Tag: Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Seven persons were killed and six critically injured when a stockpile of crackers exploded at a firecracker factory in Budayun district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening, police said. The tragedy took place at Rasoolpur in a house where the firecrackers were being manufactured ahead of Diwali. The explosion led to many neighbouring houses […]

Rae Bareli: Six persons died on Wednesday after nine coaches and the engine of an express train heading to New Delhi from Malda town in West Bengal derailed here in Uttar Pradesh, a railway official said. Two passengers trapped in the bogies were feared dead, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Anand Kumar […]

New Delhi: Safety tool ‘Panic Button’ — a women’s safety-oriented mobile application by Women and Child Development ministry (WCD)– has successfully completed its trial run in Uttar Pradesh and will be soon implemented across the country, said Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday. “I am happy to inform that the user trial of Panic Button […]

New Delhi: The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent today as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse them. The police action led to several injuries while one […]

Lucknow: After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today, the Apple executive Vivek Tiwari’s widow Kalpana Tiwari said she sees a ray of hope as Adityanath had assured of all help and justice in the case. Vivek Tiwari was shot dead by an Uttar Pradesh Police Constable in Lucknow on Saturday on […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday promised all help to Kalpana Tiwari, the widow of Apple executive Vivek Tiwari who was shot dead by a police constable on Saturday. At the meeting, the Chief Minister assured all help to the bereaved family and said that justice will be done at all costs. […]

Agra: Twenty six schools in the Taj city will soon get sanitary pad vending machines installed, an Uttar Pradesh official said on Saturday. They have been gifted by social entrepreneur and founder of Niine, Amar Tulsiyan in a bid to raise awareness about menstruation and de-stigmatise the natural phenomenon. The machines have already reached the […]

Lucknow: The semi-naked body of a six-year-old girl was found dumped in a school toilet in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police said. Prima facie it appears to be rape, Gonda Superintendent of Police (SP) Lalla Singh told IANS. The body was found in the primary school toilet in Basanatpur village. Forensic experts […]

Lucknow: The Rotavirus vaccine that prevents diarrhoea in infants and children was launched in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday by state Women, Child and Family Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi. She told the media that the state government was “positive that the Rotavirus vaccine will play a monumental role in bringing down the infant mortality rate”. […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the date for construction of a grand Ram temple will be set by Lord Ram himself. Speaking at a conclave in the state capital, organised by a Hindi newspaper, the monk-turned-politician said what has to happen at a given time will happen at that time […]

Lucknow: Five people were killed and a dozen others injured in a dust storm that hit Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, officials said on Saturday. There were reports of widespread damage and destruction across the district due to the dust storm on Friday night. The cause of the death of three people — two in Bialri, […]

New Delhi: Amid complaints of dysfunctional electronic voting machines (EVMs) in three parliamentary constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the bypolls on Monday to four Lok Sabha and nine Assembly seats across India saw moderate to high turnout. The Congress and some other opposition parties complained to the Election Commission (EC) about “hundreds of EVMs” […]

New Delhi: The government on Monday dismissed rumours that farmers would now have to pay 18 per cent GST when they lease out their land from June 1, calling such reports “factually incorrect” and “misleading”. The clarification came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of spreading lies among farmers that if […]

Lucknow: Dust storm, hail and lightning have claimed as many as 23 lives in the last 12 hours in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Monday. The storm hit Etawah, Banda, Auriyya, Meerut, Kanpur rural, Kannauj, Farukkhabad and Orai districts. Late on Sunday gusty winds, followed by dust storm had brought life to a standstill […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a provision of a law that allowed government accommodation to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers, terming it “arbitrary and discriminatory” as it violated the concept of equality. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said once a Chief Minister demits office, there was nothing to distinguish […]