Uttar Pradesh

218 fast track courts to be set up in UP for rape cases and POCSO Act

33 proposals passed in cabinet meeting, 1600 crore will be spent on link expressway up to Ballia Lucknow, December 09: In order to punish the culprits early involved in crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has decided to set up 218 fast track courts in the entire...

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Dec

Entertainment

Release date of movie ‘Brahmastra’ postponed till winter, 2020: Know, what is the reason?
December 9, 2019

Monika shekhar The release date of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s film ‘Brahmastra’ has been pushed forward. Ayan Mukerji’s fantasy action film ‘Brahmastra’ will no longer be released next summer. The film has been postponed until the winter of 2020. Ayan and Karan now want the film to be released...

Business

Petrol touches 75, diesel 69 in metro cities, in Lucknow, Petrol at 76, diesel at 66

New Delhi, December 09: Oil marketing companies on Monday raised petrol and diesel prices amidst rising prices of crude oil in the international market. Petrol has become costlier by 5 paise per liter in the four major metros of the country, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai. At the same time, in...

09
Dec

National

Prime Minister announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia to the families of dead, Rs 50,000 for injured
December 8, 2019

New Delhi, 08 December: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced an ex gratia of Rupees 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next kin of those who lost their lives in a massive fire in a building in Anaj Mandi area on Rani Jhansi...

National

Mahua Milan railway station of Jharkhand becomes 5500th station to be equipped with free wi-fi

5,500 railway stations in the country equipped with free wifi facility New Delhi, 07 December: Railways have successfully completed the work of providing free public Wi-Fi at 5500 stations in the country. Mahua Milan railway station of Jharkhand, equipped with this facility, has become the 5500th station in the country....

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Dec

Crime National

Woman hurt by Unnao rape case poured petrol on her niece
December 7, 2019

New Delhi, December 07: After the death of the Unnao rape victim, there is a sense of grief and anger among the people. During the post-mortem of the victim at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday, people from several areas of Delhi have arrived to protest outside the hospital....

Uttar Pradesh

Akhilesh Yadav sits on dharna outside the Vidhan Sabha after the death of Unnao victim
December 7, 2019

Lucknow, 07 December:Today, while Congress party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra left for Unnao to meet the victim’s family from Lucknow, on the other hand, Samajwadi Paty (SP) National President Akhilesh Yadav sat on a dharna outside the Vidhan Sabha to protest against the rising crime graph against women in...

Uttar Pradesh

Priyanka decides Congress’ agenda, party will agitate for women safety
December 6, 2019

Ambuj Tripathi ambuj.tripathi@thelucknowjournal.com Lucknow, 06 December: Congress general secretary and in-charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached the capital city on Friday on a two-day tour of Lucknow. On the first day, she held a meeting with senior party leaders and expressed concern over the increasing crime against...

Crime

CBI raids in Lucknow and Delhi in connection with medical college scam
December 6, 2019

Lucknow, December 06: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided six places in Lucknow on Friday in connection with the medical college scam. If sources are to be believed, raids are also going on at the house of the current High Court justice. Along with this, the CBI team...

National

Disha rape case: Festive atmosphere after encounter of four accused
December 6, 2019

Hyderabad (Telangana), 06 December: There is a festive atmosphere in the city after the four accused were killed in the case of brutally raping and  killing the Veterinary Doctor Disha. The relatives of Disha also distributed sweets and expressed happiness over the encounter of all accused. In both Telugu states,...

Crime

Disha rape and murder: All four accused killed in ‘encounter’

Hyderabad, 06 December: The four accused of Disha Rape and murder case of Hyderabad, who shook the country, were killed while escaping from custody in the wee hours today. The police took them to the crime scene to recreate the scene. At the same time these four accused tried to...

06
Dec

Business

Get ready for new type of payment card, RBI to launch soon

New Delhi / Mumbai, 05 December :  Reverse Bank of India (RBI) announced on Thursday the launch of a new type of prepaid payment document instrument (PPI) card. With the help of this card, consumers can avail goods and services up to Rs 10,000. The statement issued by the Reserve...

05
Dec

National

Live telecast of petitions filed against the removal of Article 370 – Top court ready to hear the petition

New Delhi, December 05: On December 10, the Supreme Court will decide on the petition seeking to live telecast the hearing on the petitions filed against the removal of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the court has not yet fixed the date of hearing on the case of...

05
Dec

Entertainment

‘The Kashmiri Files’ is a film describes the trauma of Kashmiri Pandits

Mumbai, December, 05: Film director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is bringing the film ‘The Kashmiri Files’ for the audience, narrating the pain of the Kashmiri Pandits. The film will have Anupam Kher, informed by film director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri himself. He tweeted, This tweet by director Vivek Ranjan has been re-tweeted...

05
Dec

National

Petition filed against media houses revealing identity of Hyderabad rape victim
December 3, 2019

aNew Delhi, 03 December: A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking action against media houses that have revealed the name of the victim after the rape of a woman in Hyderabad. The petition has been filed by Yashdeep Chahal. The petition said that media institutions have...

National

Parliament approves bill to limit SPG security to Prime Minister only

New Delhi, 03 December: Amendment Bill-2019 got approval of the Parliament to restrict the security cover of the country’s Special Protection Service Special Protection Group (SPG) to the Prime Minister and his family members only. Congress members protesting the removal of SPG cover to Sonia Gandhi and her family members...

03
Dec

Uttar Pradesh

23rd National Youth Festival to be held in Lucknow, Prime Minister Modi will most likely to inaugurate the festival
December 3, 2019

Chief Minister reviewed meeting on National Youth Festival, letter to youth across the country Instructions to distribute Swami Vivekananda literature books to the participating youth Youth are our power, it is necessary to add them: Chief Minister Lucknow, 03 December: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the preparations for...

International

‘Ekal Vidyalaya’ raised $ 3.1 million in New York for the education of poor children in India
December 3, 2019

New York, 03 December: How excited American entrepreneurs are for the ‘Ekal Vidyalaya’ campaign, being run to raise education for every child in every village of India, from a recent musical program held in New York. Interestingly, by this musical evening  a total amount of 31 lakh dollars (about twenty...

National

IIT Delhi campus Placement: Big companies offer crores of rupees annual package to 419 students on the first day despite alleged economic slowdown in the country

New Delhi, 02 December: On the very first day of the ongoing campus placements at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the companies of the country and the overseas offered a annual package of crores of rupees to 419 students. It also includes 175 pre-placement offers. It shows that...

02
Dec

Uttar Pradesh

Plans to set up cyber units in selected 149 police stations of the state: DGP, UP
December 2, 2019

State level one day workshop related to cyber-crime organized Lucknow, 02 December: During the workshop related to cybercrime at Police Headquarters, Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh OP Singh said that effective advocacy has been done in cases of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences( POCSO )Act-2012, which...

National

SC/ST creamy layer exclusion from quota: Centre asks Supreme Court to review it by seven-judges bench

Supreme Court to hear after two weeks on suggestion of Attorney General New Delhi, Dec 02: The Central Government has asked to the Supreme Court to send the matter of determining creamy layer in reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community to the bench of seven- judges. On behalf...

02
Dec

Business

Reliance Jio to hike tariffs by 40% by December 6 after Airtel and Vodafone Idea
December 1, 2019

New Delhi, 01 December: After Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio has announced to increase the tariffs of mobile services on Sunday. The enhanced new rates of Jio will be effective from December 6 and will be up to 40 per cent more expensive. It is noteworthy that Reliance Jio...

Crime

Priyanka Reddy murder: Three police men suspended, protesters gheraoed police, police baton charge injured many protesters, Telangana Bar Association nixes to plead in favour of the accused
December 1, 2019

Hyderabad, November 30: Three police personnel of Shamshabad police station have been suspended for being negligent in the case of burning a female doctor after gang rape in Hyderabad. The suspended policemen included Sub Inspector M. Ravi Kumar, Head Constable P. Venugopal Reddy and A.M. Satyanarayana Gaur. Seeing the large...

Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur Mayor’s saree was the center of attraction during President Kovind’s programme
November 30, 2019

Kanpur, November 30: On the first day of President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit to Kanpur ( President’s hometown)on Saturday, Mayor Pramila Pandey appeared on donning saffron-colored Khadi saree which was the center of attraction among the people and also the President himself inquired about the saree later on which the...

Uttar Pradesh

Northern Railway Lucknow division tops in providing facilities to passengers, 38 million passengers traveled
November 30, 2019

Lucknow, 30 November: The Northern Railway Lucknow division( Northern Railway comprises of five divisions Ambala, Delhi, Ferozpur, Lucknow and Moradabad) has topped this year in providing medical, security and passenger facilities to passengers. Therefore, this year more than three crore 47 lakh passengers have traveled in trains from the stations...

Entertainment

Ajay Devgan and Rohit Shetty together again for ‘Golmaal 5’

Mumbai, November 30: Rohit Shetty is once again preparing to make the audience laugh. He is set to make a comedy film ‘Golmaal 5’ with Ajay Devgan soon. Film critic Taran Adarsh ​​gave this information on social media. Taran wrote, Earlier four parts of this film were released and all...

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Nov

Uttar Pradesh

IPC and CrPC will be amended in ongoing Parliament session, says Amit Shah in Lucknow

Home Minister addressed the concluding session of All India Police Science Congress Arms Act, Narcotics Act will also be amended in this session of Parliament Tightening the security of the borders due to terrorist threats is our top priority. Lucknow, November 29: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that...

29
Nov

National

Number of TB patients increased by 18 percent in the country: Govt

New Delhi, 29 November: The central government may be claiming to make the country Tuberculosis (TB)-free by 2020, but the reality is that its number of patients has increased by 18 percent. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan gave this information in reply to a question in...

29
Nov

National

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa arrives in New Delhi on his three-day official visit
November 29, 2019

New Delhi, 29 November: President Ram Nath Kovind gave a ceremonial welcome to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. After this, Rajapaksa went to Rajghat and paid tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Rajapaksa arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on his first...

Crime Uttar Pradesh

DM orders magisterial inquiry into Sachin Pandey’s encounter

Lucknow, November 28: District Magistrate(DM)  Abhishek Prakash on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the encounter of notorious criminal Sachin Pandey on November 3. While, the inquiry will be done by Additional District Magistrate(ADM -V) SP Singh. ADM (V) SP Singh, while handling the magisterial investigation of the encounter of...

28
Nov

National

BJP councilors take out protest march against Kejriwal govt
November 28, 2019

New Delhi, 28 November: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councilors of North, East and South Delhi Municipal Corporations took out a protest march on Thursday in protest against the Delhi government stopping the fund of the corporation. The march started from the Civic Center and ended at ITO. After this, BJP...

National

No plan for financial support to loss-making non-government airlines: Govt

New Delhi, November 28 : The Central Government on Thursday made it clear in Parliament that there is no specific plan or proposal to provide financial assistance to loss-making non-government airlines. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri gave this information in the Lok Sabha on Thursday in response to a...

28
Nov

Uttar Pradesh

Brand-new ‘Ayodhya-city’ is coming up as ‘Ikshvaku Nagari’, two thousand acres of land identified

Ayodhya / Varanasi / Lucknow, 28 November: New city will be developed in Ayodhya, the city of Lord Ram, in the name of the first Suryavanshi king Ikshvaku. For this, two thousand acres of land have been identified by the Uttar Pradesh government and the district administration. A proposal is...

28
Nov

Uttar Pradesh

UPPCL to kick off two-week campaign against power defaulters to increase revenue collection from Thursday
November 27, 2019

Lucknow, 27 November: The Electricity Department has decided to cut the connections of power defaulters to increase revenue collection. For this, a two-week campaign will be started from November 28. Arvind Kumar, Principal Secretary (Energy) and Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited(UPPCL), told here on Wednesday that detailed guidelines...

National

Dadra-Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu to be merged, bill passed in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, 27 November: The bill to make Dadra-Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu one union territory by merging them was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Replying to the discussion on Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019, Minister of State for Home...

27
Nov

National

ISRO successfully launches ‘Eye of India in the Sky’

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), November 27: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) again created history. ISRO orbited Cartosat-3 from the launch pad of Sriharikota Space Center on Wednesday morning. With the successful launch of Cartoset, ISRO has also launched 13 American Nano Satellites. Thus, a total of 14 satellites have been...

27
Nov