Uttar Pradesh

UP cabinet approves 13 proposals including new Excise Policy 2020-21

Lucknow, January 21: In the meeting of the Yogi Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh, late Tuesday, 13 proposals including the new Excise Policy have been approved. Proposal was passed regarding the framing of new Excise Policy for the year 2020-21. Under this policy, the tender system will be online. The renovation...

21
Jan

National

Authority imposes fine of Rs 30.48 crore on a builder in Gurugram

Action taken on not getting commercial site registered timely Estimated project cost around 300.48 crore, 10 percent penalty imposed Gurugram, 21 January: Gurgoan bench of HRERA headed by the chairman, KK Khandelwal in the presence of the members, namely Sameer Kumar and Subhash Chandra Kush has imposed a fine of...

21
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

In Support of CAA: Citizenship law will not be revoked at any cost, says Amit Shah in a rally in Lucknow

Lucknow, January 21: Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the opposition of spreading lies about CAA during  a rally here in Lucknow in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). He said that we are not afraid of protest. We were born and brought up in protest. CAA will not...

21
Jan

Business

IMF slashes India GDP to 4.8 for 2019-20,cuts global growth rates too

India’s economic growth in 2020 and 2021 could be 5.8 percent and 6.5 percent. New Delhi / Davos, 20 January: After the United Nations (UN), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also drastically cut the projected economic growth rate for the global economy including India on Monday. The IMF has...

20
Jan

National

PM at BJP HQ: Communicate with public, don’t expect support from Media: PM Modi
January 20, 2020

People rejected by public are spreading confusion: PM New Delhi, 20 January: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the context of protest against Citizenship( Amendment) Act(CAA) by some section of people in the country, that it is not because our government is doing anything wrong, but the method of protest...

Uttar Pradesh

Anti-CAA stir: Lucknow police seizes food items, blankets from protesting Muslim women at Clock Tower
January 19, 2020

Lucknow, 19 January: Work has started in the Commissionerate system in Lucknow. Late Saturday night, Lucknow Police Commissioner Sujeet Pandey enforced Section 144 by his order for the first time in the history of the police department. Along with this, action can be taken against Muslim women protesting against CAA...

Uttar Pradesh

Road to achieve five trillion dollar economy is possible through Uttar Pradesh, says NITI Ayog CEO

Lucknow, January, 18: Amitabh Kant, chied excutive officer (CEO) of National Instituation for Transforming India (NITI) AYOG today informed that around 351 million people have been lifted above the poverty line in the last ten years. Speaking on the occasion, Kant was in the state capital to attend a symposium...

18
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

NO extension likely for DGP OP Singh, state government recommends six names for the top post to the Centre

Lucknow, January 18: Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police(DGP) Omprakash Singh is retiring on January 31. Earlier there was talk of extending the service for three months of him, but now the government has sent some names of the senior police officers to the central government for the post of...

18
Jan

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Four of a family found dead under mysterious circumstances
January 18, 2020

Lucknow, January 18: Four persons belonging to the same family died under mysterious circumstances Kalyanpur locality in Gudumba police station area on Saturday morning. The dead include two children and a spouse. It is said that after throttling both children and wife, husband committed suicide by hanging himself. As soon...

National

Shaheen Bagh demonstration: Delhi High Court directs police to take action in view of students’ and public interest

New Delhi, January 18: The Delhi High Court has again asked the Delhi Police to look into the traffic problem people and students are facing due to ongoing protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Act(CAA) in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi. Justice Naveen Chawla asked the Delhi Police to look into the problems of...

18
Jan

National

Sugar production in the country down by 26%: ISMA

Data released till January 15, next data to be released next month Uttra Pradesh, second largest sugar producing state after Maharashtra, improved the production levels New Delhi, Jan 17: The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), an organization of private sugar mills in the country, said on Friday that in the...

17
Jan

National

Health Ministry issues advisory in view of Coronavirus outbreak in China

New Delhi, January 17: In view of reports of outbreak of Coronavirus (CoV)in China, the Union Health Ministry has issued a travel advisory. Instructions have been issued to the citizens to take some precautionary measures in the advisory. This virus is causing respiratory problems. The consultation issued by the Union...

17
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Supreme Court refuses to stay Allahabad High Court ruling against disqualification case of Abdullah Azam

New Delhi, Jan 17: Hearing the disqualification case of Abdullah Azam, son of SP leader Azam Khan, the Supreme Court has issued a notice. The Supreme Court said that they are not satisfied with the petition, yet will hear it. The High Court gave its verdict based on the facts....

17
Jan

Sports

Maharashtra with 126 medals continues to lead, following by Harayana and UP at KIYG-2020

Guwahati, January 16: Maharashtra continues to lead in the third Khelo India Youth Games -2020 in Guwahati, winning 126 medals. The players from Maharashtra have so far won 33 gold, 37 silver and 56 bronze medals. Haryana is in second place after winning a total of 85 medals. Haryana has...

16
Jan

National

JNU-post-violence: More than 65 percent hostel students have been registered for winter session,says JNU V-C

New Delhi, Jan 16: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said on Thursday that the atmosphere in the university campus is peaceful and everything is going well. So far, 95 percent of day scholars and more than 65 percent of hostel students have registered for the winter...

16
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Mayawati disappoints Akhilesh Yadav and his supporters on her birthday

Mayawati remained silent on Akhilesh’s birthday greetings Lucknow, January 16: The color of the birthday celebration of Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday had changed. Last year, Samajwadi Party( SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav came to greet her with a Kashmiri shawl. This time also Akhilesh Yadav tried to reduce...

16
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

UPMRC restores Metro train operations in just four minutes

Lucknow, January 16: The Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC) on Thursday restored operations metro trains in the capital Lucknow by removing the technical glitch in just four minutes. UPMRC Public Relations Officer Pushpa Bellani said that due to rain in Lucknow, tripping occurred in ‘OHE insulator’ on Thursday....

16
Jan

National

NGT directs Environment Ministry to ban RO purifier within two months

In the report submitted to NGT, it is said – Minerals disappear in RO water. New Delhi, 15 January : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union Ministry of Environment to issue notifications within two months to prohibit reverse osmosis systems (ROs) at places where the TDS content...

15
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Senior leaders of BJP to hold six massive rallies to clear misconceptions about CAA in Uttra Pradesh

Lucknow, Jan 15: The central and state leadership of the Bharatiya Janta Party( BJP) is serious about exposing the misinterpretation regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) being spread by Congress, SP, BSP, Left and other opposition parties. Therefore, senior  BJP leaders will will hold large rallies at six places in Uttar...

15
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Makar Sanskranti: Lakhs of devotees take dip in the holy river Ganga on auspicious occasion

Lucknow, Prayagraj, January 15: The festival of Makar Sankranti (A harvest festival, falls on the equinox when day and night are believed to be equally long. It officially marks the beginning of spring or the onset of Indian summer and the days become longer, and nights shorter) is being celebrated...

15
Jan

National

Delhi election 2020: AAP releases candidates’ list of 70 seats, dropped 15 sitting MLAs, Arvind Kejriwal to contest from New Delhi seat
January 14, 2020

New Delhi, January 14: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released the list of 70 candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections on Tuesday. In this, the party has cut tickets of 15 sitting MLAs, while 46 MLAs have been given tickets. At the same time, nine new faces are also included...

Uttar Pradesh

Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior declared tax free in UP, Actor Ajay Devgn thanks CM Yogi Adityanath
January 14, 2020

Lucknow, January 14: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to exempt the state mall and service tax from the movie ‘Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior’ screening in all theaters in Uttar Pradesh. The state government spokesperson said that the Hindi feature film ‘Tanaji – The Unsung Warrior’ is based on...

Uttar Pradesh

The Police take away the magisterial powers from Bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh: Police commissioners in Lucknow and Noida now

Lucknow, January 13: The proposal to implement the Police Commissionerate System in Lucknow and Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) has been approved in the cabinet meeting held at Lok Bhavan on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. There will now be police commissioners in Lucknow and Gautam Buddha...

13
Jan

Entertainment

Deepika’s JNU visit goes awry: Chhapaak fails to impress the audience,while ‘Tanhaji’ The Unsung Warrior excels at the box office

Mumbai, January ,13: Meghna Gulzar’s directorial film Chhapaak stars Deepika Padukone in the lead role has failed to impress the audience if we look at the Day 3 box office collection. The film is based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, who was attacked with acid at...

13
Jan

Crime Uttar Pradesh

Sex racket busted in Kanpur, six people arrested, including two women
January 12, 2020

Kanpur, January 12: The Barra Police have busted a flesh trade racket from a house in Meherban Singh Ka Purva area of Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.   Agents  used to supply young women to customers by forming a WhatsApp group. Police have arrested six people, including two...

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh DGP may get three-month extension of service
January 12, 2020

OP Singh, 1983 batch IPS officer, is retiring on January 31, 2020 Home department has sent the file to the Central government Lucknow, January 12: Police chief of Uttar Pradesh Omprakash Singh may get a three-month extension of service. According to sources, the Uttar Pradesh government’s home department has sent...

Uttar Pradesh

Police commissionerate system to be implemented in UP, beginning from Lucknow and Noida within two to three days

Lucknow, January 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to implement the Police Commissionerate system in the state after several meetings. Its proposal has also been prepared by the government. After the approval of the proposal of the state government in the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the system...

11
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

धर्म रक्षक स्वामी विवेकानन्द ने दिया विश्व को पुरुषार्थ का परिचय-मिथिलेश नारायण
January 11, 2020

लखनऊ, 11 जनवरी (हि.स.)। राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश क्षेत्र के क्षेत्रीय बौद्धिक प्रमुख मिथिलेश नारायण ने कहा कि धर्म की रक्षा करना सबसे बड़ा पुरुषार्थ है। भारत में चार प्रकार के लक्ष्य को पाना बताया गया है, जिसमें धर्म सबसे पहले आता है। धर्म की रक्षा करने...

Uttar Pradesh

Swami Vivekanand guided the world to defend one’s own religion: Mithilesh Narayan

Lucknow, January 11: Mithilesh Narayan, regional intellectual head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s(RSS) eastern Uttar Pradesh region, said that protecting the religion is the biggest effort. In India, four types of goals have been described, in which the Religion comes the first. Swami Vivekananda, the protector of Religion who defended his...

11
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister Yogi inaugurates ‘Hunar Haat’ in Lucknow to promote artisans

Lucknow, January 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the Hunar Haat at Awadh Shilpagram in the capital Lucknow on Saturday. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and several ministers of the state government were also present on the occasion. After inaugurating the Hunar Haat, Chief Minister Yogi said that...

11
Jan

International

Iran confesses shooting down Ukrainian airplane ‘unintentionally’, cites Iranian state TV

Tehran, 11 January: Iran finally admitted today that Ukraine’s passenger plane crashed on January 8 due to an Iranian missile, a major ‘human error’. Iranian State TV has cited a military statement saying that their country ‘unknowingly’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 people on board. The statement...

11
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Pawan Jallad, who will hang Nirbhaya convicts, is facing financial crunch

Ambuj tripathi ambuj.tripathi@thelucknowjournal.com Meerut, 10 January : Pawan ‘Jallad’, who will execute the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case, gets a monthly salary of five thousand rupees only from the Uttar Pradesh government, which is, however, very low according to his family. However, to...

10
Jan

Business Crime

ED confiscates assets worth Rs 78 crore of ex-CEO of ICICI bank Chanda Kochhar

New Delhi / Mumbai, Jan 10: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached a total of Rs 78 crore worth of assets of former ICICI Bank chief excutive officer (CEO)Chanda Kochhar and her family to and has also attached some of the assets of her husband’s company. It is noteworthy that this...

10
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

UP 112 should play a strong role in providing better services to the people, says DGP,UP

UP 112 quarterly magazine was also released Lucknow, 10 January: On the third Foundation Day function of ‘UP 112’, the emergency service of the UP Police, Director General of Police(DGP) of Uttar Pradesh OP Singh on Friday honored the meritorious employees and aware callers (citizens). The DGP also released the...

10
Jan

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh police seeks banning of radical Islamic outfit ‘PFI’ , sends dossier to MHA

Lucknow, Jan 09: UP Police has sent a dossier to the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) under Section-3 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to recommend the banning of the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI). It mentions the names of 43 members. The police have divided the...

09
Jan

Crime

Mumbai court sends ‘Wanted’ gangster Ejaz Lakdawala to police remand till January 21
January 9, 2020

Mumbai / Patna, January 09: Most wanted gangster Ejaz Lakdawala has been remanded in police custody by a Mumbai court on Thursday till January 21. Lakdawala, a close aide of underworld don Chhota Rajan and once a henchman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim (D-Company), was arrested from Patna, Bihar’s capital...