Tandav: HC stays arrest of top Amazon official
The Allahabad high court on Thursday ordered no coercive action against Amazon Prime Video's India Originals head Aparna Purohit, facing a first information report for the alleged derogatory...
Teenage girl kidnapped by two UP men on pretext of dancing at marriage ceremony
Representational Pic Nagpur: A 17-year old girl was abducted by two miscreants from MIDC area by calling her on the pretext of dancing at a marriage ceremony. Cops have launched massive search to trace the girl and the two accused...
45 killed in UP storm, 27 in Rajasthan
Agra: At least 45 people have died following heavy rainfall and dust storms across Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, Agra registered 36 deaths, Bijnor three and Saharanpur two, while one death each was reported from Bareilly, Moradabad Chitrakoot and Rampur. Local...
Train-school van accident: Nautanki bandh karo, UP CM tells protestors
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today faced angry protests during his visit to Kushinagar to get a first-hand account of the train-school van collision that left 13 children dead. As Adityanath reached the accident spot after visiting the...
Fire breaks out at Amit Shah’s meeting venue in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A minor fire broke out at the venue of a public meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, triggering panic and commotion in the audience. The fire, which was brought under control in short time, broke out due to...
#BetiHumHiSeBachao: Richa Chadha’s angry tweet lambasts govt’s Beti Bachao campaign
In a fell tweet, Richa Chadha asked the Indian government to change the name of its Beti Bachao campaign to that of Beti Hum Hi Se Bachao after the Uttar Pradesh government decided to withdraw a seven-year-old rape and abduction...
Rajya Sabha elections defeat won’t affect SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused the BJP of engineering the defeat of her candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections to sabotage her party's growing friendship with SP, and said the result will not affect their plans for 2019....
UP shocker: 40 test HIV positive
Unnao: At least 40 people in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao have been tested HIV positive. A quack who was treating people in the vicinity had allegedly used an infected needle to treat all the victims. It is also being suspected that numerous...
An India where toilets painted saffron make news
Lucknow: A village in Uttar Pradesh has started giving toilets saffron colour. Kripalpur village is in Samajwadi Party chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's home district Etawah. Village Pradhan (head) Ved Pal has got toilets painted in saffron colour,...
Raped by 5 men, minor girl ends life in UP
Baghpat: Five people, accused of raping a minor girl, have been arrested in Baghpat. The girl allegedly committed suicide on Saturday. The case of rape was registered in July. "We probed and concluded the five accused be arrested and produced before court. The...
24 burnt alive as bus catches fire after collision in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly
Bareilly: Twenty four people were charred to death when a bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on National Highway 24 near Bareilly early on Monday. At least 15 passengers were injured and rushed to nearby hospitals and six of...
Income Tax department raids top bureaucrats in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted raids at the residences of top bureaucrats at over 15 locations on the suspicion of concealment of income. The IT officials carried out raid at the premises of two IAS officers of...
Uttar Pradesh ministers’ surprise check reveals latecomers, but ACs are On
Lucknow: Within days of taking charge of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had warned officials, "If you don't want to work 18-20 hours a day, make way." Taking their cue from the top, two of his ministers today held surprise...
Despite recent electoral euphoria, Narendra Modi still has lot of work to do for 2019 general elections
New Delhi: Results of assembly elections from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand left millions of Indians agape. People were also taken aback by the BJP's audacious capture of political power in Manipur and Goa. Unsurprisingly, these developments triggered an out-and-out chorus...
I ordered rapists be hung upside down, salt put on wounds: Uma Bharti
Bulandshahr: Union Minister Uma Bharti told a large crowd while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Thursday that she made rapists "beg for forgiveness" when she was Chief Minister. The Times of India reports: In a startling and graphic revelation, Bharti...
Owaisi booked for poll code violation in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A first information report has been lodged against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi for violating the Model Code of Conduct in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur. Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said apart from Owaisi, AIMIM assembly poll...
Women will pick up a belan and teach you a lesson, former SP leader warns BJP
Uttar Pradesh/New Delhi: Sacked Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to demonetise high value currency notes has hit the common people and created a crisis. "This did not happen even during...
Centre releases circular to end salt shortage rumour
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Centre today dismissed the rumours of shortage of salt in the market and said adequate stocks are available across the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Tamil Nadu. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, which...
Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi during roadshow in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: A shoe was thrown at Rahul Gandhi on Monday during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh. The shoe missed the Congress leader narrowly but the attacker was arrested. Mr Gandhi was riding in an open top vehicle on a prominent...
Rockstar Rahul sounds poll bugle in UP, sings ‘suit-boot’ tune again
Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sounded the poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh today, walking up and down a 200-metre ramp in Ramabai Stadium in Lucknow addressing party workers. The move, say reports is to present himself as a rockstar...
8 school children killed after train hit school bus in Uttar Pradesh
Bhadoi/Nagpur: At least eight children were killed and 14 others injured on Monday after a school mini-bus was hit by a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Bhadoi in Uttar Pradesh. According to officials the incident took place due to...
