Lucknow: Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on[Read More…]
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Woman ‘marries’ UP CM to highlight plight of Anganwadi workers
Their demands stonewalled for a long time by the state government, Anganwadi workers in Uttar Pradesh have devised a new way to put pressure on the powers that be. Amid chanting of hymns and drum beating, an Aanganwadi worker from Sitapur symbolically “married” a picture of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Engine of Burhwal-Balamau passenger train derails, no casualties reported
Rail accidents seem to have become a recurring phenomenon in the country. Monday evening witnessed another mishap, where the engine of Burhwal-Balamau passenger train derailed at Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The railway and police officials rushed to the spot. However, no casualties have been reported. Three wagons of a goods train[Read More…]
Won’t back down, retorts Rahul Gandhi after shoe attack in UP
Rahul Gandhi blamed BJP-RSS for the shoe attack earlier in the day. He said, “I want to tell that that they can attack me as many as times as they want, I will not back down and will keep on fighting.” Gandhi who is in UP campaigning for the party[Read More…]