The incident apparently took place on Madeghat in Phephna in Ballia district on Monday.
Amid mounting criticism over such incidents, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to initiate a dialogue with religious leaders on the issue.
In an official notice, AMU Registrar, Abdul Hamid said that the help desk will assist in processing the papers and documents for retirement benefits/family pension issues and appointment of dependent family members
Adityanath made the allegation while reviewing the Covid situation in Muzaffarnagar district and inspecting an Integrated COVID Control Room there.
On Sunday, Sudhir Kumar Singh had gone to a field to attend the nature’s call when he was stabbed with knives and then petrol was poured over him after which he was set afire in Pachperwa police station area, they said.
Four patients were initially found with the symptoms of the dreaded fungal disease last week and the number rose to six by the weekend.
The graves found in Unnao, Kanpur and Kannauj in the last few days were shallow as bodies have been buried at less than two-to-three-feet.
In an FIR at Unnao Sadar Kotwali police station, the 1982-batch former IAS officer, Surya Pratap Singh, has also been accused of claiming on social media that 67 bodies were buried on the Ganga banks at Unnao using earth movers and without performing last rites.
Azam Khan and his son Abdullah were shifted from the Sitapur jail to Medanta Hospital here on May 9 for coronavirus treatment.
Similar scenes were witnessed on Tuesday in the same area, a day after bodies of suspected Covid patients washed up on banks of Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar district.
A case was registered on Thursday and the accused arrested on Friday, the police said.
Expressing grief over the deaths at Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, he said he hoped that the vaccination drive on the campus would pick up soon and help in improving the situation.
Baburam Balwan Singh (92), a convicted murderer, was lodged at district jail of Etah, Jailor Kuldeep Singh Bhadauria said
In a letter to Modi, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader said the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is facing the most challenging time in a century due to the ”dangerous explosion of a new variant” of COVID-19 that has devastated the campus.
The SP leader and two others, Ramdutt Tiwari and Mahendra Kudiya, had allegedly dragged the name of the MP’s family in a case related to the death of a 41-year-old Thai woman in the state capital, earlier this month.
In his message, Adityanath said the contribution of the nursing staff in health services is important.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar n Tuesday made this observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the spread of the pandemic in the state and conditions of quarantine centres.
Barricades have been put up at the entry points of the village, with a banner declaring that the “entry of outsiders in the village is prohibited — by order district administration.”
Meanwhile, at least 71 bodies were fished out from the Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar, which is downstream the two UP districts, triggering suspicion that these could be of COVID-19 patients.
The proposed capacity addition by the wholly-owned subsidiary is 13.50 million square metre per annum while the existing capacity of the company is 24.90 million square metre per annum, it said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier on Sunday informed that COVID-19 vaccination for the 18-44 age group will be started in 11 more districts in the state on Monday.
The father-son duo was tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30. According to sources, Azam Khan’s health suddenly deteriorated on Sunday following which he along with his son was sent to Lucknow by an ambulance.
These samples have been sent in accordance with the ICMR guidelines with a letter of the AMU Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor.
The curfew, which was earlier scheduled to end on 7 am on Monday, has been extended.
With the fresh fatalities and cases, Uttar Pradesh’s death toll stands at 14,873 and the infection tally at 14,53,679, according to a health bulletin issued here.