Tag: Uttar Pradesh

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3 run over by Sealdah Express in UP's Ballia

Ballia (UP): Three people were killed after being hit by a train in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at 5.45 am in the Chhapra-Ballia-Varanasi section in Yadavnagar Chaand Diar village under the Bairia police station limits, they said. Vikki Bind, Pappu Bind and Awadhesh Bind, all of them relatives […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Indian railway station that looks more like airport

Varanasi: The Manduadih railway station in Uttar Pradesh looks less like a railway station and more like an airport terminal. The newly-revamped railway station is of world-class level – it can easily be mistaken for a swank corporate office. Not only does the station building make the Manduadih railway station class apart, but also all […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Big B pays off loans of 2,100 farmers from Bihar

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has cleared the loans of over two thousand farmers from Bihar. “A promise made done… the farmers from Bihar that had outstanding loans, picked 2100 of them and paid off their amount with a OTS (One Time Settlement) with the Bank called some of them over to Janak and personally gave it […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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17 killed in storms, rain in UP

Lucknow: Seventeen persons have died in separate incidents of dust storms, lightning and rain in various parts of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours. According to reports, four persons died in Siddharthanagar, three in Deoria, three in Basti, two in Ballia and one each in Azamgarh, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur and Pilibhit. In Siddharthanagar, a […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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With not a drop to drink, UP family wants to commit suicide   

Hathras: A father and his three daughters have sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking permission to end their lives because they do not get drinking water. Chandrapal Singh, a farmer from Hasayan block in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, has been making rounds of government officials with complaints about the water in the […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Father stabs daughter for wanting to study

Shahjahanpur: In a shocking incident, a man from Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh allegedly stabbed his 15-year-old daughter with a knife and pushed her into a canal when she insisted that she wanted to continue her studies. “My father took me to a desolate place near the canal. My brother joined him. While my brother […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
UP cop dismissed for seeking Yogi government's dismissal

Etawah: In a bizarre incident, a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) constable has been dismissed for demanding the dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. The constable Munish Yadav, on Saturday, wore a red Samajwadi cap with his uniform and went to the district collectorate carrying a placard which said, ‘Yogi sarkar ko barkhast […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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PM's top priority: Solve UP water crisis before 2022 polls

BY DEEPAK SHARMA New Delhi: By 2021, a year before Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, India’s largest state would have enough water to quench the thirst of its over 20 crore people. After writing personal letters to UP’s village pradhans to conserve water, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now instructed Union Jal Shakti Minister […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Dalit man in UP charred to death post India-Pak match

Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh): A young man was charred to death when his hut with a thatched roof went up in flames early on Monday. The incident took place in Rampur Bela village. The deceased Vinay Prakash, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste, had watched the India-Pakistan cricket match on Sunday night and had celebrated India’s […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Ateeq Ahmed case: Jail authorities questioned in UP's Deoria

New Delhi/Lucknow: In a bid to unravel the nexus between the gangsters and jail authorities, the CBI has questioned several officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria jail over the alleged kidnapping and assaulting of a real estate dealer in its premises. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) action came a week after it registered a case […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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4 kids electrocuted as live wire falls into pool in Uttar Pradesh

Sambhal: In a tragic accident, four children were electrocuted to death when a live wire snapped and fell into a tube well pool in which they were bathing. The incident took place on Friday evening in Petiyan village in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh. The bodies were discovered hours later when a farmer happened to […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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11-year-old raped, murdered in Uttar Pradesh

Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): A 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. The incident took place on Friday in Safipur police circle. The girl, who was sleeping outside her house, was found missing when her father woke up in the middle of the night. “Initially, I thought that she might have gone […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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UP minister Laxmi Narayan caught in 'shoe' controversy

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of Minority Affairs and Dairy Development Laxmi Narayan has landed in a controversy after a video of a government employee helping him wear his shoes went viral on the social media. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur where the Minister was participating in a yoga day celebration. The Minister, meanwhile, justified […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
Yogi govt includes 17 OBC castes in SC list

Lucknow: In what can be termed as a masterstroke, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has included 17 OBC castes in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. A decision to this effect was taken late Friday night and authorities have been directed to issue caste certificate to families belonging to these 17 castes. The castes […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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PM to flag off BJP's membership drive from Varanasi

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh to flag off a membership campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party on July 6. He will also start a massive plantation campaign of 27 lakh saplings in Varanasi. This will be Modi’s first visit to his constituency after becoming Prime […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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