Tag: Yogi Adityanath

When a layman says something like this, it is at least understandable, if not condonable. But when a person holding the exalted post of Governor, who is sworn to protect and uphold the Constitution, does the same, it has serious implications for democracy and the Idea of India. Meghalya Governor Tathagata Roy has disgraced not […]

Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 131 crore in Maharajganj district and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made India “corruption-free”. Adityanath also praised the soldiers and said: “Terrorists don’t understand the language of love, so Indian soldiers did ‘Shiv Tandav’ with […]

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning for the upcoming polls in Odisha by BJP’s top brass hit fever pitch with party’s firebrand leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressing public rallies in Odisha today. Unable to get permission to take a chopper ride due to delay, Yogi who was scheduled to attend party’s Vijay Sankalp Samabesh at […]

Rourkela: Hours before Election Commission barred from campaigning for 72 hours from 6 AM tomorrow, Firebrand BJP leader and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday castigated the Naveen Patnaik led BJD government as a dispensation which is neck-deep in corruption. He exhorted the people to install a BJP government in Bhubaneswar in the year 2019 […]

New Delhi: After Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday barred Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan from campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections for 48 houres and 72 hours, respectively. While Gandhi was barred for asking Muslims in […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday warned Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi against “using references to the defence forces for political propaganda” in future after his “Modiji ki sena” (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Army) comment was found violative of the model code of conduct (MCC). Naqvi was earlier issued a show cause notice for […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The visuals of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi offering prayers at Kedarnath shrine and meditating there were splashed across TV screens ahead of the seventh and last phase of elections. The seats going to the polls in this phase include Varanasi from where Modi is seeking re-election. Polling in this round will […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now been established as BJP’s biggest star campaigner, second only to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, the Chief Minister addressed 137 elections meetings. He began his campaign from Saharanpur after offering prayers at the Shakumbhari Devi temple and then campaigned on every […]

Ayodhya: A seven-foot tall statue of Kodamb Ram from Karnataka will be installed at a museum in Ayodhya. The statue is made of a single rosewood block and will be unveiled by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 7 when it will be put up at the Shodh Sansthan here. The statue has […]

Lucknow: After police made some arrests in a 2018 Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission exam paper leak case, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday said people trying to play with the future of youths will be put behind bars. His statement came after the commission’s examination controller Anjulata Katiyar was arrested Thursday in connection with the […]

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Ayodhya on Friday to unveil a seven-foot tall statue of Lord Ram at the Shodh Sansthan museum. The statue, made of a single block of rosewood and purchased for Rs 35 lakh from Karnataka, will be on display at the museum. The statue will depict Kodamb […]

Noida (UP): The head of a private television news channel and its editor were arrested here Saturday for allegedly broadcasting defamatory content against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said. During a debate on the channel on June 6, a woman had allegedly made defamatory statements against Adityanath, the police said. Workers affiliated to […]

New Delhi: The Editors Guild Sunday condemned the arrest of a journalist, and the editor and head of a television channel over alleged objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, describing the police action as an “authoritarian misuse of laws” and an effort to intimidate the press. An FIR was registered against […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered immediate release of journalist Prashant Kanojia, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for publishing an “objectionable” tweet against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on bail. Kanojia’s wife Jagisha Arora had moved the apex court on Monday challenging her husband’s arrest. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and […]

Lucknow: Journalist Prashant Kanojia was released from a jail here on Wednesday, four days after his arrest for allegedly making objectionable comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media. He was freed on bail on the Supreme Court’s directive Tuesday to release him immediately. Kanojia stepped out of Lucknow jail wearing a […]