The Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday invited creative design suggestions from citizens and global professionals for inclusion in the master plan of the 70-acre Ram Mandir complex.
The three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to probe into the crime history of gangster Vikas Dubey, has recommended action against 75 officials, including 40 cops, for their direct or indirect association with him. Most of these officials are of lower ranks.
Taking a serious note of the disclosure that an absconding life convict is active on social media, the Allahabad high court has directed the principal secretary, department of home affairs, Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit stating complete details relating to the efforts made by the state to ensure arrest of the convicted absconder.
At least four people were killed and 12 injured after a blast ripped through an illegal firecracker godown in the cramped Kaptanganj area of Kushinagar district early Wednesday.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday called upon women public representatives and teachers to extend a helping hand to make Mission Shakti, the six-month drive to provide safety and security to women and girl child, a success.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to enter the Bihar poll cauldron from Tuesday with BJP gearing up to launch its saffron mascot in six assembly seats, majority of which were swept by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in 2015 when now arch rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav joined hands to stop the BJP juggernaut. These constituencies will go to poll in the first phase.
The special task force (STF) of UP Police arrested the main accused of Ballia shooting case, Dhirendra Pratap Singh, from Lucknow, three days after he allegedly shot a person during allotment of government fair price shop in Durjanpur village.
Jailed NISHAD Party MLA from UP’s Gyanpur constituency Vijay Mishra was booked for gang rape along with his son and nephew on Sunday after a 25-year-old woman from Varanasi filed a complaint against the trio at Gopiganj police station in Bhadohi district.
Morning assembly, lunch breaks, chatting with friends during library hours, sports activities. All this and much more fun will be missing as some schools eventually reopen for classes X and XII from Monday.
Police in Kannauj found a rather simple way to decipher the rightful ownership of a buffalo while disposing of a criminal complaint on Sunday.
A minor girl sustained burns while as many as 1,500 shanties were gutted in a massive fire which broke out at Dhobi Ghat in Ramnagar area of Aishbagh on late Sunday night.
A day after four persons with links to Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested in Mathura, 40km from ground zero Hathras, investigations by Enforcement Directorate (ED) revealed at least Rs 100 crore hawala money was routed to trigger largescale caste and communal conflict in UP. And of this, Rs 50 crore was transferred from Mauritius, say ED sources. The quartet was booked for sedition and under Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act on Wednesdsay.
A 20-year-old youth kidnapped a woman and her two year old daughter from Kaiserbagh crossing and took them to Kanpur on Tuesday. The woman’s family lodged a complaint following which police traced and recovered the woman and her daughter from the house of accused youth Shariq Mansoori in Anwarganj area of Kanpur district on Wednesday.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday gave directions to the police department to carry out a special campaign to ensure safety and respect for women during the upcoming Navaratra.
After remaining shut for seven months due to coronavirus pandemic, city schools will resume classes in a phased manner from October 15.
Unlike previous years when the 40th day of Imam Husain’s martyrdom—Chehellum—would be commemorated with a wave of mourning and the Old City, from Victoria Street to Karbala Talkatora, would hold a solemn look. Chehellum will be observed on Thursday.
Reaching out to the family of the 22-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim from Balrampur whose death coincided with that of the Hathras girl, the Yogi Adityanath government on Sunday suggested invoking the National Security Act (NSA) against the accused while sending the case to a fast-track court. Additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi and additional DGP (law and order) Prashant Kumar's visit to Balrampur came a day after investigators received forensic confirmation of gang-rape.
Although the number of active cases has gone down by 22,000 since September 17, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday emphasized on extra precautions to break the chain of coronavirus infection. In the past 24 hours, 3,930 fresh cases were detected while 5,226 people were discharged after recovery.
