Amid the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday promised that free LPG cylinders would be provided to people on Holi and Diwali if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government returns to power in the state. Addressing a public meeting at Unchahar in Raebareli, Shah said, “For so many years … Read more
The Income Tax department has made elaborate arrangements to curb the use of black money in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a top official said on Thursday. A control room with toll-free number 18001807540, which will remain operational round the clock, has been set up in Lucknow. People are encouraged to call this … Read more
Only those who have a family would understand hardships of life, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said in response to BJP’s ‘parivaarvaad’ campaign. Addressing a large public gathering in Bundelkhand‘s Lalitpur, Yadav enumerated welfare measures his government undertook between 2012 and 2017 for migrant labourers. Yadav was on his second day tour of the … Read more
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday demanded the dismissal of minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra and the arrest of his son over the latter’s alleged involvement in the death of four protesting farmers at Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh. The AICC also called upon its supporters to stage protests against the … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Sep 26, 2021) With an attempt to set the caste balance right and give more representation to most backwards and schedule castes before the state polls next year, chief minister Yogi Adityanath inducted seven new ministers into his cabinet on Sunday. Jitin Prasada, a Brahmin — whose induction was … Read more
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said there have been efforts since he came to power seven years back to turn the country into a “Hindu Rastra”. While referring to the law against instant triple talaq, the Hyderabad MP mentioned the “plight” of Hindu women, directing … Read more
At a mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, a youth has threatened to behead Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He was reacting against the UP Police’s assault on Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Choudhary in Hathras district recently. In a video that has now gone viral, the youth is seen addressing … Read more
UP CM Yogi Adityanath also accused the Opposition of inciting communal, caste riot in response to the Hathras case. File photo of UP CM Yogi Adityanath (Photo Credits: PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued a statement to the press on Sunday accusing the Opposition of engaging in a conspiracy over the Hathras case. … Read more
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has called for naming the under-construction Mughal museum in Agra after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj citing the name of the Maratha warrior will “invoke a feeling of nationalism and self esteem”. “How can our heroes be Mughals?” the chief minister said during a review meeting of developmental projects being … Read more