Tag: Uttar Pradesh

Due to heavy rains and poor visibility, a truck coming from Lucknow at a high speed hit the bus.

Rayagada: Locals in Rayagada on Monday, rounded up and thrashed six persons suspecting them to be child lifters. The accused were later handed over to the police. Sources said, the accused were roaming in the locality suspiciously following which locals caught hold of them. On questioning, the men failed to give any satisfying answer. Moreover, […]

Lucknow: Actress-turned-politician Jaya Bacchan on Friday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh as the candidate of the Samajwadi Party. Accompanied by party Vice President Kirnmoy Nanda, chief spokesman Rajendra Chowdhary, Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav and Sahara India founder Subrata Roy, Jaya Bachchan filed three sets of papers at the Central Hall of […]

Berhampur: Two dreaded criminals, including a contract killer from outside the State were injured in a police encounter near Karnoli village in Aska of Ganjam district this morning. The criminals were identified as Laxman Singh Rajput, a contract killer from Uttar Pradesh and wanted criminal Tuna Gouda of Kodala in Ganjam district. The cops also […]

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to fill 1.62 lakh vacancies in police department, informed the State’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a public function in Gorakhpur. The Chief Minister said jobs will be provided to youths of the State on merit basis. We are coming up with 1,62,000 vacancies in police department. We […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 86 petrol pumps in Odisha had used electronic chips for fuel theft as per Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The electronic gadgets were used as part of a nation-wide racket run by petrol pump dealers that was busted by Crime Branch, Mumbai in June this year. So far 33 accused […]

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Board (UPBEB) has released admit cards for students appearing in the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UP-TET) examination -2017. While the Board had directed candidates to get their admit card from the official website upbasiceduboard.gov.in, the admit card link is not opening. As per sources, the link is […]

Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police on Saturday arrested a self-styled godman in Uttar Pradesh who was allegedly involved in the 2013 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Deepak Bhardwaj. Machhendra Nath alias Baba Pratibhanand, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh by the Delhi Police, was on the run for the last four years, […]

Bargarh: OTV team’s prompt action on a tip off yielded results after an Odia man missing since past 8 years and presumed dead was traced in UP’s Lucknow. Dhanpati, son of Manohar Nayak of Mandosil village in Bargarh, was the bread earner of his family and went missing eight years ago when he ventured out […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odia passengers who were injured in Utkal Express derailment at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh two days ago returned to Bhubaneswar on Monday. A team of BJD members led by Transport Minister Nrusingha Sahu landed in State Capital with the five injured passengers.  “Out of five injured, Madhu Mandal of Banpur and Sabita Mallik […]

Bhubaneswar: The Railway Board on Sunday suspended four railway officials and sent the General Manager of Northern Railway RN Kulshrestha on leave in connection with the derailment of the Kalinga Utkal Express that killed at least 20 passengers. Based on prima facie evidence, a Junior Engineer (Permanent Way), a Senior Section Engineer (Permanent Way), an […]

Muzaffarnagar: As many as 14 coaches of the total 23 coaches of Puri-Haridwar Kalinga Utkal Express derailed near Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh at around 5:50 pm this evening killing at least 23 passengers and seriously injuring more than 40 others. The train had left Puri on August 17 and was scheduled to reach […]

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday ordered that there can be no landfill sites or garbage dumping within half-a-kilometre area of the Ganga between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. The bench also announced a penalty of Rs 50,000 on anyone dumping waste near the river. During the hearing of a […]

Bhubaneswar: After Uttar Pradesh, Odisha Government has launched massive crackdown to ensure that no ‘electronic chips’ are used to tamper with fuel calibration by unscrupulous petrol pump owners in the state. As part of the strategy to protect the rights of consumers, raids were conducted at several petrol filling stations in Bhubaneswar here on Tuesday. The raids […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Odisha poverty remark at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh today rocked the State Assembly once again when Congress members created a pandemonium leading to an adjournment in the House proceedings till 3 pm. Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati in demanded for a censure motion against the Prime Minister […]