The blue lights beckoned Somesh Kumar, 17, on his way back home after his Class 10 Mathematics paper. He followed the unmetalled road into Silai Baragaon village in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district. It was dusk and the sky in parts matched the deep blue of the poster erected at the centre of the park he … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 58 immovable properties worth ₹27.49 crore in a case alleging cheating, forgery, and fraud by an alleged land Mafioso and his associates. The properties are registered in the name of the main accused Sudhir Kumar Goyal, his wife Rakhi Goyal, his close associates Jay Prakash and Alok Kumar, and … Read more
A civil court in Lucknow found Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh guilty of defaming former U.P. Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mahendra Singh. The court ordered Mr. Singh to pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh to the plaintiff. “The defendant is directed to pay a compensation of ₹one lakh … Read more
Locals board an auto amid a strike by bus drivers over the “stringent provisions” under proposed legislation on hit-and-run cases under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, in Meerut, Monday, Jan 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Transport Commissioner on Monday asked Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates in the State to hold meetings with local transport unions, … Read more
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General (Retd.) V.K. Singh visit Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir construction site, in Ayodhya. File | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh government has asked its cultural department to engage prominent social media influencers … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flags off new buses, commanded by women drivers, on the occasion of ‘Maha Ashtami’ during the Navratri festival, in Ayodhya, on Oct. 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 22 flagged off 51 buses of the State transport corporation under “Mission Mahila … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the ‘Scheduled Caste (SC) – Scheduled Tribes (ST) Conference’, in Aligarh district, on Oct. 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is moving on the path of “transformation and … Read more
Joyous: Members of the joint forum of doctors and staff of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital celebrate the Allahabad HC order. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The decision of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday to stay the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi has brought … Read more
RPI (Athawale) chief and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale addressing a press conference. File | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar With an eye on Scheduled Caste (SC) votes, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will hold a Jan Adhikar rally under the banner of Dalit-centric Republican Party of India (Athawale), a … Read more
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man in Lucknow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and passing on information about India’s military installations to the handlers across the border. Shailesh Kumar alias Shailendra Singh Chauhan is working as a porter on a contractual basis in the Indian Army … Read more