experienced by Lucknow Metro on Friday evening as the train did not move from Charbagh metro station for at least 25 minutes. As the train was stuck on the platform, the passengers had a tough time waiting as the authorities made no announcement about when the[Read More…]
Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has criticized Uttar Pradesh government for not giving compensation to more than 190 families displaced after 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots even four years after the communal incidents. “Communal riot survivors (190 families) are yet to receive compensation and continue to stay in squalid conditions in resettlement[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Friday said that the Kanpur airport will be named after Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi and Panki railway station would be renamed to Panki Dham railway station. He was in Kanpur today where he laid the foundation stone and inaugurated projects worth Rs 850 crore[Read More…]
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, 17 September that falls on Sunday, all primary schools will remain open in Uttar Pradesh. Although it is Sunday, it has been made mandatory for all students to join the celebrations. “About 1.60 lakh government primary schools across the state will celebrate PM’s birthday,”[Read More…]
Seven coaches of Shaktipunj Express derailed in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh in yet another train accident in just three weeks. However, no casualties have been reported so far. Train number 11448 HWH-JBP derailed in the morning at 6:13 am between Obra and Phaphrakund stations. All stranded passengers have been moved[Read More…]
On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, said that the state government will dedicate the Kumbh Mela 2019 to the farmers. While speaking in Allahabad, Adityanath said, “We are preparing for this event. The land of Prayagraj is important to us. We want to dedicate this Kumbh Mela to[Read More…]
On its first day of commercial operations, more than 500 passengers were stuck inside the second Lucknow Metro train on Wednesday morning. It was stuck for over an hour at the Mawaiya’s special span. Light and air conditioner went off due to technical problems. Even the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation[Read More…]
Home minister, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath jointly flagged off 8.5 km stretch of the first phase of metro train in Lucknow on Tuesday. The metro services will be opened for public use on Wednesday from Transport Nagar to Charbagh from 6 am to 10 pm[Read More…]
Selfie deaths are not an uncommon phenomenon in the country. In a recent incident, an eight-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head while clicking a selfie, in Ghaziabad. Junaid, the victim, and some of his friends were taking a selfie while holding a gun, when the child accidentally pulled[Read More…]
The 150 gram of white powder found in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 12 July was just silicon dioxide and not PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), said a report by National Investigation Agency. The UP government suspended director of the forensic science laboratory (FSL) for giving false information. On the basis of[Read More…]
Union home minister, Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath will flag off the Lucknow Metro on Tuesday, 5 September. The first train will be flagged off by Singh, who represents the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, and the chief minister from the Transport Nagar metro station. However, the[Read More…]
Ferumal Verma, an 83-year-old man, frustrated with the working of the corrupt system has penned down a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, saying he wants to commit suicide. A resident of Ghaziabad’s Rajpur area, Verma said that in 1972 he worked in the Sugarcane department of Meerut[Read More…]
Nearly 49 children died in a month in a government-run hospital in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, reported CNN-News 18. A first information report (FIR) has been filed against the chief medical officer (CMO) post the incident. The District Magistrate (DM) ordered an investigation into the incident after the children allegedly died[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested Dr Kafeel Khan from Gorakhpur on Saturday, after the alleged 415 deaths of children in Baba Raghav Das Hospital in August. The development comes after the death of 68 kids due to lack of supply of liquid oxygen in the BRD hospital. Khan, the[Read More…]
Over 1500-year-old Kalyani Devi temple, in Allahabad, is famous for drawing thousands of devotees. Besides these devotees, the temple is also visited by chess players and champions as the temple is known to share a unique bond with the game. “It is perhaps the only temple where priests can talk[Read More…]
Union minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey, was appointed as the new Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president on Thursday. BJP national president, Amit Shah, appointed him as the next UP BJP chief with immediate effect. Pandey is a BJP Member of Parliament from Chandauli constituency. He succeeds Uttar Pradesh deputy[Read More…]
In a shocking video that is going viral, a little boy is slapped mercilessly and repeatedly, by his teacher in the classroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, for not responding to the attendance call. The boy, a student of class 3, was struck 40 times by the furious teacher, according to[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh CM, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday made a highly insensitive remark, stating that people should not leave their children at the mercy of the government. “Mujhe lagta hai, kahin aisa na ho, log apne bachhe, jaise hi 2 saal ke ho, sarkar ke bharose chhodd de, sarkar unka paalan[Read More…]
Days after the deadly incident, at least seven more children died of encephalitis in the past 48 hours at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College and Hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district. Between 7 August and 11 August, 63 children had died at the same hospital allegedly due to lack[Read More…]
Former minister in Akhilesh Yadav’s cabinet, Ravidas Mehrotra, has been caught in some serious legal trouble. An amount of Rs 30 lakhs has been recovered in old currency from his car in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. The money was in old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, that are[Read More…]
The prestigious Dargah Ala Hazrat (a famous spiritual centre for Sufi Sunni Muslims) has decided to include the issue of ‘talaq’ (divorce) in the curriculum of the madarsas (Islamic Schools) affiliated to it. According to sources in the dargah, talaq will become part of the syllabus from the next academic[Read More…]
A day after a CBI court convicted Dera Sachcha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim in a rape case, people of Mohammadpur Gumi village in Uttar Pradesh have demanded that his ‘charcha ghar’ should be converted into a school or marriage hall for general public. The village has a population of[Read More…]
